Ulcerative Enteritis?

[GodLovesU]

I just bought an entire quail set-up with 3 pens and ~40 birds. One has been acting sickly. It’s doing better now. I noticed it was lethargic last night. It’s a 4-week old coturnix quail. It was puffed up and was incredibly calm (didn’t try to escape me). I also noticed it was very skinny so isolated it and offered it water and a raw egg mixed in with its regular feed. It has incredibly watery droppings. I also noticed some of my other quail seem to have swollen areas around their eyes.

 

[Nabiki]

Can you post pics?
@007Sean knows diseases far better than I do.

 

[007Sean]

U E....Ulcerative Enteritus is not a common disease among Coturnix quail, it's more prevalent in Bobwhites. It also kills very quickly, it's highly infectious. If 1 of your quail has it, chances are all are infected. Antibiotics will take care of the infection if administered quickly enough, Teramycin, Oxytetracycline, are usually administered via their drinking water, only problem is it's available by script from a vet.
If it's eyes are swollen than it's probably a sinus infection or respiratory infection.

 

[GodLovesU]

Well the original chick has recovered and been released back to its pen, but now another from the same group is having the same symptoms. It seems to be really cold though, and drawn to the heat. This one did manage do get inside the water dish a few days ago, but it was only in up to its legs. Any ideas? This chick started showing a few signs of lethargy last night, but has declined more today.

 

[Nabiki]

These are all the new birds that you got, right? It sounds like some kind of infection is running through them. Are they quarantined from your original birds? Hopefully it won't spread.

Since the one chick recovered, the rest may too, but making sure that they are warm and well fed will help.

 

[007Sean]

As @Nabiki has said, hopefully you have them quarantined from your other birds. Biosecurity is paramount when dealing with gamebirds. Unless you know for sure what illness they have, it's kinda pointless to just throw any antibiotic you may have at them....from your description, I would provide them some heat but not too much, you might try some Tylan 50, if you have it available, if it's a respiratory issue it might help them to recover.
Aspergillosis, Infectous Coryza and Ulcerative Enteritus all have similar symptoms, except for UE, it is usually identified by watery, yellowish droppings.
A vet visit would be recommended to know for sure what your dealing with and what disease is the issue.

 

[GodLovesU]

These are all the new birds that you got, right? It sounds like some kind of infection is running through them. Are they quarantined from your original birds? Hopefully it won't spread.

Since the one chick recovered, the rest may too, but making sure that they are warm and well fed will help.

They are new and none of them have made direct contact with my current birds.

 

[GodLovesU]

As @Nabiki has said, hopefully you have them quarantined from your other birds. Biosecurity is paramount when dealing with gamebirds. Unless you know for sure what illness they have, it's kinda pointless to just throw any antibiotic you may have at them....from your description, I would provide them some heat but not too much, you might try some Tylan 50, if you have it available, if it's a respiratory issue it might help them to recover.
Aspergillosis, Infectous Coryza and Ulcerative Enteritus all have similar symptoms, except for UE, it is usually identified by watery, yellowish droppings.
A vet visit would be recommended to know for sure what you’re dealing with and what disease is the issue.

Is the Tylan a water additive? And will it hurt them if they don't actually need it?