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Unfortunately, he underwent sudden respiratory distress. The vet took him home to observe and he passed away overnight. We aren't sure what was wrong with him, he had started responding to the medication prior to that.

Hmmm. Yeah. He seems OK with us, but I don't know if I would call it a bond, lol. We are home all day most days and I try to sit with him, talk to him, and "groom" him so he doesn't feel lonely.

Not sure what to do once he's better. I have read males will overbreed females if they aren't at at least a 4:1 ratio? We are also still not sure yet how much mobility he will have compared to a normal quail. I don't want him to get trampled or picked on.

Saw second vet. His temps are normal, skin is reasonable (the dust bathing is really helping, and she wants me to continue), heartbeat and lungs sound great. He's also put on a good amount of weight (he's gained 1/4 the weight he was last week). She agreed that he was extremely energetic and...

No discharge from the skin, I think it might just be from lack of grooming. I gave him a dust bath and he smells 100% better and his skin looks much better too - I used some pumice based chinchilla bath stuff.

New symptom - stinky, flaky skin. And I mean SMELLY. Its feathers are dull and crusty. The vet it's been seeing isn't in today, and the only other avian vet I could find reccomended a 3rd vet who can't see us till tommorrow and charges $75 for an exam, which is more than any of the other places...

Update- the scaly skin seems to be everywhere but it's face, and it still can't walk although it's made some attempts to stand and can scoot around. The swollen joints now seem to have some kind of fluid build up. The wing it most frequently used to get around, however, remains unaffected. A...

Thank you all for the responses and advice! It definitely makes me feel less crazy and a little more hopeful about the situation. Some more updates - had a fecal done, it came out negative, so that's good, although we still don't know what is causing the joint swelling. It looks like his/her...

Okay! We have freeze dried meal worms. The vet took my sav a chick and said it was pointless, should I go buy some more? ETA also, thanks for the reply. I got some flack from the in laws for saving a "dinner bird" and it was just kind of a downer. I personally don't think it's silly...

Hi, I posted about this guy in the diseases/cures/emergencies section but didn't get any responses so I am hoping for some insight here - we took in a coturnix quail chick this past Sunday who was very ill. We had no idea how poor his condition was until we picked him up - the ad just said he...