Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!dptcdc!tmsoft!compugen!john
From: john@compugen.UUCP (John Beaudin)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: sick budgie?
Message-ID: <1432@compugen.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 89 04:24:02 GMT
References: <1338@compugen.UUCP  <541@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: john@compugen.UUCP (John Beaudin)
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Organization: Compugen Systems, Willowdale, ON Canada
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In article <541@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM  bjb@ncrorl.UUCP (Barbara Bowen) writes:
  Sounds like egg binding to me. - hopefully she'll still be alive when
  you get home tonite - try the following:
  	1.   Remove perch, bird needs to be down low to conserve
  		strength.  Put heating pad under cage, cover 3/4
  		of cage with towel.
  	2.   Warm up oil - cooking oil, mineral oil, baby oil,
  		NOT motor oil!  Use small medicine dropper or
  		1 cc tuberculin syringe (minus needle) for oil.
  	3.   You need to lubricate the vent with warm oil, massage,
  		then place bird back into cage.  Tail pumping
  		indicates trying to lay an egg.  It is tiring &
  		stressfull, you may need a vet.  Don't let her
  		go any more than 4 hrs. after lubrication.
  Do you know what a vent is?  Do you have any idea how dangerous
  egg-binding is?  She could still die from peritonitis.  If you
  don't know the above, get her to a vet.  (PS - email bounced)

Yes, she's still alive and visibly improved but still spending 50% of her time
as described formally. I just rec'd the posting at the time of this mailing
(late). It's too late to gather the materials (no dropper, no heating pad).
I will remove all the perches however, and off to the vet 1st thing in the
morning (specializing in birds). Thank you all for your replies. 
P.s. my email also bounced.