[Kate and her Ducks]

Well I have had my first animal death due to illness and thought inought to share the lesson. I have a lovely group of quail and they have been a pleasure to look after. They usually live in their hutch with layers, water and the occasional treat of veg (a lot of almost marrow/courgettes at the moment). Occasionally they go out on the grass in a moveable run.

Thus morning one was displaying the classic signs of illness - hunched up and lethargic. No wheezing / rattling / sneezing / discharge. Stool normal and no signs of being egg bound so I was at a bit of a loss to know what was going on and sadly, as anticipated she died this evening. As I was worried she might have something infective I decided to doma post
mortem. Thus showed that she had obstructed bowels due to what looked like long grass. It hadn't occured to me to put the pen on the grass where they couldn't reach te long stuff at the side. Interestingly not crop bound but much further down in the bowels but still a salient lesson for me and I'm hoping none of the others suffer from my mistake.

Thought I would share it to help others avoid the same thing. 

[joyfull]

 , so sad Kate. Strange though that it didn't impact the crop though.

[Foghorn-Leghorn]

That's sad, it's always horrible when you loose a pet.  x