We actually only have 2, in quite a large indoor hutch.
There's plenty of pots and hidey places for them, but the other one just went really aggressive all of a sudden.
There might be some slight swelling on her eye, which I guess could be from a peck. She can still open it in the moments she's alert.
She just seemed very sleepy at the moment, I'm guessing it's been exhausting getting chased.
What can i give for electrolytes?
One of our quails had been getting chased and attacked by one of our other hens, and has since been puffed up and lethargic.
Is she just stressed? I've isolated her into a box with some food and water (with CCF) and she's had some and some meal worms.
She's preened herself and pooped (once on...
Just to update this much later, I can confirm that our little ones bumblefoot is now completely cleared up!
Thanks for all your assistance and advice :)
Just to update here, we soaked the girls little dooties in salt water for 20 minutes but seemed unable to remove the scab, gave them a good squeeze and nothing came out other than one of them bleeding.
Sprayed with antiseptic, and put them on an indoor hutch with puppy pads on the floor.
Hey, thanks for the confirmation. We've only had them just under 4 weeks, so not sure how fast it develop.
I was looking at this which says it can be used on birds...
Hey, we've just started raising quail, and noticed on one of our girls, she has two scabs on her feet. They're on wood shavings, in a large rabbit hutch indoors.
She doesn't appear bothered by them or lame in anyway.
If it is Bumblefoot, what's the best way to go about treating it? We're in...