Oh gosh, what a sweet girl ♡. Sorry you had such a long and worrisome day. Glad she is ok and way to go mom! ♡♡♡ Bravo!While it’s officially now Tuesday…I cannot sleep so it’s actually the longest Monday ever I haven’t felt very good all day and now I’m laying here trying to calm down my nerves from my evening fun. First I decided to do one more round of Elector PSP for the mites, which meant spraying down 19 chickens and leaving me wet and very dirty, and then when I went out tonight to tuck in the birds I found one of my handicapped quail with giant poop balls on her three main toes on the leg she doesn’t really use. :-( I feel awful I didn’t notice until it hadn’t gotten so bad! She’s such a trooper and acts normal so I just didn’t notice :-(
So, I brought her inside and spent an hour soaking her feet and slowly chipping away at the gross balls that I swear are like cement!! After an hour of this torture, I’d finally gotten all the poop off and she was bleeding from two of the toes where the toenail came off with the ball. :-( so then I had to put styptic powder on her toes! By now she’s all wet, bloody, and shaking from the cold wetness, as am I…not to mention all the bird poop in my fingernails! And yet she still just sat there and let me do what needed doing! Such a sweet little bird. I tried dealing with bumblefoot in a different little quail a couple months ago and the stress of it gave her a heart attack and she died in my hands. I now get super stressed out when I have to handle them for too long like this! I think once I get the new quail all moved outside she may come back inside and be my inside bird where I can keep a better eye on her poor little toes. She’s also my best and most consistent layer. Nothing seems to phase her! Ugh. Anyway, now I'm all wired and can’t sleep so I figured I’d share my fun with you all haha. Hope you’re all sleeping well!
I hope you finally got some good rest in and today all is well in your world.