sick quail?

[Hitchhiking_quail]

So im having trouble with one of my quail, all she seemes to be doing is just avoiding the sun and sitting in the corner. I noticed that she tripped a couple of times this morning while walking around the house, but i just chalked it up to her regular ¨im to tired to wake up, woe is me¨ antics. She seemed to be fine last night, maybe even a little more energetic than usual, making a huge racket nudging against the tub. But now she seemes to be too tired to do anything exept obsess over the water and act like a vampire avoiding the sun. Any suggestions on what this is or is she just being a dramatic ¨woe is me¨ bird.

 

[Nabiki]

okay ill try to keep her as warm as possible but i dont have any of the nurtidench or save a chck and from all my trips to feed stores i dont think that they have any

Are you outside of the US? Those are pretty basic first aid things that every feed store I've been in has. They might have something similar, if not those exact brands.

 

[Nabiki]

First thing to do is to separate her from your other birds in case she has something contagious. This will also allow you to observe just how much or little she's eating and drinking, and what her poop looks like.

What kind of quail is she?
Is she eating and drinking?
Does her poop look normal?
If she's ben laying, is she still laying?
Is she missing feathers?
Can you examine her to see if she has any injuries that she was hiding?
How many roos to hens do you have?
What is your setup like?

If you can, uploading a video to YouTube and posting a link here would also be helpful.

 

[Nabiki]

okay so i consulted my older brother and he said that she definently feels underweight what do we do from here?

Can you bring her inside into a "hospital" cage? I use plastic tubs with hardware cloth tops. Make sure she's warm. You might try to entice her with some treats, such as mealworms. If you don't have something like Nutri-drench or Save-a-chick around, you probably want to get some. You can put that in her water.

That's about the extent of my first aid knowledge, so I'm going to tag @007Sean who has a lot more experience with illness than I do.

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

im actually in the us but due to the fact that we live in a big city we only have one feed store that is close enough but it only sells food for horses and other live stock but the only thing sold for poultry is food as in like corn food but i will check in later to see if they do have it but its closed right now because is is night time currently.

 

[Kiki]

im actually in the us but due to the fact that we live in a big city we only have one feed store that is close enough but it only sells food for horses and other live stock but the only thing sold for poultry is food as in like corn food but i will check in later to see if they do have it but its closed right now because is is night time currently.

Get the turkey feed sold at that store.

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

im in california
ill try to get to the store first thing tommorow morning

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

Oh, that doesn't sound like good food for a quail. If you can get game bird crumble or turkey feed it will be much better for them.

oh okay ill buy a bag and give that to them

 

[Nabiki]

oh okay ill buy a bag and give that to them

How long have you had quail? You may already know a lot of this, but here is what I give new quail owners when I sell them birds.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/coturnix-basic-care.76183/

 

[Hitchhiking_quail]

How long have you had quail? You may already know a lot of this, but here is what I give new quail owners when I sell them birds.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/coturnix-basic-care.76183/

believe it or not ive had poultry for years and ive had quail before but this is my first time dealing with a sick bird. Its also my first time buying quail from a different person than normal. Most of the quail ive got were from a specific person but they went out of business some time ago, so my dad found a pet store that sold quail and got them as a suprise. He also bought the food they came with because it was cheap, i overlooked what the food was because he was my dad and i thought he knew what he was doing