Quincy Buttons
In the Brooder
- Feb 25, 2018
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Can someone help identify the problem with my female button quail? She's ~2 years old (average lifetime of 3 years), has stopped laying eggs for several months, lives indoors alone, in a constantly clean cage. A few days ago I noticed that her poop has turned ashy grey and watery (been eating and drinking more than usual, saw her yesterday expel some water from her beak). Her breastbone has stuck out, shes lost weight, and looks disheveled (has lost many feathers from the past 2 weeks, probably molting). She sleeps under the heatlamp for longer periods of time, and is constantly sluggish and will sometimes jump up and start running around very fast for a few moments, then sleep again. Today, she keeps on shivering, twisting her neck, and closing her eyes at the same time. I feed her laying crumble, along with an assortment of seeds, ground oat flakes, calcium grits, and vitamin supplements. Occasionally some greens, but I haven't given her mealworms in a while.
I've been doing some reading and I'm suspecting that it might be worms.
Thank you so much, any help is much appreciated!
I've been doing some reading and I'm suspecting that it might be worms.
Thank you so much, any help is much appreciated!