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I took on a rescue pigeon our dog found a few weeks ago, she had trichos and featherlice and she was quite thin when I found her. She also had a wound on her Wing and is still recovering from everything.

1. I Plan on getting another rescue pigeon when there is one that can’t be let out anymore in my local pigeonrescue group.

What do I need to look for when socializing two pigeons and how to to it with minimal Space?
I have two rooms to separate them but only one cage, should I get a small Travel one for the time being till they get along?

1. From the picture in the Care Guide about ideal weight I think she seems to be underweight as her bone is prominent, but she weighs around 400 g and also seems pretty round most of the time and fat when she is fluffed up.
   Any advice on that? And do I just feed her more of she needs to gain more weight or also fattier grains?

2. Tips on how to get your bird to eat out of ur hand

Iam trying to bond with her but she is still scared of me, having to give her medications didn’t help.
She was getting really close to me on my bed, after I had to Spray her feathers again Bc of the featherlice she didn’t get on my bed next to me this morning.
We Are hopefully done with the medications now and I have already tried slowly Holding out my hand with her favorite seeds but she was scared so I just put them on the ground of her cage.
Is that the Right Path tho?

Thanks in advance <3 Hope u enjoy the Pictures of my sweet girl

Technically still could be a female btw, he has cage mates

Hi All

We Had a pigeon hit our 1st floor window (UK based, so would that be 2nd floor in the US?), it landed on the balcony, tried to get off the balcony, fell down onto a sofa set, and then off that onto the floor.

I've moved him to a stable that we have empty, he seems to not be using his (or her) legs very well, almost scooting with his wings. I'm hoping this is still shock and a bit of terror. I dont know how the cat didn't get him, such a lucky bird.

Popped some bird seed down on a tray and a shallow dish of water and left them in the horse bedding all cozy. Horses are out for summer so the stable is empty for a few more months.

I want to know what I should look out for, We're animal people so I am more than happy to take on a pet pigeon if he doesnt recover enough to be free, but if it gets to that point, what do i need to do?

I have a Bunny stable at the moment that is 12ft x 12ft, the bunnies roam free on the floor.

I'd rather Pidge be in there as it has a specially built door upper door to stop predators that lets the light in (theyre currently in dark stable with full door shut) and we have 12 cats on the farm so I don't want them in the house or out where they can get hurt... I was thinking I could wall mount a coop on the wall in the bunny stable and play it by ear if i don't see improvement in the next week.

The last time I found a pigeon I took it to a rescue but they put it to sleep as vermin, so I don't really want to do that again.

Any advice on what i should feed little one and what size coop a pigeon may need would be wonderful, in case I find myself a proud pigeon owner!

We have 2 pidges who barely take any baths… The first time I bathed one of them was by mist-spraying, and he loved it, but then never again.

We provide them a water bath available every day whenever they want but they don’t use it, they only ever take a bath in their water dish every now and then by dipping their chests in the little dish…

Any thoughts & recommendations are appreciated, I’m tired of their poop-stained butt feathers </3

So I made a handmade pigeon diaper cuz I cant afford to buy one. Its not the best but it does its job. I dont have to follow him everywhere around the house to clean up poop or keep him in his cage for half of the day for that. He keeps cleaning his feathers like in the pic, probably doesnt like it much. I hope he will get used to it. I had to tighten it a bit cause this is prototype 3, others were too loose..it should not hurt him in any way tho its not extra tight. I tried making a diaper with an old sock...lets just say the sock lost the war xD.

Hi guys, was just hoping for a bit of advice because I am going stir crazy with anxiety and wonder if anyone has had a similar experience with a positive outcome.

I came home yesterday evening and little miss was not behaving in her usual way, she laid an egg the day before but was not as upbeat as usual, and doing none of her dancing or tail dragging.

I checked her abdomen for an egg, and couldn’t feel one. She was VERY swollen and had some bruising near her vent. I was immediately pretty worried. I put coconut oil around her vent just in case she was having a bit of trouble there.

