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[ladyjulian]

About five minutes ago one of the chicks lay down (as though to sleep) but then started flailing, rolling around. It seems to be struggling to breathe and is panting. The breathing is slowing down and it looks pretty unlikely to survive. The other fourteen are absolutely fine.

 

We've isolated the sick one and there are no signs of a blockage or obstruction (from what I can see, which on a baby quail isn't much).

 

Any ideas?

[ladyjulian]

Update: it's died. I can't work out why - the entire thing from 'looking peaky' to 'death' took five or so minutes.

 

Now I'm peering at the rest of them anxiously.

 

[Lesley]

I'm sorry - poor little thing I don't know what it might have been, so I'm not much help.

 

I hope the others will be fine.

[ladyjulian]

The others all look absolutely fine.

 

A thorough internet search came up with Pulloram disease but there wasn't any diarrhoea going on.

 

The temperature's fine (we've got a thermometer in there), their food and water is fresh, they've not been outside or had contact with any other birds - the best I can come up with is that as the dead one was one of the smallest, another one may have dunked it while it was drinking, and it could have inhaled water. Otherwise, just one of those random inexplicable things.

 

Now of course I'm going to be too anxious to go to bed in case I wake up tomorrow to fourteen little corpses.

[Lesley]

It could well be a dunking.

 

Have you got any Avipro you could add to the water? -just to help their digestion etc.

[Martin B]

Baby quail go down hill very quickly if they want to, could very well be the inhalation of water or 'dunking' as it is known. Sorry to hear of your loss, I'm sure you will have 14 happy chirpy chicks in the morning!

[ladyjulian]

Cheers guys.

 

The others are absolutely fine this morning, which is good - I haven't got any Avipro but I will get some, that looks like a good plan.