- Oct 8, 2012
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Worst quail keeper ever here again with another emergency. This is a bad one. Predator attack. Raccoon or fox I think. One bird missing, presumed dead. The other severely injured. I think half his wing is ripped off. Skin above his butt either has a chunk bitten or the feathers were pulled so hard it took a lot of skin. It's AWFUL. My first thought was to cull, but I cannot seem to get him in a position where I can hold him firmly to do it. I just can't do it. (I've culled before). From the wing I can't tell if it was actually ripped off or just the feathers. Looks bad. He's still able to walk around looks like he's in pain. I dripped colloidal silver on his wounds, gave him antibiotic feed, put a heating pad under his carrier and tried to get a little aspirin in him.
Ugh!!!! I feel awful about it!!!!
As far as the predator, I'm thinking fox. I heard squeals. I've had raccoon attacks before, and they left headless bodies. This one there were feathers all over and a missing bird and this badly wounded bird. Also, there was a strong skunky smell. (I know foxes can smell like skunk). The smell was there the night before. I saw something last night that looked like an orange cat from a distance but it's tail was a little bigger than normal. Oh dear.
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Ugh!!!! I feel awful about it!!!!
As far as the predator, I'm thinking fox. I heard squeals. I've had raccoon attacks before, and they left headless bodies. This one there were feathers all over and a missing bird and this badly wounded bird. Also, there was a strong skunky smell. (I know foxes can smell like skunk). The smell was there the night before. I saw something last night that looked like an orange cat from a distance but it's tail was a little bigger than normal. Oh dear.
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