sick quail

[bloodbiter]

I would send that dead bird in for a necropsy. It's not too expensive, and knowing exactly what you're dealing with is important if this is spreading through your covey.

Do they have any breathing issues?

@007Sean any ideas?

ah! we immediately buried the body

 

[007Sean]

I would send that dead bird in for a necropsy. It's not too expensive, and knowing exactly what you're dealing with is important if this is spreading through your covey.

Do they have any breathing issues?

@007Sean any ideas?

Thanks for the tag @Nabiki , without clearer pics, it's really hard to tell what's going on there....I see lots of poop on the ground but can't tell anything about it.

I'm going out on a limb here but it might be Ulcerative enteritus. Although, Coturnix aren't as prone to getting it, it can be spread by wild birds visiting the pen. Also, as stated, "lots of poop on the ground", that's how it spreads, through dropping in the feed and waterers.

Without a necropsy being perform it's hard to say just by looking at pictures.
If a necropsy is performed, you would see lesions, inflamed intestines, if it were UE.

Either way, I'd start the entire flock on Duramycin, erythromycin or tetracycline, immediately. UE is very contagious and can spread through a flock like wildfire.

 

[bloodbiter]

Thanks for the tag @Nabiki , without clearer pics, it's really hard to tell what's going on there....I see lots of poop on the ground but can't tell anything about it.

I'm going out on a limb here but it might be Ulcerative enteritus. Although, Coturnix aren't as prone to getting it, it can be spread by wild birds visiting the pen. Also, as stated, "lots of poop on the ground", that's how it spreads, through dropping in the feed and waterers.

Without a necropsy being perform it's hard to say just by looking at pictures.
If a necropsy is performed, you would see lesions, inflamed intestines, if it were UE.

Either way, I'd start the entire flock on Duramycin, erythromycin or tetracycline, immediately. UE is very contagious and can spread through a flock like wildfire.

thank you this is very helpful! where could i get those treatments listed?

 

[007Sean]

thank you this is very helpful! where could i get those treatments listed?

Tetracycline and erythromycin are by script from a vet. Duramycin, you can get at TSC or other feed stores.

 

[bloodbiter]

Tetracycline and erythromycin are by script from a vet. Duramycin, you can get at TSC or other feed stores.

thank you!! i just saw some brownish-greenish diarrhoea so i will try to pick that up from tsc today!