club footed button quail :(

[FloorCandy]

Nutri-Drench does not contain B2 (Riboflavin) so it's good that you ordered B-Complex. You may have been able to find B-Complex at WalMart too.

Photos of the legs? Turning outward sounds like leg bone deformity. I believe @Eggcessive has good info on that.

The chick is still hanging in there, both legs turn out at the hock, but started normal. I think it’s a result of the hobbling, he turns the feet out to widen the stance for balance. I can’t get good pics, button quail chicks are only about an inch tall, and they are fast and fidgety, any pics I take are blurry at the legs. I’ve been trying to sneak up on it to get a pic of it just standing with turned out feet, but buttons are so flighty, it’s like trying to photograph a hummingbirds wings.

I’ve tried removing the hobble and it immediately splayed again, it seems the feet and toes are weak, the toes are like rubber, and it mostly rests on the hocks, when it walks it’s very flat footed and ducky, but again, it is not accepting the hobble well, and hobbling it in the first place took a ton of trial and error, as it’s so small, my usual fix for Coturnix chicks, of chaining leg bands together with the legs secured in the outermost bands, doesn’t work for buttons. The chick couldn’t manipulate the legs because the joining band was too firm, and it’s the smallest, weakest orthodontic band you can buy haha. So I tied dental floss between two leg bands and shackled him that way. It’s held up well.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The chick is still hanging in there, both legs turn out at the hock, but started normal. I think it’s a result of the hobbling, he turns the feet out to widen the stance for balance. I can’t get good pics, button quail chicks are only about an inch tall, and they are fast and fidgety, any pics I take are blurry at the legs. I’ve been trying to sneak up on it to get a pic of it just standing with turned out feet, but buttons are so flighty, it’s like trying to photograph a hummingbirds wings.

I’ve tried removing the hobble and it immediately splayed again, it seems the feet and toes are weak, the toes are like rubber, and it mostly rests on the hocks, when it walks it’s very flat footed and ducky, but again, it is not accepting the hobble well, and hobbling it in the first place took a ton of trial and error, as it’s so small, my usual fix for Coturnix chicks, of chaining leg bands together with the legs secured in the outermost bands, doesn’t work for buttons. The chick couldn’t manipulate the legs because the joining band was too firm, and it’s the smallest, weakest orthodontic band you can buy haha. So I tied dental floss between two leg bands and shackled him that way. It’s held up well.

Were you able to get the B-Complex?

 

[FloorCandy]

Were you able to get the B-Complex?

It’s supposed to arrive tomorrow before 8 pm.