Quail Injured

[EvieChickenGirl]

I have an injured female quail. She was mated wrong by the male and has a huge chunk of flesh showing. What should I do? What should I feed her? HELP

 

[Mill Chick]

It’s on her head right? Separate her into a separate cage by herself maybe nearby to the others so that she can hear them? What breed of quail is she? What was the female to male ratio? @Nabiki

 

[EvieChickenGirl]

It's on her head. I separated her. She can see and hear them she just can't make physical contact with them. She is a coturnix quail. She is exactly 7 weeks old. In this particular aviary there is one male to 4 females. She's always been his favorite and I think was overmated. He's now mating the other females, but is being gentle.

 

[Mill Chick]

It's on her head. I separated her. She can see and hear them she just can't make physical contact with them. She is a coturnix quail. She is exactly 7 weeks old. In this particular aviary there is one male to 4 females. She's always been his favorite and I think was overmated. He's now mating the other females, but is being gentle.

This happened to my button quail when she was that age and fortunately there hadn’t been any blood drawn yet. You should probably keep her separate for a week or two till her wound heals. I don’t think the male will be mating her as aggressively in a couple weeks but I don’t know for sure.

 

[Nabiki]

I would rinse her would with saline solution to make sure it's clean, then keep her in a warm, dim environment for a day or two. Quail heal quite quickly, and she should be ready to go back to her covey by then.

You will want to watch them carefully to see if the male is over breeding her or if one of the other hens is being a bully.

 

[Susan Skylark]

I had a male with five hens but he was obsessed with one in particular, the poor thing would actually run out of the cage right towards you to get away from him. He never drew blood or ripped off skin but she’s bald from head to tail. I actually would put her in with my month old chicks every couple weeks just to give her time off. Now he’s a year old and has apparently retired for good, he won’t even look at a hen, weird!

 

[EvieChickenGirl]

I would rinse her would with saline solution to make sure it's clean, then keep her in a warm, dim environment for a day or two. Quail heal quite quickly, and she should be ready to go back to her covey by then.

You will want to watch them carefully to see if the male is over breeding her or if one of the other hens is being a bully.

What if I can't even catch her without hurting her even more. Quail do the things where they tuck in their head and cannon bult out of your hand. She is in a warm and dim enviroment, but I don't think I can rinse her wound

 

[EvieChickenGirl]

Is it absolutely nessacary will she die If i don't

 

[007Sean]

Is it absolutely nessacary will she die If i don't

No she will not die....the less physical contact you have with her the better she'll heal.

 

[Nabiki]

What if I can't even catch her without hurting her even more. Quail do the things where they tuck in their head and cannon bult out of your hand. She is in a warm and dim enviroment, but I don't think I can rinse her wound

In that case, leave her alone. She'll heal. It's basic first aid to make sure a would is clean, but not stressing her too much outweighs the benefits of cleaning the wound in this case.