JoeyAtreides
In the Brooder
- Dec 21, 2020
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I have a large female celadon coturnix who is listless and shows no interest in food, when normally she eats like a cow (this bird is enormous). She sits hunkered and I may have seen her stumble a bit. Passes mostly clear feces with traces of white. I did notice a pink spot in one of her movements earlier today, now it’s mostly clear or white. She does open her eyes and look around at me, so I wouldn’t say she’s disinterested in her environment. I’ve had her on pelletized pine bedding, turkey starter 28% (it’s all that’s affordably available here) and clean water with free choice crushed oystershell and cuttlebone. All my birds are indoors in clean cages with no access to other wild birds. She lives in an xxl cage with 4 other birds (3 hens, 1 cock), in a well ventilated basement with no access to other outside birds. I checked for egg binding and found no trace, vent is also clear and clean with no sign of straining, abdomen “soft” and otherwise normal and no tail pumping, though she has not passed an egg in a few days. Eyes are also clear, no discharge from nasal passages. Plumage is healthy-looking, though a little fluffed up. All other birds are healthy, laying and mating with no issues, and showing normal behaviors for healthy birds. She has been separated into one of those blue/yellow cage sections, with some Nutri-Drench and probiotic added to food and water. That way I can monitor any egg or waste production.
If anyone has any ideas on what could be troubling her I’d be appreciative, plus any advice on other steps I should take beyond what I’ve already done. Thanks in advance, everyone.
If anyone has any ideas on what could be troubling her I’d be appreciative, plus any advice on other steps I should take beyond what I’ve already done. Thanks in advance, everyone.
