Mother quail seemingly in trouble

[HaloDuck]

So, we have 3 quail couples living on our property.

Just today, we saw one of the mother quail stumbling, and we thought she had a hurt leg, but when we watched her more something else seems to be wrong. She seems to have no equilibrium- she keeps stumbling, leaning, and moving to the right, as if she had a stroke or something. I wish I could post a video but I’m not sure if I can.

I was just hoping someone could let me know what might be going on and if there’s any way we could help.

 

[Nabiki]

Can you post the video to YouTube or something and put the link here? These are wild quail, right?

 

[CascadiaRiver]

So my more 'legal' answer is, it sounds like it's a wild quail going through some wild quail things. You can try reporting it to fish & wildlife but generally it's to let nature take its course (unless fish & wildlife are concerned with disease)

However, the bleeding heart in me would also probably want to do something, if you have a video or photo of what she's doing there may be advice we can give, but if you are unable to catch her there's probably not much treatment wise that could be done from a distance with wildlife

 

[HaloDuck]

Can you post the video to YouTube or something and put the link here? These are wild quail, right?

Yeah I can do that!! And they are wild, yes.

 

[HaloDuck]

Can you post the video to YouTube or something and put the link here? These are wild quail, right?

Here’s the video link:

(Sorry for the poor video quality)

 

[Nabiki]

She really doesn't look like she's doing well. I would suspect injury, Since she's wild, she's going to heal quickly or not. As @CascadiaRiver said, unless you can catch her, there's not much you can do, and if you do catch her, you will want to take her to a wildlife rescue for treatment.

 

[HaloDuck]

She really doesn't look like she's doing well. I would suspect injury, Since she's wild, she's going to heal quickly or not. As @CascadiaRiver said, unless you can catch her, there's not much you can do, and if you do catch her, you will want to take her to a wildlife rescue for treatment.

Alright, thank you so much <3

I’m not sure if I want to catch her because I don’t want her to panic, so I really hope she’s gonna be okay..

 

[CascadiaRiver]

Alright, thank you so much <3

I’m not sure if I want to catch her because I don’t want her to panic, so I really hope she’s gonna be okay..

I would consider sending/emailing your local fish & wildlife just in case it's something contagious. I'm not well versed in a lot of quail diseases, but among mammals like rabbits there can be diseases that the animal seems fine just a little off and then it spreads and becomes bad. It's just a likely if not more that it's an injury and not transmissible, but it doesn't hurt to cover your basis and keep the rest of your quails safe and healthy