Injured Quail

[MessyLove]

Okay I have successfully hatched a set of quails now I have a preteen quail injured. The oldest
has scalped a younger pre teen and he is now completely bald and red on the top of his/her head
I believe might be another male. I placed it in another area not sure if it will make it or not; if it dies can we eat it or is the meat contaminated or should we prep it and then eat it. I just don't want to waste him/her because im not sure if it will survive the scalping.

 

[Kiki]

If you don't think he will survive this injury I would guess it would be best to cull it now before if gets an infection.

 

[DK newbie]

Quail have a remarkable ability to survive injury. As long as it's eating and drinking, it stands a good chance. If it's just sitting there, eyes closed or half closed, then it's not so good.

 

[MessyLove]

Quail have a remarkable ability to survive injury. As long as it's eating and drinking, it stands a good chance. If it's just sitting there, eyes closed or half closed, then it's not so good.

 

[MessyLove]

Its standing in one spot with its head down; should i put Vaseline on its head and try to make him drink?

 

[Binki]

Hi, don't put anything on its head - many quail have survived scalping just fine, even though it looks horrendous, so give him some time to come down from his/her shock of being trapped and ripped apart for who knows how long.

Give him some privacy to recover, he's probably feeling very vulnerable right now.

Put some hiding places in your cage as well as items to break the line of sight so that the quail aren't looking at each other all the time and have a place to hide before being damaged/further damaged until you can check on them.

This is a dangerous time for all the quail in there - when the males are young and unidentified, charged with new hormones and competing with each other for the girls with nowhere to run away like they would be able to in the wild. Try to check on them often

 

[007Sean]

Okay I have successfully hatched a set of quails now I have a preteen quail injured. The oldest
has scalped a younger pre teen and he is now completely bald and red on the top of his/her head
I believe might be another male. I placed it in another area not sure if it will make it or not; if it dies can we eat it or is the meat contaminated or should we prep it and then eat it. I just don't want to waste him/her because im not sure if it will survive the scalping.

I've had many survive scalping. Even had pheasants survive scalping by a raccoon (you could see the skull). Put in isolation. Feed and water and time. It should heal it's self.

 

[kissezmychicken]

I had a female quail just about kill a young male. I thought he was blinded by her and bloodied like crazy. One week and warm compresses and he's 100-% back to normal. Be patient..mine looked like death warmed over..