My Mawcaw is laying eggs and I'm not sure what to do, help!

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I have had a blue and gold for several years, We bought him from a man who told us it was a boy and we had always assumed he was right.

Recently the bird, who is VERY attached to me, started acting very hormonal and was constantly trying to share food with me and getting very frustrated to the point of over preening. We were trying everything to stop the habit and it was on a few medicines (To modify behavior/avoid infection) In the end we got an implant to reduce hormonal behavior and were told it would possibly take a mating season(?) to actually kick in and we would have to wait this one out.

So that what we had been doing, we gave the bird toys and things to play with, including a phone book and a few days ago it ripped the entire thing to shreds and threw it all on the bottom of the cage.

Yesterday morning I woke up to find the bird huddled in a pile of papers on top of an egg. We have never had a female bird before so I had no idea what to do but we put food and water on the floor for her and called the vet (Closed on Sunday of course) She seemed relatively okay though so we let her be and left the egg in the cage.

I called the vet again this morning and was told the implant (In a female bird) Should have kept her from laying eggs, so they were sort of baffled, and the vet would call me as soon as he could (He hasn't yet)

I have walked out several times to check on her since and it SEEMS like she is trying to lay another. She backs up again the cage wall and sticks her butt up and makes really sad sounding noises as she tries to push.

How long does it take for them to actually LAY an egg? Should she already have laid a second by now? I don't know EXACTLY when she laid the first one but it was before 6 in the morning on Sunday and it is now 4 p.m. Monday.

Is there something I should be doing to assist her?

I have been reading about egg laying and I saw birds being egg bound is a problem, how common is that and how long should I wait before calling the vet about that? She has been up and down her cage a few times, she climbs to her perch to poop then climbs back down to the floor after wards, so I know she can still move her legs.

Please help quickly!

[GreenWing]

I wish I could help; I am extremely inexperienced with this, Pajarita is the best person to help in this area. I don't want to worry you BUT if I were you, I'd take the bird into an Avian Vet ASAP.

Meanwhile, I am crossing my fingers for your bird.