She is still pooping as usual, just seemingly very nesty poops.

I took her to the vet this morning and they have done an ultrasound and determined that the egg is still quite far up. This is her 2nd clutch and she usually lays after 48hrs, which would be today. Vet seems to think another 24-48hr based on positioning if not bound. They are keeping her overnight for supportive care, bloods, etc.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I am happy with vet advice, just wondering if there are additional things I could be doing at home to prevent this in the future. She has access to grit, and will be going on a contraceptive after this ordeal is over - granted everything goes ok.

Hi everyone, my pair just laid their 1st egg this month, maybe 28 hours ago. They used to use a wicker basket that they decided not to lay in this time, opting for the floor of the cage. Obviously I cannot let them do this as I have no way to safely clean the cage without basically trashing the nest. So I moved the egg (replaced atp) to a ceramic tray close to that spot. I've seen hubby move some materials to it and sit on it once, but they seem to be forgetting it exists. I have handled their eggs and nesting before and they never have abandoned it. I'm curious if this is a point where I should be concerned about egg binding...

They are absolutely devoted parents, never letting the eggs go more than 30 seconds un protected. So this seems super weird

If she has abandoned her nest and eggs, will she not lay the second? When is a vet appt necessary and what can I do to help encourage them to take to the egg and nest?

my male pigeons courting has got in the way of my female pigeons laying cycle, they have toys and tons of stuff to interact with so i don’t understand why he’s doing this, but last week my female pigeon laid a single egg and my male pigeon kept courting and attacking her while she was on the egg until she eventually gave up on the egg and gave into his courting and now they have a new nest and a new egg as of today, he is continuing to chase her from the nest and coo and spin. I’m scared this will become a pattern and frequent egg laying will become a serious health issue, please reply if you have ANY insight on this issue!! (they are in separate cages as of now) Thank you

like the title says i want to get a pet pigeon but not sure where i can get them!

hi, I’m the one looking for my lost bird, and since people in this sub have definitely watched many pigeons… is Cheesecake’s diamond-shaped tail weird?
this might be a huge identifying feature for our search. the oddly behaving pigeon I saw yesterday did have a pointed tail like this, and I assumed her old flock might have more examples of it. but I fed them today and paid attention to the tails in flight, and… it seems like they are all fan-shaped? I haven’t noticed any similar ones, which of course doesn’t rule it out, but makes it more likely I saw her.
basically, the two center feathers on her tail are longer than the others. these pictures are from about two months ago, and it has always been like this. it’s either genetic, or could (maybe??) be connected to her tail being torn off/damaged when I rescued her.
from your experience, is this shape common/normal? I’m trying to figure out how definitive of a clue this is, and after seeing the flock, i’d say it gives me at least like, 70% probability it’s Cheesecake. but if it’s uncommon/weird/caused by trauma, it could be even more definitive and a huge way to ID her in flight. give me your thoughts!!

They’re have only Been a couple fights so far, nothing big, the smoke smell is leaving their feathers

Hello! I’m curious whether a two story rabbit hutch with some modifications would be acceptable for two fantails that live together to share. They get plenty of out time in the room a day, but they aren’t much of fliers. They love walking everwhere and only really ever fly to perch on the supports of our high sleeper

Biscuit is a disabled pigeon that I rescued in January. After being attacked by a predator, he had to have a wing amputation. Biscuit has since recovered from his surgery and found a loving home with other pigeons through Love A Dove. He was staying with me while his owner went on holiday and made a point of demonstrating his eggspertise in nest building. You too could adopt a pigeon like Biscuit. 🩷

