my quail are dying suddenly

[flick]

oh, i forgot. we also started the medicine in water today.

 

[Tony K T]

oh, i forgot. we also started the medicine in water today.

Medication,for what?You don't know what's wrong with them.Medication is for ailments.You can't just give a bird medication if you don't know what's wrong.Well you can,but it's not going to solve your problem.Sorry if you think I'm being mean,but I am trying to help and you don't seem willing to give any info.I would not buy any more birds until you figure out what is going on!
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[flick]

i thought i anwered your questions. but i read that when a quail is having stress to give them the medication in the water.

 

[flick]

it is called corid

 

[AZ Birds]

i would get some live traps to set out at night and if it is a cat you should be able to catch him pretty easy and if you catch the cat before letting it go bang the hell out of the cage or make loud noises to scare the hell out of the cat and it should deter it from coming back.

 

[Fat Daddy]

I agree with the live trap for the most part. I keep several set at all times. But if I catch anything, I would not be releasing it. It will be back, only now It knows what a trap is! Give said cat a fair trial. Take your trap and place it in a body of water.... If the cat is innocent of harrassing your birds, it will float! It's been my experiance that most are guilty thou! Bill

 

[Campine]

My first thought is maybe the cat or another predator/disturbance has them freaked out to the point of going into shock ( I think shock is more likley than a heart attacks) Birds and other animals sometimes go into shut down mode and die from shock if attacked, that's why a seemingly OK bird will "fall asleep" and die after hitting a window even if it didn't break it's neck.

Another thought was something like West Nile virus or maybe even bites from deer flies.

 

[AZ Birds]

I agree with the live trap for the most part. I keep several set at all times. But if I catch anything, I would not be releasing it. It will be back, only now It knows what a trap is! Give said cat a fair trial. Take your trap and place it in a body of water.... If the cat is innocent of harrassing your birds, it will float! It's been my experiance that most are guilty thou! Bill

haha love this but i tried to put it a nicely as i could. i would do about the same as you or take it far away from my house and see if it likes being harrassed by coyotes all night long. wild predators get dispatched and there fur gets tanned.

 

[flick]

LOL!!! its NOT funny! i totaly agree. i set a trap out last night, no cat yet, but finally the birds seemed fine this morning. down to 1 japaneze quial, it is starting to lose its feathers. in the other cage im down to 3 texas a&m quial... soooo stressed... got soo attached to all these birds...well i dont think we will ever give up..yes i think the 3 cats we saw already will be finding NEW homes, not anywhere around mine.
i REALLY appreciate all the advice and help from everyone!
i will let you know how we make out.
thanks again!

 

[AZ Birds]

LOL!!! its NOT funny! i totaly agree. i set a trap out last night, no cat yet, but finally the birds seemed fine this morning. down to 1 japaneze quial, it is starting to lose its feathers. in the other cage im down to 3 texas a&m quial... soooo stressed... got soo attached to all these birds...well i dont think we will ever give up..yes i think the 3 cats we saw already will be finding NEW homes, not anywhere around mine.
i REALLY appreciate all the advice and help from everyone!
i will let you know how we make out.
thanks again!

hope everything gets better and you figure things out. also if you have a roof on your quail cage i would put some mouse traps up there. i once seen a cat jump on the roof of my quail cage and it was looking down at the quail and pawing the side freaking the quail out. so i put mouse traps on there, next day 3 were snapped and never seen that cat since.