what is egg binding can it happen to lovebirds
Egg binding is when an egg gets stuck between the inside of a bird's body and the outside along the bird; s vent. Lovebirds can get egg binding if they do not receive enough calcium for their body to expel the eggs while laying.
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too be egg bound is to have a developed egg (shell hardend) in the oveal tract with a second in developement ready to move down the tract and have the previous egg prevevting transference of the next in line. If a new bulge occures and is present more than one day you can massage keel bone to tail to help pass the egg. if this does not help or the bird looks ill, consult or see a veteranaian.
Egg binding is when an egg does not go out of the female and get stuck, it can happen to all birds some reason would be female bird being too young and inexperienced, lack of calcium, birds being to old too breed 4 + years of age. So to avoid this breed with in the age of 1year to - 4years.
