Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets Health and Medical Issues IF YOU THINK EGG BINDING ISNT SERIOUS

i can see where there a many new people here with birds and not knowing some of you the sexes of your birds as yet that this topic needs to be brought up yet still another time to expose you to the seriousness of this...and placing birds together BEFORE knowing their sexes

you should always have a spare cage especially to quarantine as well as give any new keet time to mature AWAY from your others till you know for certainty their sexes.

for those of you with female birds...who may take lightly all the warnings given about females and what to do to prevent ANY STIMULATION or breeding you may want to take the time to read this link from this forum...there are some pretty graphic picutures in the first post...and this bird ...did not make it as the majority wont

prevent this type of agonizing death and read please... your female depends on you and the knowledge you have

http://www.wineintro.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/163419/1

also pay attention to a response on the second page of this thread regarding this and take a moment to read this link as well.

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww32eiv.htm

i keep stressing to those of you with females and those that dont know the sexes of their birds yet and have them caged together(separate them) that this is serious and birds should be separated as soon as possible however i do keep mentioning that even WITHOUT breeding taking place females can still lay eggs and THIS could happen with YOUR birds...

again ill say...REMOVE any stimulation...MALES...shreddie toys...mirrors...nesting type of material on bottom of cage or even any sort of "pacifier toys" or string type items that have loose ends for them to play with...

watch carefully the "gourmet" types of food you feed your females and how often you offer them.

keep a MINERAL block as cuttlebones are NOT enough...and have always on hand some liquid calcium...

next time you think of buying some toys or a play gym invest in that first as well as KWIK STOP.

and pray you NEVER have to go thru this with your females. and of course as always im wishing you and your birds a very long happy healthy relationship

"dont wait till to late...educate"

Well, that was hard to read. but important too and I'm glad you posted it. I sure would not want to go through that or have my little Pipsqueak go through that!
Does this happen a lot? What happens to budgies in the wild, or do they not go through this? Just curious.

THIS does happen A LOT...and no in the wild they have proper food etc...and follow normal daylight triggers an seasons for laying and nesting an raising young...

Very important useful information!

Excellent post Illusive, as hard as it is to read.

Bumping it for you

Diet plays a HUGE part in helping to avoid Egg Binding, if only people fed their birds the correct diet they are halfway there.

Thanks for sharing this important information.

Illusive, thanks for ya information. It's really horrible and heartbreaking.
Does it hv any sign of egg binding?

does what have any sign of egg binding...???? the signs are the pictures you saw and what the rest of the articles say...and your bird act miserable and very much so in pain...extremely loose droppings and very large. extra activity at the cuttlebone or mineral blocks.
you ALL can also add to your readings of this by clicking on this link too.

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww34eiv.htm

thing is wise...you DONT WAIT FOR SIGNS...you do all you can with what was mentioned above to PREVENT...
separate males ..and when birds are out NO visitation to each others cages
NO MIRRORS
do not stimulate also by rubbing their backs
no shreddie toys of any type or anything remotely resembling a nest box or nesting material
remove special toys that a female is a little too fond of
cut back to 8hr days of light and when you cover dim the lights...etc etc
no gourmet foods...veggies very rarely and never parsley ...brocolli...or spinach

im bumping this still one more time as i dont believe to many may have read the new link i posted above regarding how LIGHT becomes a stimulant to females...etc

In the wild many parakeets probably do die of egg binding, their average lifespan in the wild is no more than 5 years while birds that are kept as pets can easily live to 10 or more.