It’s only a flesh wound but…

[Susan Skylark]

How long do superficial flesh wounds in birds last? Mammals I’d say a good week before everything is healed up enough so you can take the cone off and the dog won’t lick it. But quail (and other galliformes along with rabbits and rodents) have a metabolism that is in over drive: grow and reproduce at a ridiculous rate, metabolize drugs incredibly fast. Does this effect healing time? I have a pearl hen that had a top eyelid that was red and swollen (eye itself was fine), probably a male with bad aim. Took her out and treated her and after 12 hours she looked great so put her back in the pen then the next morning I noticed another hen with a bloody beak (not hers) and checked the pearl: face a bloody mess (not deep just profuse). Took her out again (as everybody just had to peck at it). How long until I can put her back in? This time she has a scab over her ear so obviously not until the scab heals. A week like a mammal or more like 4 days? It is amazing how fast these guys grow (also why they only live a couple years too!). Thanks!

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

The size, type of wound, and many factors about the animal in question determine this. You may be right, but you would need to post pics of the wound for any hope of accurate estimation.

 

[Nabiki]

Quail heal very quickly. I have had completely scalped males that I put back in with the rest after 3 days. They still have some scabbing at that point, but are otherwise fine.

 

[UrbanHomesteadTX]

I had one really badly scalped quail that healed up (scabs and all) in a week! Was in bad shape too, almost all the skin on the back of its neck was gone. Tended to it twice daily and put it back in with the others once all the scabs were gone only a week later.

 

[Susan Skylark]

She’s got a bald spot and a couple small scabs yet, will wait until those fall off. She was never really bad just a repeat offender.