could i place quails in the bottem of my avairy

 

if not why

i have recently placed a quail at the bottom of my avairy and there is no problem between the quail and the budgies... it is fun to watch them walk quickly along the floor of the cage

i have recently placed a quail at the bottom of my avairy and there is no problem between the quail and the budgies... it is fun to watch them walk quickly along the floor of the cage

 

 

king quail i used to have went very well in with budgies had a few japanese quail not so good they both flew when disturbed frighted my birds made them bang into things king quail were better for me

i have a chinese painted quail. He likes to hide behind stuff and in corners B:

 

Edited July 16, 200915 yr by CUTE.SPANGLED.BUB

I love quails, I had four Chinese painted (king) quails in my finch aviary before I had budgies. The only thing I can think of is that the budgies may have problems if a lot of quail poop comes into contact with their food or water, so make sure the quails can't easily access the budgie food and water. (Quails have a different normal bacteria load in their intestine, which is harmful to budgies if they get a high load of it in their intestines).

One more thing to remember is that quails can hover, and will do so when they're frightened, so be careful with your toys and perches, make sure the quails can't easily hurt or entangle themselves if they're startled.

i have a chinese painted quail. He likes to hide behind stuff and in corners B:

 

 

 

that looks exactly the same as what i had exept they called them king quail and that colour was boys and the hens were a plain brown colour wonder if same but diffrent names over here the males always had the white bib and far prettyer than the girls also saw them in silver wow

In Australia we tend to call them king quails, but they are also called Chinese painted and blue quails I've also heard them commonly being called button quails, but that technically refers to a different type of quail that looks similar.

Edited July 16, 200915 yr by Chrysocome

In Australia we tend to call them king quails, but they are also called Chinese painted and blue quails I've also heard them commonly being called button quails, but that technically refers to a different type of quail that looks similar.

 

 

thank you for that

i was getting confused between whether my quail was a king or a painted... thanks for the info that theyre the same thing!

do quail eat the same seed as budgies?

do quail eat the same seed as budgies?

Yes they do, Except quail eat the seed whole, they do not husk the seed like the budgie's do... so if your dish is up high all the dropped seed get's eaten whole by the quail.... which is good cause their's no messy husk left behind.... (hence why their called aviary vacuum cleaner's)