Egg Bound Quail! HELP ASAP!

[Valeriemichelle]

I posted about her earlier, everyone was telling me she is probably egg bound.

I can feel an egg in her but its kinda far up, under her bone a little.
-She just sits around all day, fluffed up.
-eats and drinks a little.
-acts like she cant get up on stuff
-and doesn't want to use her wings.
-She's also kinda smelly (more smelly then she usually is) I don't know if that means anything or not.

If she is egg abound what do I do for a quail?

I heard of people soaking their chickens in warm water.. dose that also work on quail or is there a other way?

Please help. She's been acting like this for a few days.

 

[miss_thenorth]

And she hasn't laid an egg in a few days? I've never had an egg bound quail, but i would try doing what I do for the chickens--soak her butt in warm water and g e n t l y massage her. Be extremely careful though. You don't want to break the egg inside of her.

 

[Valeriemichelle]

No she hasn't. The last egg she laid was brown (which was unusual for her) like 3 days ago.

Instead of warm water would a heating pad work the same? or is it better to use the water?

 

[miss_thenorth]

I would stick to the water, but that is just me. I know too, if a hen has prolapsed, to keep her in a dark area. Not sure if the same applies to quail, but the thinking is the dark will take away the urge to pass it, to give her body a chance to heal up. maybe someone else could chime in their opinions?

 

[miss_thenorth]

Also, as far as egg colour is concerned, sometimes yo will get different coloured eggs, as the colour is added right before the egg is passed out. I have had speckled, blue, and alomost total brown eggs from the same quail.

 

[Valeriemichelle]

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Okay, at least I know thats fine now. I just got worried because she started acting wierd right after that, and she's never laid one like that before.

 

[shelleyd2008]

If the egg was very brown all over, it probably 'stayed in her' longer than it should have. So she's probably had this problem for a little while. Do you give her oyster shells? Some people don't think they need it, but they most certainly do.

 

[Stellar]

You can grind it up and mix it in the food

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Just don't use your blender like quaillady does

I just put some in a small feed cup in their cage, separate from their feed

 

[Stellar]