quail are dying

[chickenology28]

I bought five qual and one day one was in the cage dead and one vanished . Three days later two were dead I'm wondering if a big lizard can kill them cause there's no blood need some advise

 

[IceAngel]

I noticed that nobody had replied to your question. I think if you can't find any bite marks then it probably wasn't killed by a predator. I don't really know a lot about Quail except the wild ones that live on our property. If you provided them with the proper temperature environment/ventilation and food/water you will want to find out what happened before you try to get more. I do know that animals can die from shock, so if they were chased by something and couldn't get away, that's a possibility. More likely though, because you just got them perhaps they weren't all that healthy to start with and couldn't cope with the stress of relocation.
A good place to start is with the person who sold them to you. Perhaps they can shed some insight into your problem.

 

[Invision]

Something can be scaring them from the outside of the cage causing them to bonk their heads and die, also just the fear can sometimes cause death, but probably they were infected with something or fed medicated food. hatch your own so you know where they come from, and how they live.

 

[Del1977]

Don't really have any answers for you but wanted to say that I recently had a quail drop dead for no apparent reason. It was one out of 17 that I had hatched myself and still in the brooder with the others when we found it dead in the morning. Promptly removed it and the rest are now nearing maturity. They will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and have noticed one of the males giving one of the females some attention in the last couple of days. We only have 6 left as we have sold the rest.

I hope someone else has some answers for you.