When I had taken her in originally she had been digging a cave like area we believed for her eggs although she had already laid three. She ended up with some of her bedding in her eye which caused the inflammation and caused her to keep that eye closed. At the time of our vet visit the vet said that he could do an ultrasound to look to see if there were more eggs because he said he could feel more in different stages. I had spoken with a friend that said that you cannot not feel unfertile eggs. We opted not to get the ultrasound. We were feeding her from a dropper for a while with pedialyte but then she seemed to be doing better so we stopped all medications after two weeks like we were instructed. We started giving her wax worms again (almost force feeding) like we had previously. Her slit area below the abdomen looked different to me yesrerday like it was open a little more. Last night it looked even more so. We took her out and on very gently pressing on the abdomen she stooles with a small amount of blood in it. This morning we noticed that yes it is open a little more than usual. I believe it is inflamed (swollen). About the water area is it okay to take it away from her entirely? We have moved her out of it when I've noticed she's in it for a while because I think she gets too cold and shuts down and is too weak to move on her own. What do you think about the labored breathing, the eyes never open, and the way she brings her front legs up and in. Her legs don't even come down sometimes when we set her down to stabilize we have to bring them down for her. We do not know what to do. It is very heartbreaking. She has always been a little more fragile and small. Our male who is half her age is three times her size (if not more). Our male is very healthy and never has to hand fed. I am debating bringing her back to the vet. Even then the tx is so costly and with little reward at the end. If she is egg bound where do we go from there? What can we do? Please help us with information we do not want her to suffer!!! Thank you

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