Hello. I'm so glad you did the research and now know to make sure she is always stocked up on plenty of calcium. One word of warning though, putting vitamins or anything else in her water is not good. She needs to get her nutrition from her diet. Those over the counter products are pretty much worthless, They are not vitamins her body can readily absorb anyway and they can quickly foul the water. I suggest you wash and scald that dish and replace just plain, fresh water. You did not say whether you leave her eggs with her or not but if by chance you are taking them away, you should not do that so long as they are undamaged. Give her an open, non private, non dark box to keep them in. Line it with lots of paper towels and put her eggs in it. There are other things you can do to help discourage laying but we can go into that later if you like. For now, we must deal with this problem. The most likely thing that has happen is that last egg was bound up long enough to press on the nerves and/or the blood supply running to her legs and feet. We are going to keep our fingers crossed that the circulation has, or will return quickly and that there was no permanent nerve damage. You need to line the cage floor with a very thick layer of newspapers, put food and water on the floor in shallow dishes that she can reach into easily but that will not tip. I would either remove all perches or remove all but one and lower it down until it is just barely off the floor. If you have one of the twisted rope styles, that's the best one to leave with her, down low. That way, if she attempts to perch, she will not fall very far is she continues to have trouble. You need to keep a very close eye on those feet and legs. Watch for any discoloration, any sign of swelling, either or both feeling abnormally hot or cold and watch her for indictions of how she is moving them around. If she is not better and regaining some use of her legs, she needs to get to a proper avian vet asap. What horrible timing this is with the holiday but most really good Avian vets have 24/7 emergency clinic service available. Hopefully all you would have to do is call and someone would meet you there. In addition to the other suggestions, keep her quiet and as stress free as possible. The closer you can keep her to 85F the better. You can use a heating pad for supplemental heat if needed. Only put it under half the cage floor, set it on low, and make sure she cannot reach the pad or it's cord. You only want it under half because she needs to be able to get away from the heat source if necessary. Over heating can be as bad as getting chilled. Open beaked breathing and/or holding her wings out will be signs of over heating. I hope this will help her out and I hope you will start seeing her beginning to get some use of those little legs very quickly. I'll keep her in my thoughts and don't hesitate to let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. Patricia
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