During September, Rusty passed away.
She seemed to have stopped laying eggs, but her body was still trying to create eggs. After the vet's autopsy, she apparently had some eggs inside her (more like hard boiled eggs with no shells). This had caused an obstruction in her Fallopian tubes and eventually had caused an infection in her lungs.
Vet didn't think that she was in any pain though.
Rusty, thank you for the eggs over the last 2 years.
Now, Ermentrude is on her own in the house.
She seems ok, though, it's very hard to tell what quail might be thinking.
Her egg laying is more irregular than ever, and she's been laying eggs with weird shape / coloring, often broken.
We need to keep eyes on her and record exactly when she stops laying - hopefully we can see the vet regularly from then on to make sure she doesn't get blocked.
Otherwise, Ermentrude is bouncing around in the nicely heated quail house!
She's singing everyday. A little bit different singing style to other quail...
