Help, Female Button Quail is puffed up, sleeping during the day, and quite drowsy.

[derpmister1234]

She's in the corner, puffed up and sleeping during the day, when she walks it is a slow and kind of clumsy walk. Is she sick? She barely reacted when I offered her greens.

Help! What should I do??

 

[ashlierami]

She's in the corner, puffed up and sleeping during the day, when she walks it is a slow and kind of clumsy walk. Is she sick? She barely reacted when I offered her greens.

Help! What should I do??

Is this female of laying age? What does her poop look like? Does she have anything leaking from her vent? Weight loss? How long has this been going on?

 

[DK newbie]

If this has begun within the last ~30 hours, it is likely that she is egg bound. Feed for an egg in the area below her vent. If you find one, give her a liquid calcium supplement (or a powdered one mixed with water) one drop at a time, then soak her belly in warm water for 10 minutes or so, dry her off and leave her in a warm, dark place for a few hours.
If it started more than 30 hours ago, she would most likely have died already if she was egg bound. In that case she could have boinked - hit her head on the top of the cage. There is not much you can do about that, apart from keeping her warm and perhaps giving her sugar water every few hours, hoping she gets over it before she starves to death.
If you can't tell if there's an egg, give her the liquid calcium anyway, it won't hurt her. And then keep her warm and calm - a box next to a radiator would do.
Keep us updated on her!

 

[derpmister1234]

Thank you for the info. I think she has recovered now, I don't know what was wrong, maybe she just missed some sleep? (The neighbours can be pretty loud sometimes, especially because its around new year.)