Thank you for this, you were right! We put some warm water on its feet and managed to coax all the balls off (except for one or two small ones that didn't quite come off, we figured we can dry it off and try again a day later so not to stress the quail too much).
I'm a new quail owner and I noticed something strange about one of my pet quail when I was cleaning their cage. I haven't noticed this growth before. I don't pick them up a whole lot so this mightve been going on longer without me realizing. I'm not sure if this is an accumulation of dirt and...