Hi,
We've had quail here in the UK for nearly 2 years and have just started hatching out our own. We have 10 adult birds and 5 that we hatched out 5 weeks ago.
The only other pet that we have is a cat Sammy who is mainly a house cat and doesn't seem interested in our quail, but there are plenty of other cats around, so we keep them pretty secure in an aviary.
We recently noticed that one of our adult females was limping, on checking I couldn't see anything obvious so decided to keep a close eye on her for improvement. It didn't seem to be getting any better so I caught her to check again and saw a large blister/sack on her knee.
We have separated her from the aviary. After a couple of days she seems quite relaxed and has even started laying again.
I've attached a couple of pictures, does anyone know what it is and if there is anything that we can do to help relieve her problem.
She can stand on both legs and walk slowly but limps or trips if tries to move quickly.
Any help/advise will be greatly appreciated.
We've had quail here in the UK for nearly 2 years and have just started hatching out our own. We have 10 adult birds and 5 that we hatched out 5 weeks ago.
The only other pet that we have is a cat Sammy who is mainly a house cat and doesn't seem interested in our quail, but there are plenty of other cats around, so we keep them pretty secure in an aviary.
We recently noticed that one of our adult females was limping, on checking I couldn't see anything obvious so decided to keep a close eye on her for improvement. It didn't seem to be getting any better so I caught her to check again and saw a large blister/sack on her knee.
We have separated her from the aviary. After a couple of days she seems quite relaxed and has even started laying again.
I've attached a couple of pictures, does anyone know what it is and if there is anything that we can do to help relieve her problem.
She can stand on both legs and walk slowly but limps or trips if tries to move quickly.
Any help/advise will be greatly appreciated.
