Lethargic Quail

[TurkeyTheQuail]

My quail, Turkey, has been acting strange lately. She's been slower and having some trouble walking, and when I picked her up, she felt underweight. I did some research and it said she might have nerve damage from not drinking enough water? If anyone had experience with this please let me know.. Turkey just turned a year old, so I don't know how much longer she'll live.

In the meantime, I separated her from the others and put her in an empty brooder. I put a little rice in her bowl of water, so when she tries to eat she'll hopefully get some water down too. It seems to be working for the most part.

 

[Yardmom]

Hope she is doing better.

 

[Bluebird4]

Try this: You can add it to the communal waterer, it won’t hurt the others. If it doesn’t work, you can add more apple cider vinegar, up to 1 tsp.

per 1 quart water

4 cups warm water
2tbsp + 1 tsp white granulated sugar or molasses
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
OPTIONAL: 1/2 tsp potassium chloride


Just add this to their water. The best way to find potassium chloride is to find a salt substitute in the store. Just adjust the recipe to the size of your waterer. Hope this helps!!!

If you use your own electrolyte mix, I would add just the apple cider vinegar. You can also try mixing their feed into some scrambled eggs, plain, greek yogurt or cornmeal.