VERY Stressed male quail

[quailsssss]

Hi people.. I have 3 quails, a gray, brown, and yellow one. I posted a thread last week about my gray quail attacking my yellow quail. I recently found out that my gray and brown quails are male, while my yellow quail is female. I tried everything to get my gray quail to stop, but for some reason he only attacks my female quail(yellow). I've separated him for a few days now and he is incredibly stressed. The first day, he made some loud noises and he seemed to be calling for the others, but he was fine after that. The second day, his noises became louder. The third day, even louder. Today, the sixth day, he's been making some crazy loud calls(school fire alarm loud)and he flew out of the separate box that I put him in. When quail are scared, they usually lower their heads and look up, but his reaction seemed to be much more serious. When he flew out, he went into a corner and stayed crouched with his feathers ruffled for 10 minutes. To explain, he was in the position when quails take a dump(tail up), except he wasn't trying to take a dump. His cries are getting louder and I don't know what to do! I'm incredibly stressed, even more so because he's stressed and it's affecting my day to day life. Any tips on calming a stressed quail?? Or any ideas on why he's attacking only my female quail? He doesn't seem bothered by my brown quail(male) at all, which is quite weird because I know that males usually fight each other for the female. Luckily my brown quail is docile, so him and my yellow quail are staying together just fine. My parents are saying that I should release my gray quail to the mountains , but I'm pretty sure he won't survive because he's been living at my house since he was 3 days old. Sorry for the long post. Thanks for reading ;-;;.

 

[H-B-O]

Maybe take out the brown quail for a bit maybe he is stressed because the brown quail mounted the female and that there is just one female

 

[quailsssss]

Maybe take out the brown quail for a bit maybe he is stressed because the brown quail mounted the female and that there is just one female

Hm I tried putting my yellow and gray quail together(w/o the brown) earlier today and the gray one was still super aggressive. The yellow one eventually just flew out because she couldn't take it anymore.

 

[H-B-O]

He has a mating issue

 

[H-B-O]

Wow i am at a loss here

 

[H-B-O]

Also have you tried a sand bath that should calm them or maybe treats like mealworms??

 

[quailsssss]

Wow i am at a loss here

Hahahaha

 

[quailsssss]

Also have you tried a sand bath that should calm them or maybe treats like mealworms??

I let them out several times a day to let them play in the sand bath and they're fine.. sometimes.. depending on their mood. Today, they didn't fight. However, when I put them back in the cage, the attacking began again. I guess I'll try expanding the cage and make a separate official area for sand bathing :/

 

[faymine]

Although he is separated, can the grey quail see the female? Perhaps his stress relates to not being able to see her.

 

[H-B-O]

Thats one CRAZY QUAIL