Dolly Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) Since my earlier post "So upset, need to see vets..", Roxy has had her stuck egg shell removed at the vets and the implant put in to stop her laying eggs, as her shell gland was giving up. But... an hour after returning home, she's gone from pecking around with her friends looking happy again, to almost being on death's door - I really thought she was dying She's currently standing in the garden, all hunched up and not interested in anything. I did bring her indoors for a cuddle but after a while she obviously wanted to go outside again, despite being so poorly Is this normal following insertion of the implant and will she perk up again? If anyone have any experience of this I'd be so grateful to hear from you. Thanks Edited April 4, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I have pm'd you. I have not had one done but there are side effects . I have had 2 that have had the Delvosterone injection... how is she now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 My thoughts are that she has probably already ovulated before the implant and has another softie on the way. I would seperate her from the others to give her a chance to lay it without the others breaking it on the way out and the shell staying inside again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 How did they do the implant and how well was she before - did she have peritonitis? and is she on antibiotics? All you can really do for her at the moment is to ensure she doesn't get dehydrated and keep her warm and quite. You can try increasing the amount of fluid that she has by offering mashes (pellets, porridge or weetabix - with water not milk). The implant may help long term but in the immediate term I almost certainly wont make her feel any better because it take a while to work and the stress of the implant will make her feel worse. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Thanks so much for your replies. The implant was put into the base of Roxy's neck without anaesthetic (however I've read that others had theirs in the breast muscle?) - the vet said anaesthetic wasn't needed which I have to say I was a bit worried about. She didn't have peritonitis and apart from feeling poorly from the stuck shell, wasn't ill but was at the end of a course of antibiotics for a suspected case of myco a week ago, which she had completely recovered from. I'm just praying she'll get through the night now, my poor little girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 After a sleepless night, I was overjoyed to find Roxy still with us this morning But.... Plum, you were right, she had laid another egg overnight and was covered in yolk and egg white when I found her. Unfortunately all the signs are there again that the broken shell is still inside her ie. fluffed up, subdued with intermittent scratching about, so we're off to the vets later to have it removed - I really hope this is the last one now and the implant does it's thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I did wonder too if there was another on the way. Oh dear, at least you know what it was now and that she had a comfortable night. Good luck at the vets, I really hope there is nothing else in her system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just give her a good talking to. NO MORE EGGS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Roxy has spent half the day looking almost back to her usual self and the other half looking under the weather. At the vets this afternoon, they could feel something in her cloaca but it was just out of reach, so we have to wait until it's further down and either Roxy can expel the shell herself , or the vet will remove it at our follow up appointment on Wednesday. I must qualify for discount at the vets by now, or at least my own parking space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