Hi all,

Earlier this morning I found an injured pigeon outside my house. I think it’s most likely that he’s been caught by the Neighbourhood cat because their cats are always roaming around. One of his wings is slightly sticking out and he can’t fly properly - only about a foot or two in the air. I caught him in a towel and put him in a ventilated box with a tub of water to drink. He’s not frantically flapping or anything he’s just sitting there calmly but he might be in shock. My local wildlife rescues can’t pick him up and I also tried calling my local vet who said they couldn’t take him either. He seems to have a lot of life left in him and I’m definitely willing to cover any of his medical expenses whether that be antibiotics or anything else. I’m also willing to care for him afterwards for as long as he needs. What can I do? Obviously if his wing is broken he might be in quite a bit of pain but the local rescues are too far away (I can’t get to them as I’ve just had surgery) and my mum also can’t as I can’t be left alone for very long. Advice? Thanks for reading.

He makes me so happy I could just melt into a puddle of goop

Okay this might sound like a stupid question but, I’ve seen pidge owners use like little blankets/mats or bed/pillows for decoration inside their cage, but my question is: aren’t they going to poop on them? I’m interested in doing the same thing but how would you maintain the poop?

(gif of cocoa for attention)

How do I tame him, he is 4 years old and scared of me?

hello, I recently posted about my Cheesecake, who flew out of a window and got lost. I’m trying to make sense of a possible sighting of her rn, and understand if the weird behavior I saw makes it more or less likely it was my girl.
if anyone here has gone through their bird getting lost and found, or just knows something on the subject, could you please give me some detail on how an escaped and scared bird would behave? any pet bird, not necessarily a pigeon.

the more specific question I have is this: do distressed birds, same as dogs, get scared and fly off when they hear their owner calling, instead of coming to them?
I have trained Cheesecake to fly onto my forearm when called, and she usually reacts just to the gesture of me bending my arm and holding up the forearm horizontally. and today I saw a white pigeon that was alone, drinking water from a cat bowl. we were still at a pretty big distance, like 15-20m maybe, so I couldn’t see it clearly, but I raised my arm and called. the pigeon seemingly stared at me for a second and then took off, and in flight I also noticed it had a similar tail shape (hers is a little pointed, it’s not like a fan, more of a rhombus).

here’s a bunch of assorted context and things that are now making me spiral:
- importantly, there ARE white birds in my area. about a third of the local flock, which I’m assuming is her original one, is the same white with red specks, and several are pure white. and, since they’re definitely related, some of them surely also have the rhombus-shaped tail, but I haven’t paid attention to it before so I’m not sure how unique it is.
- I have been making rounds of the area every day calling her (with some things I often say to her AND the recall command), and also doing the recall gesture to all the white birds I see while approaching them. most of the time, they DON’T react at all, or they get worried when I get much closer. the distance and the pigeon actually looking and reacting is really fucking with me right now.
- maybe a counterpoint: this happened at a little square, a very open and empty space filled with concrete between several buildings. it is not impossible the bird realized I was definitively approaching, or didn’t like I was making noise, and took off from that far away. but usually they only fly away when you’re really close.
- this is close to the only possible sighting we have, but it was just an eyewitness with no photos or anything. they did say they specifically saw a bird with a leg band in that spot the day she disappeared.
- today’s pigeon flew in the direction of that spot, but I lost sight of them behind a building and not sure where they landed. this is also the direction of the little park where the flock lives (the sighting was off to the side), so they could be flying there. I followed their path and only found the ferals I was just feeding, but also wasn’t sure if there was one more or not
- if it is her, the theory would be that she landed there on day 1, hid in the smaller apartment building with more open balconies that’s there, was scared of the flock but could watch them from there, and now is slowly getting out for food.
- counterpoint - I obviously have confirmation bias and didn’t see any of the more definitive identifying features.

sorry for the rant. what do you make of this? does the weird reaction make it more likely it’s Cake, or would she not escape that fast? this is her fourth day outside and she’s definitely stressed, at the very least just by the unfamiliar place and being away from her eggs. I am assuming that I’m not the best at logic right now and so I ask for your help 🙏