- Oct 23, 2014
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Hello, so one of my little button quail hens appears to have something wrong.
So she had a large amount of urates stuck to her cloaca this morning and again this afternoon. Her stomach is certainly distended and feels soft and extra squishy to the touch. She has always been fairly mellow but I feel she is hiding more than usual.
About a month ago some work had to be done in their room so they had temporarily been relocated to a different room for about a month then moved back about 3 weeks ago so there was some stress. She has lost a lot of her back feathers (I had attributed it to likely be from stress and was being more hands off which I am now kicking myself for not noticing the other symptons sooner). I was considering separating the pair since I figured he was to blame even if he hadn't done anything like that before. I know how much they dislike being alone so I have been giving it some time first. She is about a year and a half old. She hasn't been laying since moving back to their regular room.
Housing she is kept with a male in a 34×34 octagon pet play pen with aspen bedding, several hiding places. They get trays of soil for dust baths. They are fed game bird crumbles 24% protein and finch seen although this pen rarely touches the finch seed. They have chick grit and oyster shell always available. The water gets hen boost probiotics (although more diluted than the package directions). Treats consist of meal worms and leftover greens from my lizard so mostly dandelion greens or collared greens. House temperature is usually high 70s-low 80s.
Attaching a picture of her bottom (not clogged with urates in the image, but a little runny poop.)
There is an avian vet in town, when I called there were no appointments today, but can do emergency if needed (when I called they recommended observation for now).
Open to suggestions of anything to try.
So she had a large amount of urates stuck to her cloaca this morning and again this afternoon. Her stomach is certainly distended and feels soft and extra squishy to the touch. She has always been fairly mellow but I feel she is hiding more than usual.
About a month ago some work had to be done in their room so they had temporarily been relocated to a different room for about a month then moved back about 3 weeks ago so there was some stress. She has lost a lot of her back feathers (I had attributed it to likely be from stress and was being more hands off which I am now kicking myself for not noticing the other symptons sooner). I was considering separating the pair since I figured he was to blame even if he hadn't done anything like that before. I know how much they dislike being alone so I have been giving it some time first. She is about a year and a half old. She hasn't been laying since moving back to their regular room.
Housing she is kept with a male in a 34×34 octagon pet play pen with aspen bedding, several hiding places. They get trays of soil for dust baths. They are fed game bird crumbles 24% protein and finch seen although this pen rarely touches the finch seed. They have chick grit and oyster shell always available. The water gets hen boost probiotics (although more diluted than the package directions). Treats consist of meal worms and leftover greens from my lizard so mostly dandelion greens or collared greens. House temperature is usually high 70s-low 80s.
Attaching a picture of her bottom (not clogged with urates in the image, but a little runny poop.)
There is an avian vet in town, when I called there were no appointments today, but can do emergency if needed (when I called they recommended observation for now).
Open to suggestions of anything to try.
