Sadly, its not an egg :o(

Poor Jade. Its not an egg. The best we could tell with xray was that her liver is seriously enlarged. Where it is displacing her other organs causing what looked like an egg in her abdomen.  Even the vet thougt it was an egg until she started feeling it, but couldnt find a shell.  Didnt feel like a soft egg either, so xrays were required.  So little Jade took a brief nap, had a couple of xrays and a little blood taken. Very little, these guys only weigh about an ounce and have less that a tablespoon of blood.  Her white count was a little high, but not hugely, so they do not think its an infection. More likely the beginnings of liver failure which is sadly fairly common in these little guys. She is going to spend a couple of days at the hospital getting some antibiotics to see if maybe there is any kind of changes.  If not, she will come home until her quality of life is no longer good. 

Jade is my sweetest little girl parrotlet.  She is the one who prefers to spend hours just snuggling, will ride in my shirt pocket happily and had in the past even gone shopping with me when I forgot she was in there. I am sad tonight.