Quail has been scalped

[kevinj]

No judgment what's so ever. I know people like to help but every time I try to reply to people and only if I have experience and knowledge about a particular situation. which I am at this. As this happened a couple of times to me and now I prevent the situation from ever happening again. I know how to deal with an incident like this. First and foremost when this situation happens you want to separate him put him in a nice quiet place with water with electrolytes or sugar water.Do not whatsoever touch or clean the wound until the quail is passed the shock phase. and when you see him walking around and drinking which hopefully won't be that long. If you do touch his head and try dealing with the wound he will just get more stressed out and anxious and won't get out of the shock stage once you see him acting normal then you should start dealing with his wound. This had happened to me right away I was dealing with my quails wound as he was stressing and shocked and breathing heavily and I was cleaning he died in my hands. Now this has happened to me a couple times so I decided the last time it happened I put them in a dark room gave them water let him rest get out of shock Wait for him to walk around then dealing with the wound and it's less stress. Oh and I'm so sorry this is so long. Please keep me posted I would like to know how he's doing.

That's fine! I think he is out of shock, as he was eating and drinking yesterday evening and this morning (8 am). However, at about noon, he was just standing there with his eyes closed. did he go back into shock? He still drinks a little but doesnt eat. I cleaned the wound and added some antibacterial ointment but I dont know if he went back into shock. Hopefully not, because i think he should survive if he gets out of shock.
I'll keep yall posted

 

[Kellyjenny]

All quails are different If he's drinking and getting fluids in him that's a good sign. I would just keep checking on him and see how he's doing hopefully he'll fight through this and be okay and yes please keep me posted.

 

[Kellyjenny]

And one more thing quails can be vicious when there are too many males or if there's not enough room for them and if One is being bullied and injured the others will attack that one which causes more injury so if that happens and you see more bullying you need to separate them so it doesn't happen to another one. When they do fight which is normal cuz they're hormones are kicking in but if it gets out of control just intervene.

 

[kevinj]

And one more thing quails can be vicious when there are too many males or if there's not enough room for them and if One is being bullied and injured the others will attack that one which causes more injury so if that happens and you see more bullying you need to separate them so it doesn't happen to another one. When they do fight which is normal cuz they're hormones are kicking in but if it gets out of control just intervene.

yep!! Im keeping an eye on the other quails and I have separated the aggressive one.

 

[kevinj]

All quails are different If he's drinking and getting fluids in him that's a good sign. I would just keep checking on him and see how he's doing hopefully he'll fight through this and be okay and yes please keep me posted.

Yep! just checked in on him, and told him that he has people rooting for him haha. He is doing really good now, actually eating and drinking really well. i think he was just cold, as we had some winds. I'll keep you posted!!

 

[kevinj]

Update on my quail: He is doing good, eating and drinking well. He is walking around a little bit, I will put him outside soon when it is warmer (about 80-85 deg.
Wound has some dried blood, I dont really want to wash it just yet. I think the sides and edges are scabbing up (or its dried blood lol). I apply anti biotic ointment twice a day (morning and evening), and I have a cover on top of his cage to prevent flies from getting in. Also i am giving him some electrolyte solution that I made.

 

[Swbertrand1]

there is a super aggressive male that always picked on him. I found him on top of a little shelter I built for them. I dont really know why that quail was the only one the aggressive guy picked on, but I have separated them.

That's horrible :-( Glad you separated them. Birds can be pretty abusive to one another sometimes...

 

[Swbertrand1]

Glad to read he's doing better!

 

[kevinj]

Just a quick question, my quail is looking good but i noticed that he is sometimes just standing there with his eyes closed. Is this trauma or anything of that sort? Or is it normal for a quail that is recovering. Also, how do I tell if he has an infection?
Thanks

 

[Kellyjenny]

Can you please send me a picture.