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.
Insects and Worms. A quail is an omnivorous bird, meaning it chooses to eat other living things in addition to foods that grow from the earth. In the case of the quail insects such as crickets and grasshoppers are chosen as meals. Quails also like to include worms into their diet when available.