[header] How to treat diarrhea in button quail [title] Know what normal stool looks like. [step] A typical quail dropping will be brown in color and relatively firm in appearance. It may have some white or light brown spots, but only occasionally. 
If you see a yellowish or bright greenish dropping, this is unusual and abnormal. Liquidy, runny, or foamy stools are diarrhea and also abnormal.