Jasmine, U2, was egg bound back in November. Vet removed 2 eggs November 29th. She was on antibiotics for 10 days & has seemed fine since. January 4th I noticed a small lump on her lower right abdomen. January 5th a 2nd lump showed up. Called the vet, but couldn't get her in until yesterday. By the time we got her to the vet one lump had gone away, but her abdomen looked a little swollen to me, so I was assuming possibly another egg. So the vet took an x-ray. Nothing. Asked about Lupron shots. Was told their supplier quit making it, but they'd find one & call me. They called & told me the cost would be $600.00 for 3 shots over a 6 week period & no guarentee they'd work for a month, 6 months or maybe not at all. Vet is 50 miles one way. So we passed. She was out of her cage last night dancing on top of the parrot tower, etc.
Fastforward to this evening. My husband let Jasmine out of her cage around 6:00PM. I was getting supper ready. She climbed onto the parrot tower. He says she has something dark on her bottom, you better check. So I go look. OMG! A huge prolapse. Got her in a towel, placed her on my lap, put a medical glove on & slowly got it back in. Took me a good 20 minutes. I'd get some in & then it slid back out. I finally got it all in & it stayed. I told my husband while I'm trying to get it back in that she may not survive. The tissue was all still red, & none of it looked dry at all. Pretty sure it had just happened. She was wrapped in the towel, panting like crazy, but never make a peep. She's one tough bird. She bled some, but once I got it back in there was no more bleeding. I checked her every 15 minutes until 11PM. No bleeding & the prolapse is still in. There are no emergency vets here that see birds & no vets with after hours, not even for dogs or cats. Will call the vet in the morning.
So I've been researching. According to info either sex can prolapse, so egg binding may cause it more often in females, but it's not actually the cause. They don't really know the cause, but assume it's due to straining to poop. Some birds just tend to push harder to poop & it weakens the cloacol wall. Seems as tho putting a stitch in often fails & has to be repeated often. Surgery often fails. Hormone shots don't help with prolapse. All are very expensive & may not last more than 6 months, if that. So what does help??? From what I found ....Diet change to mostly wet foods, less dry foods & more exrecise seems to be the only thing that may help.
This was her prolapse. As you can see it was huge. Warning photos are graphic:
After I got it back in. She still has blood on her, as I didn't want to stress her trying to wash it off. I did put cold compresses on her for a bit to help reduce the swelling. She has no tail, as she chews it off all the time. She has new tail feathers coming in, but she only lets them grow half way in then off they go.
Fastforward to this evening. My husband let Jasmine out of her cage around 6:00PM. I was getting supper ready. She climbed onto the parrot tower. He says she has something dark on her bottom, you better check. So I go look. OMG! A huge prolapse. Got her in a towel, placed her on my lap, put a medical glove on & slowly got it back in. Took me a good 20 minutes. I'd get some in & then it slid back out. I finally got it all in & it stayed. I told my husband while I'm trying to get it back in that she may not survive. The tissue was all still red, & none of it looked dry at all. Pretty sure it had just happened. She was wrapped in the towel, panting like crazy, but never make a peep. She's one tough bird. She bled some, but once I got it back in there was no more bleeding. I checked her every 15 minutes until 11PM. No bleeding & the prolapse is still in. There are no emergency vets here that see birds & no vets with after hours, not even for dogs or cats. Will call the vet in the morning.
So I've been researching. According to info either sex can prolapse, so egg binding may cause it more often in females, but it's not actually the cause. They don't really know the cause, but assume it's due to straining to poop. Some birds just tend to push harder to poop & it weakens the cloacol wall. Seems as tho putting a stitch in often fails & has to be repeated often. Surgery often fails. Hormone shots don't help with prolapse. All are very expensive & may not last more than 6 months, if that. So what does help??? From what I found ....Diet change to mostly wet foods, less dry foods & more exrecise seems to be the only thing that may help.
This was her prolapse. As you can see it was huge. Warning photos are graphic:
After I got it back in. She still has blood on her, as I didn't want to stress her trying to wash it off. I did put cold compresses on her for a bit to help reduce the swelling. She has no tail, as she chews it off all the time. She has new tail feathers coming in, but she only lets them grow half way in then off they go.
