Can quail dustbathe in sawdust?

[FloorCandy]

You shouldn't put sawdust in the coop for 2 reasons:

First, it harms the very little lungs. Much too dusty and sticky.

Second, it creates with the poop a very (again) sticky mass, resulting in nasty poop balls on the claws.

I have just learned this the hard way, mine bathed in spilled food, and I have a few with really gooped up feet that’s like cement to remove. Tiny absorbent particles act differently than sand, that’s for sure.

 

[someusername]

I have just learned this the hard way, mine bathed in spilled food, and I have a few with really gooped up feet that’s like cement to remove. Tiny absorbent particles act differently than sand, that’s for sure.

That happened to me, too! A water bath really fixes it.

 

[FloorCandy]

That happened to me, too! A water bath really fixes it.

Haha I had actually posted about it in another thread this morning, and I put pics of them in their water bath. I put a brownie pan out with water and they had a pool party.

 

[someusername]

Haha I had actually posted about it in another thread this morning, and I put pics of them in their water bath. I put a brownie pan out with water and they had a pool party.

haha