Can a bird suffer from an egg binding twice?

What is Egg Binding?
A bird may be unable to eliminate the egg due to lack of contractions or weak contractions from not enough calcium. If you feeding your bird seeds only, with no other supplements, you will need to give vitamins.

The best is to let the veterinarian tell you what amount of vitamins to give. The difficulties of egg binding include damaged kidneys from the pressure of the kept egg, painful disease from a broken egg, and prolapse of the cloaca reproductive area. 

It is important to get your bird to the veterinarian if you believe she is egg-bound. Egg binding in birds is a common but possibly life-threatening condition in which a bird is having a hard time laying an egg. 

It is common in small birds such as canaries, finches, parakeets, budgies, lovebirds, and cockatiels, but the most common reason for egg binding is a lack of calcium or other vitamins. 

It is also often seen in birds who are already ill or have other health issues such as advanced age, lack of exercise, and being very overweight.

Signs of Egg Binding in Birds
The symptoms can differ, especially with the cause of the condition. Often reported signs of egg binding include:

•    Tail wagging or (moving up and down).
• Straining.
• Visibly swollen abdomen.
• Fluffed up appearance.
• Difficulty breathing.
• Inability to balance on perch.
• Paralysis of a leg or physical disability.
• Weakness.
• Decreased or (not there; not present) droppings.
• All white droppings.
• Decrease in (desire to eat/desire for something).
• Depression.
• Sitting at bottom of the cage.
• Death.

Types
Egg binding in birds is sometimes referred to as:

• After-ovulatory inactivity
• Impacted oviducts
• Egg keeping/holding
• Dystocia
  

Treatment of Egg Binding in Birds
Egg binding needs immediate emergency care by an experienced veterinary professional. Immediate warming and fluids are needed in these cases. 

Another treatment is intraosseous (a thin flexible tube inserted into the body) to give fluids if she is in shock, medicine to help cause muscle contractions, (flattening from losing air) the egg it is inside the uterus (Ovocentesis), manually expelling the egg or surgical removal of the egg.

Vetafarm Ferti-Vit promotes sexual drive and fertility. During the breeding season, a bird needs an optimal blend of vitamins, amino acids, and trace elements. The essential vitamin E, also called the fertility vitamin, is a strong antioxidant.

The combination of the components in Ferti-Vit is not only optimal for breeding but also increases disease resistance and helps protect the heart and muscular tissue.

For the breeding season and in cases of laying- or fertility disorders.

Promotes sexual drive and fertility.

Increases the resistance to infections.

A bird laying eggs should pass the egg within 24-48 hours. Many bird eggs lay successively depending on the species, age, and health of the bird. 

Birds with egg binding may or may not have passed an egg more than 2 days ago, are weak, not perching, often sitting low on the perch or the bottom of the cage, and are straining as trying to have a bowel movement or lay an egg. 

Sometimes the egg will bulge out of the vent where they (have a bowel movement) or may be kept in the oviduct or cloaca (the room that collects the process of making children), urinary, and stomach- and intestine-related areas which then prolapses through the vent. 

The egg is putting pressure on the nerves that control the legs, the bird may not be able to stand. The signs connected with egg binding are also seen in sick birds with other causes of illness, medical testing is important in creating a proper diagnosis.

FAQS
Is egg binding an emergency in the bird?
Egg binding is an emergency condition in which delayed passing of the egg through the reproductive tract and it is a life-threatening condition if not treated at the appropriate time. It is reported in reproductive active birds and most common in female birds which are not exposed to a mate.

How do you stop egg binding?
Can egg binding be prevented? Birds on a poor diet, such as seeds, should have their diet changed to a nutritionally complete, pelleted diet, according to detailed instructions from your veterinarian. Calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin and mineral supplementation may be recommended.

How do you treat an egg-bound pigeon?
Egg binding should be considered an emergency. Medical treatment is started to make steady the bird. The bird may be given fluids into a vein or below the skin as well as antibiotics, steroids, and calcium. It is placed in an incubator at 85-95 degrees F with moistened air.

Is egg binding common?
While egg binding is not considered a common problem, it is thought to be the most common and extreme in smaller breeds such as bantams (small and light things). Of the above causes (i.e. diet, age, and size), the one that we can control as backyard poultry owners is diet.