Button Quail ear bleeding

[birdluvr]

He's trying to fall asleep. The other ear is filled with blood. Should I give him aspirin I've heard given chickens aspirin is ok, but not quail. Will he be able to hear out of that ear the other one is definitely gone.

 

[birdluvr]

They fought I found out who did it. That male matured quite quickly and hurt this guy :/
I THINK i would need a 20th of a regular aspirin

 

[DK newbie]

I don't think I'd give him anything. Quail tend to heal very well on their own as long as they are kept warm and well fed, so I'd be worried I'd cause more damage by giving him anything. The most I'd do is clean the blood away with a bit of warm water and perhaps put a tiny bit of anti inflammatory ointment on the wound. And of cause keep him separated so the others don't keep pecking at the wound, yet close enough to the others to prevent him from stressing himself to death.
Whether he'll be able to hear probably depends how deep the damage is, but I don't find it unlikely that he will, though his hearing might be reduced.

 

[dpenning]

He's trying to fall asleep. The other ear is filled with blood. Should I give him aspirin I've heard given chickens aspirin is ok, but not quail. Will he be able to hear out of that ear the other one is definitely gone.

Asprin is a blood thinner, not something I'd give to an animal bleeding!

 

[birdluvr]

He didn't need aspirin at the end. What should I do about him being lonely. He cheeps when he can't see them

 

[birdluvr]

He can hear them, but not see them. Is that okay?

 

[DK newbie]

In general the best way to separate buttons to prevent calling, is by doing so within the original enclosure - fence off a part of it for him or place a cage inside with him in it. If the enclosure isn't big enough, you can try placing him right beside their cage, so he can see them.
He might heal as he is, but the stress of being alone isn't good for him and potentially he could kill himself trying to get to the others, so I would do my best to keep him separated in a way that doesn't cause him to call for them.

 

[birdluvr]

I've given him his own fenced off area. He's quite cheerful at the moment. He healed quickly, and he's up and running.
Before I gave him his fenced off area. I tried to just pair him up with a female. When I did it the female with him opened her mouth and said hehehehehe. Then she started chasing him( I've tried every female). Why are they doing this?
There's one quail that's the size of my females, and he mates like a chicken (chasing and mating with everything he sees). The rest of them just mind their own business. Another thing is that the same quail is out to get the hurt one. He pecks the wire trying to get the hurt one.


On a happy note I have a nice little silver male that sits next to the wire and peeps to him, having a quail-conversation!

 

[DK newbie]

Were these quail raised together? Do you have other tuxedos?
I have a trio of two sisters with a tuxedo roo - the girls were downright scared of him for the fist week or so after introducing them although he never pecked at or chased them - he just went straight to offering them food the moment he saw them.
None of my other introductions have been like that - the girls have just accepted the males right away. So I think, to a quail, the tuxedo coloration is very different and could be cause for them to reject him. My tuxedo roo was also chased and pecked by his own sons when I didn't remove them before they matured.
In general buttons should be kept in pairs - or at least with only one male in each enclosure that has females. Otherwise fighting, chasing, pecking and unnecessary stress will happen. The girls are probably rejecting him due to his color, the fact that he's not at his best right now and because they've seen that he's at the bottom of the pecking order. If you remove him and one hen from the original enclosure so the hen can no longer see alternative, more 'attractive' males, and keep the two separated by a layer of wire for 1-2 weeks to allow him to fully heal and the two to get used to each other, then you might still get a hen to accept him.
You might also be able to house him with the silver that seems to accept him, once he's healed, as long as you keep the two alone with no females in sight. In any case I'd get the flock separated either in an all male and an all female group or in pairs or trios to avoid further issues.

 

[birdluvr]

Now that i've been watching them more. I see that most of them are friendly to him. The only one that is not is the aggressive one. He's the only tuxedo, and yes they were raised together as chicks. To be honest the males are quite happy next to each other. The only one that really causes trouble (and stress) is the aggressive one. I'll probably buy a female for him and give them to somebody with parakeets. The problem with the aggressive one is that he doesn't court the females. he just runs around and chases them. It really stresses both the males and the females.