Please see attached video I uploaded to youtube in order to look for help!!!
Link for anyone who can't see it here:
Please read the following with the video, help and advice would be much appreciated, and also for awareness:
I arrived today to see how the quails are doing and saw this isolated quail in it's own cage (with no one else, as can be seen). It seemed to lie on the floor of the cage when suddenly it started having this kind of strange seizure dance and head wobbles.
It ran across the cage, puffed up sometimes, eyes completely open and banged its head back and forth. It didn't make any sounds, I have been observing it approximately 30 - 45 minutes and I didn't see it being aware of surroundings, of water or food, I didn't see it drinking at all. It was just spinning, running backwards and hitting walls and suddenly collapsing for a few minutes (between 1-5 minutes), and then started it all over again. it seems he is resting when he collapses and breathes very heavily.
Basically, I would describe it as a SICK crazy quail having a strange seizure which resembles some sort of mental illness if comparing to people.
Important mentions:
* I live in a very hot climate country, I can safely say that in the past two or three days was approximately 39 degrees Celsius (102.2F) or even more, during the day's hottest hours.
* The sniffing in the background is coming from me while I'm filming.
* Sounds of any other birds \ chickens are heard from other animals, not the one in the video.
Does anyone have any insight? some information? has anyone ever seen this kind of behavior before?
Thank you!
Link for anyone who can't see it here:
Please read the following with the video, help and advice would be much appreciated, and also for awareness:
I arrived today to see how the quails are doing and saw this isolated quail in it's own cage (with no one else, as can be seen). It seemed to lie on the floor of the cage when suddenly it started having this kind of strange seizure dance and head wobbles.
It ran across the cage, puffed up sometimes, eyes completely open and banged its head back and forth. It didn't make any sounds, I have been observing it approximately 30 - 45 minutes and I didn't see it being aware of surroundings, of water or food, I didn't see it drinking at all. It was just spinning, running backwards and hitting walls and suddenly collapsing for a few minutes (between 1-5 minutes), and then started it all over again. it seems he is resting when he collapses and breathes very heavily.
Basically, I would describe it as a SICK crazy quail having a strange seizure which resembles some sort of mental illness if comparing to people.
Important mentions:
* I live in a very hot climate country, I can safely say that in the past two or three days was approximately 39 degrees Celsius (102.2F) or even more, during the day's hottest hours.
* The sniffing in the background is coming from me while I'm filming.
* Sounds of any other birds \ chickens are heard from other animals, not the one in the video.
Does anyone have any insight? some information? has anyone ever seen this kind of behavior before?
Thank you!
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