Can mouse poo kill quail

[Crestcrazy]

I think the mice climb up the post on the left of the picture

 

[Ratchnick]

Options
1) Trap around the cage but not in the cage. They make repeater mouse traps

2)keep mice out of the cage, if you can keep them from climbing by using sheet metal or just use a cage that keeps mice out.

 

[Crestcrazy]

Ok thank you I will try to do either one of those, my one Italian quail left is seeming really weak and acting like she might die, do you know of anything that could help her that I could make it home

 

[Crestcrazy]

Sorry for all the questions

 

[Ratchnick]

Hard to treat without a diagnosis.

 

[Crestcrazy]

Losing weight, still eating and drinking, puffed-up feathers and having a hard time standing

 

[Crestcrazy]

 

[ChickenCanoe]

What state or country are you in? If this quail dies, you need a necropsy and lab work to know exactly what the disease is so you have a path forward.
Mice don't have to defecate in the food to introduce disease, they can track bacteria, virus, fungus and protozoa in on their feet.

 

[Crestcrazy]

Missouri, but I don't think I can have lab work done

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm in Missouri and virtually every time I have a bird die, I ship it or hand carry it to the Mizzou diagnostic lab in Columbia. There is also a lab in Springfield but I think Mizzou's lab has better capability.
I raise very rare birds and it is imperative I know immediately what is going on in my flocks so I know a path forward. Doing otherwise, I could potentially lose more than half of all this breed that exists in north America.

Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
University of Missouri
810 E. Campus Loop
Columbia, Missouri 65211-0001
Phone: 573-882-6811

Missouri Department of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
701 North Miller Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65802-6460
Phone: 417-895-6861

By calling the lab At Mizzou, they will send you a FedEx label for shipping the bird.