respiratory infection in quail?

GuineaFowling

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My golden coturnix quail had a "wet" sneeze. I was recommended duramycin so I have been medicating her for the past couple of days. She is kept with only one other quail who is a button quail. The button is showing no signs of having caught the infection but I still have her medicated. Today I noticed the coturnix has discharge from her nostrils. Its clear no color. I hardly see her sneeze but she suddenly has discharge from her nostrils. Should I stop the medication? Could this lead to her death? What should I do? I had her medicated for dive days Noe and I planned on stopping on day seven. She isn't laying eggs, I don't really know if she is a she because she hasn't crowed and the feed store said she was a hen. She has the coloring of a male though. Should I buy tylon 50 and medicate her with that? Please help, I would hate to lose such a beautiful bird.

Also, her droppings are pretty normal. Solid with the occasional cecal.
 
Show me a pic of its breast and I'll tell ya whether its a hen or not.

I have birds that will throw water around like feed sometimes,

dont know why maybe trying to splash cool,

My point is, when I discovered this, a hens beak was wet and drippy, but turned out she was just

wasting water.
 
Here are some photos. Sorry about the quality. Its hard to take a birds photo when they don't want you to.

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This is a photo of her in the day I got her. About 2-3 weeks ago.
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Also, I do think she is sick as the discharge is clearly coming from her nostrils. Some of it has dried and clumped as well. Could she have infectious bronchitis?
 
Beautiful bird, I'd call it a fawn golden, but I digress.

Tough call, I may be wrong because its so light colored, but I'm going with roo.
(i put my glasses on and looked again, wish I could hold it and look, pattern looks like a hen in some of the photos
Color looks like roo, I'll stick with roo, even though theres a good chance I'm wrong)

first thing I noticed is the bird has access to the ground, so could be any number of maladies.

I would definitely medicate with a broad spectrum AB, for about 10 days.

Or if Dr DC (DC3085) weighs in, follow his advice.

I'm not much for treating sick birds, I just take em to the drive thru bank and put them in the tube, hit send and drive away...



(NO, i don't)
 
Well if its a boy he's going to have a girly name. I named him Sandy. My button quail has access to the ground and never got sick. Sandy came home from the feedstore with sneezing. They kept the quail on wire bottom cages but there were so many in one cage. I will medicate him. Also, I would like to ask how soon I should worm them after medicating them. Its time I worm my birds again and I am a bit worried about giving these two quail the wormer immediately after medicating.
Thank you for your input!
 
....This is why i don't bring live birds home. Did you buy it at the feed store in livermore (the one on the last exit before the altamont pass) where they keep them with all the chickens? Has it been around chickens?

Smell the nostrils, do they smell foul?

Do you notice any swelling around the sinus area or the head in general?

When you listen to the bird up close do you hear wheezing or rattling in it's lungs?
 
I bought him from the feed store in Stockton. They normally have healthy birds but they do purchase their birds from customers and dont normally question them. The quails were kept by doves and pigeons. They did have older chicks and some bantam roosters in a cage below their cage. They did not have access to the chickens though. I went to the feed store recently and all the quails that Sandy was kept with were gone. They had about 5 new quails that seemed quite healthy. No sneezing or runny nostrils. I believe the reason why the ones kept with Sandy were sick is because whoever sold them to the feed store sold them sick.

I checked on Sandy today and his nostrils cleared up and there is no more discharge. I did have to remove the dried discharge that was around them though. His nostrils smell fine and there is no rattling or wheezing that I hear. I think he is recovering.

Thank you.
 
GF, after a careful look at the last photo, I'm switching to hen, the flash didnt wash out the color in that one.

And either that bird is enormous or someone has tiny hands.


If this were that gameshow, this is my final answer.
 
Keep a close eye on it's feces and eating habits just to be sure. That's a beautiful bird so I hope it stays healthy. It very well could have been a "cold" or a minor respiratory ailment of some sort.
 

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