Weight Loss + Pale Comb

[aart]

Wheezing is not good, she may have a respiratory ailment.
Listen ans watch closely when they are on roost at night.

When I have a bird that is acting 'off' I isolate bird in a wire cage within the coop for a day or two....so I can closely monitor their intake of food and water, crop function(checking at night and in morning before providing more feed), and their poops. Feel their abdomen, from below vent to between legs, for squishy or hard swelling. Check for external parasites or any other abnormalities.

Best to put crate right in coop or run so bird is still 'with' the flock.
I like to use a fold-able wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller mesh(1x2) on bottom of crate under tray.
Then you can put tray underneath crate to better observe droppings without it being stepped in. If smaller mesh is carefully installed, tray can still be used inside crate.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

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Wheezing is not good, she may have a respiratory ailment.
Listen ans watch closely when they are on roost at night.

When I have a bird that is acting 'off' I isolate bird in a wire cage within the coop for a day or two....so I can closely monitor their intake of food and water, crop function(checking at night and in morning before providing more feed), and their poops. Feel their abdomen, from below vent to between legs, for squishy or hard swelling. Check for external parasites or any other abnormalities.

Best to put crate right in coop or run so bird is still 'with' the flock.
I like to use a fold-able wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller mesh(1x2) on bottom of crate under tray.
Then you can put tray underneath crate to better observe droppings without it being stepped in. If smaller mesh is carefully installed, tray can still be used inside crate.

g them? (limping lots of swelling ect.)?

No, very early. Just a small scab, i noticed it while treating their mites. One of them has a bit of swelling but nobody is limping.

As for separation, will do. I’ll check her abdomen and crop to see what they feel like today.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

I just checked her crop and abdomen, i believe her abdomen is fine . I compared it to a healthy hen and they seem about the same. But her crop feels sort of squishy, like a memory foam almost? I don’t think that is normal... is it?

 

[aart]

But her crop feels sort of squishy, like a memory foam almost? I don’t think that is normal... is it?

Put her in crate after dark tonight, with no feed or water, and feel crop then.
In the morning, before giving feed and water, feel it again, and observe her overnight poops.
These things can tell you a lot about her digestive system.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

I can’t separate her tonight as it’s thunder storming right now, but i’ll be sure to check her crop first thing tomorrow morning. I will separate her as soon as i get the chance.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

So i finally got her in a separate cage last night, and as of this morning i haven’t seen any poop, it rained last night for a little bit and for the few minutes she was in the rain it probably watered her poop down, so no luck on that. But, i checked her crop, i don’t know how empty it is supposed to be but it feels like there’s still something in there. Almost exactly like when i first felt it. So this is a crop problem right? Her mouth doesn’t smell though so it might not be sour crop but i’m not sure.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

I gave her a drink of water, i didn’t want to dehydrate her

 

[aart]

So i finally got her in a separate cage last night, and as of this morning i haven’t seen any poop, it rained last night for a little bit and for the few minutes she was in the rain it probably watered her poop down, so no luck on that.

Leave her in the crate all day, with feed and water.
Crate needs to be out of the rain.
Check her crop tonight after dark and remove feed and water.
Check crop and poops in the morning.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

Crop is the same, i only saw 3 poops, which were all green, and liquidy. One of them looked like it had a little bit of bubbles.

 

[Coturnix Quail]

Oh yeah, the poops were very small too.