Other common symptoms include fever, headache, deformity of the nose, weakness, dizziness and sore throat. Complications of epistaxis include nausea and vomiting due to the swallowing of blood. More serious complications can include anemia, hypovolemic shock, airway obstruction and very rarely, death.
Fully grown Gambel's quails subsist upon a diet that is 90 percent vegetarian. Insects remain in their diet as a supplement, especially during nesting season when their caloric needs are greater.
The nest, made of grass stems, leaves, feathers and twigs, is 1.5 inches deep and about 6 inches in diameter. The average clutch size is 10 to 12 eggs, incubating about three weeks before hatching. The Gambel's quail hen lays eggs once a year.