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.
Quail are not greedy, they will only eat as much as they need so you don't worry about over-feeding. Despite their size quail do eat a fair amount and the larger breeds such as Italians, Cortunix and Japanese (all from the family cortunix ) will be able to cope with layers pellets and mixed corn.