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.
Bobwhite quail prefer to eat feed particles that are bite size.. They avoid eating particles that are too small or too big. If the particle size is inconsistent, they may consume only certain ingredients of the feed, resulting in an unbalanced diet.