I Have An Issue With My Blue Scaled Quail...

[Little_Bigfoot]

I Got Two Pairs Shipped And I Shipped Them To My Dad House Along With A Few Pairs For Him, Long Story Short When He Brought Them Down They Sat In A Cage For Two Days Fine But Durring The Night On Of The Pairs Seems To Have Fought And The Male Has No Feathers Around The Eye And The Female Has Som Scalping On Her Head And Front Of Her Neck Why Could This Be Seems Like To Much Damage For Just Breeding There Was Deffinatley Some Sort Of Fight.
Any One Who Has Raised Them Have This Problem?

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

I would probably separate them....

 

[Little_Bigfoot]

Already Did Just Wondering Why It Would Happen

 

[JJMR794]

Are You Sure Its An Opposite Sex Pair?

 

[Little_Bigfoot]

i cant say i am 100 percent sure but yes i believe so from beer sexing it seems as if its correct, but i was thinking maybe it is because they were in a small kennel carrier made for a cat for 2 days?

 

[JJMR794]

Well That May Be A Good Possibility Or It May Well Be From Them Ping Ponging Around In There From Their Journey???

 

[PortugalBreeder]

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That happened to my bobs, I spend some days thinking what could have happened but when a cat got near their cage everything was understood in a second, they jump like crazy and smash their heads in the top of the cage; result, they lost all the skin in their heads, just blood. May be the same happening with yours?

 

[Little_Bigfoot]

yeah im thinking it a combo of both jitters in the cage as well as fighting over food i will keep them in iso for a few weeks and try again.