Help, sick quail

Laylahege

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Mar 31, 2022
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I have a 7 week female quail that isn't able to stand. She can't seem to walk, and her back legs seem to stay extended. Anyone have any advice? She's separated from the others at the moment. Everyone else seems fine. I don't see any injuries.
Here's a video.
 

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30% game bird starter.
I have not seen her eat or drink. I am about to give her a little water w electrolytes via syringe.
She's pooping. Poop looks normal
She's actually improved slightly since I isolated her. The Temps here dropped down below freezing last night for the first time and I have a heat lamp over their water so it doesn't freeze. I'm not sure if a drastic temp change would cause something like this...
She's still wobbly but isn't standing with her butt straight up anymore.
 
What are you feeding her?
Is she eating and drinking?
Is she pooping?
What does her

It sounds like she may have flushed and hit her head. Coturnix are prone to doing that and they either bounce back in a couple of days or pass. It sounds like yours is recovering.
Thank you, that's reassuring. Since she's separated from the others should I worry about the cold tonight? It will be 20°. I could put a heat pad under her box...
 
It sounds like she may have flushed and hit her head. Coturnix are prone to doing that and they either bounce back in a couple of days or pass. It sounds like yours is

Can you bring her inside for the night? I don't trust heat pads after seeing chicks with necrotic and missing toes caused by those.
Yes, I don't know why I didn't think of that!
 

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