new to button quails

[Stellar]

Oh they can eat a full mealworm, they will gulp it up! I don't recommend trios, I would try the female female pair if all else fails.

 

[OpalRaven7]

ok well I went upstairs to give them mealworms and there were spots of blood on the sides of the cage so they must have really been fighting while I was at work. So I put the mealworms in and pretty boy didnt give any to the females just ate the worms he found himself! lol So since there was blood I didnt want to leave them together another night and I divided them into pairs, Pretty Boy turkey dance chased the female I pout in with him but she kept running away, hopefully it works out. They are only in a 10 gallon right now because I wasnt planning on having separate pairs, is that to small for them? The other pairs are atleast in a 20 Long tank, and a big storage bin...

 

[Stellar]

There will always be that boy that wants all to himself...hence the name pretty boy

But the 10 gallon will suffice for now, just make sure ventilation is ok (ammonia levels can cause feather loss and behavior problems, let alone the respiratory problems. The pairs should get used to each other. Keep the mealworms coming

 

[laughingdog]

why have i seen videos of natural environments and setups, with bands of "button" quail, were alot of females, and few male were all hanging close together as adults and with chicks? are they just monogomus in tiny captive cages, as they dont have room to act normal?

 

[laughingdog]

P.S. just curious, as have corturnix right now, but want to set up aviary for tiny birds in distant future with button quail.

 

[Stellar]

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The normal behavior in the wild is monogamous so I don't get your question...being cooped up in a colony is NOT normal behavior...

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

KFCGirl♥ :

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nope, sorry.
buttons are monagomous in the wild, and should be kept that way

I have 3 Buttons, 2 females and a male. So far there hasn't been any problems, they all stick together like glue. I know other people don't recommend it though​

 

[OpalRaven7]

If I put them in a hamster/gerbil cage with a wire ramp and small second level/balcony will they be able to use that? The cage its self is 18" x 11" x 12" with a solid bottom.

 

[laughingdog]

oh wasnt arguing, and some were left to roam wild or in huge zoo enclosures were planted aviary for birds, and/or butterflies were wanting these to help keep tiny pests down. i figured they would pair and stay as far away from each other as possible and not cluster together. just was confusing info, and wondered if they can be kept for bit if got more than one roo from hatching eggs, temp in aviary.

 

[Stellar]

I have 2 pairs at a Butterfly greenhouse in the city (I don't own the greenhouse

) and each pair occupies one side of the greenhouse. The room is divided by a pond and a bridge. The workers called me and laughed as one pair "tried" to cross the bridge to get first dibs to the food but the other pair literally shooed them off and almost threw them off the ledge to the pond (the pond part wasn't that funny to hear). But they do well in large aviaries as bonded mates and last week one of the pairs hatched one baby.