OMG can a centipede sting make my quail go crazy?

[MissChick@dee]

Well ice is a analgesic and great for bites that are painful and effect surrounding tissue. I should of explained it fully. I forget simple solutions need complete instructions. My bad. I would ice the bite. You’ll have the bird in a controlled environment (warm) ice the bite for two minutes on then ten minutes off do it twice per treatment. DONT slam a human ice pack on the poor thing. I just thought that would be common sense. A small ice pack would consist of one or two ice cubes in a wash cloth. You can warm the bird as needed. I’ve done it it works. Especially when the bite is fresh. Works for just about any animal and people too. I’ll be
More considerate next time I try to give a suggestion. And not mislead by poor representation of facts. Better?

 

[HarleyQuailison]

So your quail was by a companion attacked and put through a stressful situation, and now she's acting stressed? That sounds like a normal response.
If it's intermittent, it's not pain from a bite. Probably the centipede didn't bite her. And I would NOT put an ice pack on such a small bird anyway! You'd chill her to death. You can check her over for bumps or signs of bites if you want, but I don't think this is a response to a bite. I think she's really stressed out by recent events. Continue doing calming things and see if that helps. Let her do what seems to make her calm. If the others are still bullying her, separate her, but make sure she can see and hear them so she doesn't have an instinctive "something ate the other birds" stress response.
You said "smaller male". How many males and females do you have, and what kind is she? If she's a button quail, you should have them in m/f pairs. If she's a coturnix, you should have one male to multiple females.

THANK YOU! I would not put an ice pack on her, I don't think she'd let me. I actually lost the bully boy, the small one, while trying to move him to another place, so he's gone. Her mate is still in there with her, and being very sweet and patient, checking on her and only going up the ramp to the top and checking on her in the upper level house a.k.a. roosting area kinda? I have Bobwhites, and they are in my home as pets. I had just the female, as the other one died at 12 weeks old from cocci and moving from brooder to the mansion cage. So she was really lonely and calling for me all the time, and I found 2 Bobwhites that were 2 weeks old locally when she was 15 weeks old. It was all harmony for 10 weeks with the three, but turns out that the 2 were both male, I'm assuming, because they both have the much darker looking masks coming in and at 12 weeks now have the distinctive feathers with the black zig zag stripe, as well as the other beautiful Bobwhite Ginger/White/Black feathers of adult birds....so beautiful!! Anyways, so now that the bully escaped outside, it is just her and her mate. She will only come to me and if I don't hold her in such a way that she feels totally covered, with her head under my chin or neck and my hands around her body, she freaks and flys away and if possible goes right back into the mansion and fumbles up on the ramp running right back into the upper level and hides. behind the brush I have up there for them. I had to open the door to the upper level to make sure she had water, and she could access feed and I gave her mealworms and more oyster shells crushed. I held her, which really calms her down, as I hand raised her. She doesn't seem as bad as she was when the bully was in there, but she is still very skittish and won't come down, and when she does, she's freaked. It has now affected her mate a bit too, as he's very jumpy at any movement or noise, but as long as I'm talking it seems to calm him just like it does her. I just want my normal babies back. She hasn't felt fear like this in her entire 27 weeks of life. The male is only 12 weeks now. I still can't find the bully male, but my back yard is a jungle and he can be hiding anywhere. So you think they will get back to normal with just me spending time with them?

 

[HarleyQuailison]

Well ice is a analgesic and great for bites that are painful and effect surrounding tissue. I should of explained it fully. I forget simple solutions need complete instructions. My bad. I would ice the bite. You’ll have the bird in a controlled environment (warm) ice the bite for two minutes on then ten minutes off do it twice per treatment. DONT slam a human ice pack on the poor thing. I just thought that would be common sense. A small ice pack would consist of one or two ice cubes in a wash cloth. You can warm the bird as needed. I’ve done it it works. Especially when the bite is fresh. Works for just about any animal and people too. I’ll be
More considerate next time I try to give a suggestion. And not mislead by poor representation of facts. Better?

Thank you for your advice, I really appreciate it, I do, as I'm new to my Bobwhites and I can use all the advice I can get. But I don't see any bite, I just found the centipede and am trying to find a reason for her sudden behavior and was wondering if that COULD be what happened. I truly don't know anything for sure except for the bully male that began chasing her after she was freaking the night before. He was not even her mate, his brother was, but he suddenly became very aggressive. He is gone now though, as he escaped out my back door after I tried to move him to another container. I still can't find him. I will attempt again today. But my priority is getting the remaining couple back to harmony. Thank you again, and if I do find a bite, I will try the ice.

 

[HarleyQuailison]

UPDATE!!! She has way calmed down since the male that was attacking her was removed. I don't think it was a centipede bite after all...Thank God!! And I had the most wonderful surprise over the weekend....SHE LAID EGGS!!! I'm so excited!!! Thank you all for your advice and help!! You are the best here!! Harmony has returned!!