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Post by Jane on Oct 27, 2019 1:59:03 GMT -7
Mitzi has laid an egg for the first time. She is 26.
Jane
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Post by Jane on Oct 28, 2019 2:50:01 GMT -7
I am having to take Mitzi to the vet later today. Her abdomen is all swollen and clearly upsetting her because she has started plucking around it. Her vent is very messy too.
Jane
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Post by beakertrout on Oct 28, 2019 10:49:34 GMT -7
I hope everything is ok.
Best wishes.
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Post by chris on Oct 28, 2019 12:28:20 GMT -7
Good luck Jane - hope all works out for Mitzi.
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Post by susan on Oct 28, 2019 15:29:39 GMT -7
It's hard being a mother no matter, for both of you. Please let us know how it is going. The only experience I have had with eggs was my Nanday Conure, she popped out about 4 and let them lay at the bottom of the cage and wanted nothing to do with them. Made it very easy for both of us.
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Post by Adele on Oct 28, 2019 16:48:37 GMT -7
Maui laid her first egg around 25 yrs of age. Her vent was pretty swollen and kinda bloody. I tracked her weight and luckily she kept eating just fine. Her vent took a few days and returned to normal. She laid 5 eggs in that first batch. Like one egg every 1-2 days.
I hope Mitzi is okay. I wonder what triggered her to lay an egg this year. For Maui, it was the new, safe environment. I had only had her a couple of months, but she was given a more varied diet, she really took to me and she was allowed run of the house.
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Post by Jane on Oct 29, 2019 3:53:22 GMT -7
Thank you everyone.
Mitzi has never been to the vet before. The vet was female which helped as Mitzi has always preferred females to males. After taking details from me the vet took her into another room to examine her so that Mitzi didn't associate anything with me. Mitzi didn't seem upset after so I think she did well. She actually said "hello" three times while she was in the carrier - once in the waiting room, then in the vet's room and then in the taxi coming home. She didn't have a temperature and the vet couldn't feel any sort of obstruction, so she isn't egg bound.
I don't know why she laid an egg, there haven't been any changes but she was intensely broody starting about 6 weeks ago.
I thought maybe Mitzi might have laid another egg this morning but she hasn't. I think her abdomen is slightly less swollen although it is difficult to tell as it is very swollen. The whole area is completely bald. Her vent is still messy and she is still plucking feathers out although not as many as yesterday.
Jane
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Post by Haz on Oct 29, 2019 10:58:20 GMT -7
She managed to get to age 26 without laying. I too wonder what prompted it. The vet asked me yesterday if Chy was broody. Fortunately, she's not. I don't want her laying eggs.
I don't want to hijack your thread so will start a new one about Chy.
Maybe Mitzi's tummy is still swollen like a human after giving birth or perhaps she has other eggs in there. Did you remove the egg?
I am sure you will keep us posted.
Haz
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Post by Jane on Oct 30, 2019 7:08:49 GMT -7
I left the egg in the cage although Mitzi has shown no interest in it whatsoever. Monty went to have a look at it on Sunday morning but he hasn't shown any further interest.
Mitzi usually mainly eats Nutriberries but I got some Zupreem natural pellets and she has been eating them, carrying them one at a time to her top perch.
Jane
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