Sick Quail

[Nabiki]

I will be, I am now so worried I can't even sleep! Thanks for your help guys.

Sorry for causing you lack of sleep. It sounds like your birds are in good hands.

 

[007Sean]

If you can get some Duramycin, Erythromycin, Tetracycline or Oxytetracycline, I would, and give it to the rest of your quail, mix it in their water, if it is UE you may be able to control any further outbreaks. It won't harm them if it isn't UE but if it is, you'll be able to control the spread....make sure your waterers are clean, no fecal matter in the waterers and also none in the feed. UE is transmitted via fecal contaminated water and feed.

Sorry for your loss, best wishes to the rest of the flock and to you!

 

[Florence NightingQuail]

I have found where I can source some oxytertracycline, but it specifically says "do not use in birds produced for eggs and/or meat". Half the reason we keep our quails is for their lovely eggs?

 

[007Sean]

I have found where I can source some oxytertracycline, but it specifically says "do not use in birds produced for eggs and/or meat". Half the reason we keep our quails is for their lovely eggs?

You just have to follow a 'withdrawal period' before eating the eggs or meat...that's better than losing the whole flock.

ETA -
Excerpt from FARAD Digest article:
Multiple studies 48–60 have been performed to evaluate depletion of oxytetracycline residues in the eggs of treated hens. In Canada, oxytetracycline soluble powder is approved for use in the drinking water of laying hens at concentrations ranging from 50 to 112 mg/L (190 to 424 mg/gal) with 60-hour to 5-day egg withdrawal intervals, respectively.16 Those withdrawal intervals should be extended in the United States because oxytetracycline is not approved for use in laying hens; therefore, oxytetracycline must be undetectable in all eggs destined for human consumption.

(the best I can determine from my research is a withdrawl period of 9 to 30 days, with 14 days being the average withdrawl time, depending on the dosage amount).
Although, this is for laying hens (chickens) the same would apply to quail.

The withdrawl period is so that the bacteria doesn't gain a resistance to the drug, if a human is infected by the bacteria, the same drug would be less effective because of the resistance.

 

[Florence NightingQuail]

Ok, cool - I'll get some and do the withdrawal period then. Thanks for your help!

 

[007Sean]

Ok, cool - I'll get some and do the withdrawal period then. Thanks for your help!

Your very Welcome! hoping for the best!

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

i have the same problem too only my bird eats but shes just not moving. We have had no problems with her so far and she lives with only one other female quail, who seems to be doing fine. Ive been monitoring her for some time now and all she been doing is standing around and staring at things and moving only ocassionly. Im kinda worried about her because when i picked her up she seems lighter that she was yesterday. Can anyone explain whats going on?

 

[FloorCandy]

i have the same problem too only my bird eats but shes just not moving. We have had no problems with her so far and she lives with only one other female quail, who seems to be doing fine. Ive been monitoring her for some time now and all she been doing is standing around and staring at things and moving only ocassionly. Im kinda worried about her because when i picked her up she seems lighter that she was yesterday. Can anyone explain whats going on?

How old is she? Has she been laying? What type of enclosure is she in? How is the weather? Could predators be scaring her?

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

How old is she? Has she been laying? What type of enclosure is she in? How is the weather? Could predators be scaring her?

we dont know how old she is because she was purchased by my father at a feed/pet store. She lives with another quail who is a female and usually layes at night we only get one egg so we think her freind is laying but its hard to tell since we have never seen any of them in the act of laying a egg. The weathers nice here maybe a little chilly in the mornings but its sunny, for now it does rain occasionly but we bring them inside when it does. No i havent seen any predators in the day and i doubt they come around at night as they sleep in the house at night.

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

My guess is that mayde her house is too dirty, we clean it one every two weeks (dosent require much cleaning as they only sleep in it at night). but i could be wrong...