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White diarrhoea in 2 year old coturnix
Stools are back to normal now, and quail is more energetic. It's had moments over the past few weeks where it will be very sluggish for a few hours, but more normal for the rest of the time. I think overall it may be a combination of everything mentioned above, we are going into summer and it... -
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White diarrhoea in 2 year old coturnix
Hi, I have a 2 year old coturnix hen that has been a bit sluggish recently, and now seems to have white diarrhoea. It's been living alone since it's sister died a few months ago, no interactions with other birds that could have given it diseases. It's fed game bird starter, with meal worms as... -
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Trance like state
This to me is what it sounds like. Sometimes I get Ibises and currawongs that fly by outside, I am guessing that one may have flown by the window in a swooping motion and triggered the response. -
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Trance like state
It gets feed Peckish game bird layer. About 10 months old, previoustime this happened was at about 7 months, I think the first time I saw it was at about 5 months. I had 2 but 1 recently died. The previous time it happened was when they were both still alive. It was before I put the mirror in... -
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Trance like state
Rarely (Maybe like once every 2 months) I will notice my quail in a trance like state. It lasts several minutes and it will stand there perfectly still in an unusual pose, honking at regular intervals and will not react to stimulus. Here is an example (Usually it will back away from my finger... -
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Green urate in dropping
Just an update from this: Yesterday it the quail wasn't doing well, so I took it to the exotic birdcare vet. It appears the bird had a massive haemotoma, possibly caused by trauma, though unsure how it got the trauma as it was a very calm quail its whole life and never experienced any major... -
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Hybridising Chinese Painted Quail and Japanese Quail
I wonder how this works, since old world Quail are related to Pheasants, rather than Chickens. -
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Green urate in dropping
Hi, I have noticed recently one of my quail has started having Green urate caps with its droppings, as pictured. They are kept in a cage and fed game bird layer pellets, with occasional treats of mealworms and white sesame seeds daily. Nothing untoward about both my quail physically, both... -
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Quail scared of mealworms
Cheers for the response. In my case I think it was just generalised quail skittishness, it was a fairly new acquisition back then, and about 2 weeks after I posted this, the more timid one started accepting meal worms straight from my hands: Only thing is now they get scared of each other... -
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Quail strange stumbling behaviour
Their main feed is Peckish gamebird starter 24%. Then the occasional treat of Mealworms once a day, a small amount of sesame seeds once or twice a day and small amounts of watermelon once or twice a day. -
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Quail strange stumbling behaviour
I have a pair of female coturnix quail, approaching 5 months old now. Yesterday morning I noticed one seemed to be struggling to walk. It seemed to stumble sideways to the right, and then fall over. It then got up, walked a bit and did the same, but braced itself against the wall. Then went... -
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Tried to add something cool and the girls hate it
I put a dead leaf in my quails cage and they acted exactly like your chickens. They tried to run past it anytime they wanted to access their small room, but the panic which ensued if they accidentally touched it was a little dangerous, so I took it out again.- atecom
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Best treats for quail?
My quail are scared of my hand and don't like to be touched, however when I bring out the Meal worms and watermelon they turn into ravenous little beasts with no regard for species loyalty, their safety or the safety of my hand. They love it. Almost reminds me of a dog whenever you are about to...
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