Californian quail with injured beak

[Jessiquail]

Hi guys I’m new here .
Iv gone to sort my quails this morning and my male Californian quail has an injured beak, he’s housed with a female, 1 male and 5 male Japanese quail and a pair or Mexican bobwhites but this pair are fairly new as in only been in the pen pen for around 3 weeks. These two usually keep themselves to themselves so I don’t quite know what’s happened. Any advice on how to care for him will be much appreciated. Should I clean the beak up? I have separated him in a cage on his own with food and water should I just leave him to heal himself or does he need to see a vet? TIA X

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BCY! Glad you joined.
I would VERY gently clean the beak to see how bad the damage is. There are threads on repairing minor beak cracks with a piece of fabric from a tea bag and super glue... I think.
Good luck with him.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC! I'll defer to @DobieLover as she always offers good advice. Best of luck with your quail!

 

[CluckerFamily]

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC We are happy you have joined us. Good luck with your quail.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with the quail.

 

[N F C]

Hi, sorry about your quail injury. You could try posting on this forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures

Best wishes!

 

[Jessiquail]

Wow thanks for all the hellos what a lovely bunch. Thanks for the advice. Iv cleaned it up and it doesn’t look to bad i think it may of just happened when I found him and before it got worse, but it seems to be his nostrils and corners is his mouth I usually use purple spray on wounds but don’t really want to use it on these parts. Is it best to leave him to rest now?

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC ! Wish you well with the quail .

 

[33ChickenLovers]

Welcome to BYC, glad you joined
Hope your quail gets better, I would let his/her beak heal on its own, depending on how bad it’s damaged.