Lost all but 3 adults.

[Lizzy733]

I’ve had 2 breaks before when a possum was stalking them. Those hung low, this one sits high. The low ones I could easily wrap to lift them up. I tried yesterday and I couldn’t get a good angle and she was terrified. I looked at it today and she’s still holding it up high, and I could manipulate it without her getting distressed, as long as I didn’t try to pick her up, when I picked her up she thrashed and flailed and started throwing up water, so I’m weighing the benefits of trying to wrap it vs just letting it heal a bit off. She has no cuts and no bone sticking out, just holding it at a weird height. I’ll see how she acts as things calm down for her. A vet and professional physical therapy is not something I’m willing to spend money on, I have about 70 Quail as livestock more than pets. since she doesn’t seem distressed currently, I’ll give it some time, and if it seems like she’s in pain, I’ll cull her. But I’ve been doing my best to repair it as best as I can.

Physio is easy to do yourself, it's just slow extensions and manipulation of the wing and joint - extend wing fully, then slowly move it to mimic natural flight. Kind of an up-forward, down-back rotation, focussing on the movement at the shoulder.

If the bird flinches or the wing is shaking at specific portions of the stretch, you've found scar tissue in the socket. The goal of the physio is to compress that scar tissue and free up the range of movement, so pausing and holding the stretch at that point is beneficial.

It only takes a few minutes once or twice a day and leaves them a bit sore, but is beneficial. We do this very often at bird rescue with Kereru, who are notorious for getting drunk on fermented berries and smashing into windows. I've even had to do it for a swamp harrier before.

 

[Corkypx3]

How awful, glad some were inside and escaped!

 

[Tammy N]

I haven’t caught any rats yet, but I secured the door in the one cage and added a couple “test subjects”. They did fine for 3 days and nights so I added about 20 more juveniles from the grow out, and everyone was fine this morning. This weekend I’ll work on the other cage, and add a couple fresh test subjects. Hopefully they’ll do fine as well.

On a happy note, my 3-4+ week old Albinos were giving off some crows, and I officially have my first albino rooster. I was previously crossing the hens back to their dad in hopes of getting a roo, I had read some vague things about albinism being sex linked, and my experience seems to support this. Anyway it’s nice to have something going well with the quails again.

I am so sorry . I use electric Rat Traps from Victor ,,, Company they work amazingly well even fr 3 in 1 and a weasel .

 

[lbradleyaz]

The one that's holding its wing at an odd angle, you should try to wrap it to sit at a more natural angle for the joint - it's really tricky to do and you may need to incorporate a body wrap, but steer clear of the crop if you can or at least don't restrict it.

You said it was a break? If it's compound, give it a few weeks to start mending first, then she may need a bit of physio to regain movement in the joint and break up any scar tissue.

We regularly get birds with blunt injury and breaks at the bird rescue where I volunteer and we use cold laser therapy along with the physio as it promotes bloodflow to the area and reduces swelling. - good for arthritis in people too, so will be adding one to my arsenal at some point, though they can be a bit pricy.

Lizzy. Looking for one (cold laser) for my geese, do you have any recommendations? Currently I have a goose going to a vet for treatment, but haven't gotten a consistent schedule and recently their machine broke.