The giant silver automobile fluid pans are even bigger and fit under those cages perfectlt. Goes even farther toward front and back of cages catching over flow. I put woodchipa in mine and prevents smell. I change once a week. I do this inside a spare bedroom.
I like to reiterate, to newer people stumbling upon your video, when you talk of the Quail being in "confined" areas; I've tried all sorts of different habitats and setups for a large variety of quail. I can tell you with almost certain fact that, unless you have a significant amount of open, unused space to make a huge yard-sized aviary (and even then they wont use all of it), they behave better and seem far less stressed when they are closer to the "crammed in like sardines" side of the sliding scale. For reference, a lot of people seem to confirm that Quail will absolutely not lay eggs if they are stressed to any significant degree, as compared to chickens who will "Lay in the middle of the apocalypse". If your Quail are laying, there's a good chance that they're fine, even if we're trying to impact upon them our own conceptions of what "fine" is in this creature's life; most likely "fine" to them is not being eaten or dying of starvation or thirst. Which they will not do with their unlimited supply of food, water and safety in their enclosures. I do advocate for giving them dust baths though; they will spend hours grinding into it and flipping it all over the place. It's a social activity for them, and of all the toys and recreational activities I tried giving them, it's the only form of "fun" they really partake in, and will be as happy as a fat, meaty little peach if you give them some fresh, warm sand every day, regardless of their cage size. The downside being that if you do what I do (which is grab the fine powdery dirt in abundance all around your property) that stuff gets _everywhere._ SO if you're inside, it's a lot harder to deal with. Most people, like Slightly Rednecked, use construction sand, which is heavier and does not spread as much fine particulate everywhere. Hidey places are also good if possible, but mostly just make sure they dont feel like they're out in the middle of a clearing, completely exposed and vulnerable, and that tends to be good enough.
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Depends on where you live. You would need to keep them and the cage out of the weather. I’ve hear of many people keeping them in a garage, probably want it somewhat heated in the winter though if it gets cold where you are. They couldn’t survive the winter in our area without something to nest in and keep warm though.
We keep these quail inside now, but we did have some outside for a few years. They had a larger walk-in covered run area with hay and I made a little coop type thing they could go into if they wanted. Most of the time they just buried themselves in hay to stay warm. They did use the coop quite a bit as well. The problem with this cage in cold weather is they have nothing to tuck into to stay warm.
