I know all of that. We are just concerned because the egg has not passed after several days. It had to be removed by the vet. If giving her the shot will stop her from producing huge eggs that could kill her, we will opt for the shot.Hope she is heals well but as was said they can lay eggs with or without a male around. Only difference is those won;t be fertile but they still can get egg bound from any egg. Personally even with no male they can lay eggs. She can lay them with the male never being near her...True when there is a bonded pair they will want to mate & make eggs but you would have to take the male out of the house as she will hear him & it will make them both unhappy Hope you can figure it out.
She did give her a birth control shot and want to see her back in two weeks. The size of the egg is what worries me. It was almost a third the size of her body. She could never have passed it. I would hate for her to go through the stress of today again. The cost? I would pay anything to save her!I'm terribly sorry about your girl. Separation will do nothing for the egg problem - your girl will have eggs with or without the male. You can have the Dr. give her a suprelorin or deslorelin implant or Lupron. The hormone implants will stop her sexual cycle for 3-6 months. But generally they aren't given to other than a bird that is a chronic layer or has an illness that the hen cannot tolerate the stress of egg laying.
You should talk the subject over with your vet.
We have four small cages in my sewing room for nighttime. There are four larger cages in my livingroom. Not much else in there. We did talk about hysterectomy if nothing else works, but that in itself is so dangerous.Hugs...eggs are ugh! Yes the shot wears off after two weeks. I can give Giggie her hormone shots because she's nakkie so Dr. O gave me three to take home. They have to be frozen until ready and then you have to warm them in your hand before injection. We are going to try an implant with her as we had the same issue last year...well the last one Dr. O said she just wouldn't lay.
The implant was easier than I thought...big needle to inject it but they numbed the area and then glued the skin back. So far Julip seems great! (knocking on wood)
Can you switch up their area, maybe move the cage around every day to a new spot? Unfortunately with so many, I don't have that option. But the shots do work...just don't miss that two week mark.
I think I'd go for the implant first.We jave 4
We have four small cages in my sewing room for nighttime. There are four larger cages in my livingroom. Not much else in there. We did talk about hysterectomy if nothing else works, but that in itself is so dangerous.