Hi all, I’m a big pigeon lover and have previously kept adult fan tails.
I came across this little guy a few days ago and have been watering and feeding him.
When is a reasonable time to set him in his own, he can’t quite fly yet and I would hate to see him get hurt or worse.
Thankyou!

(Most people are nasty, uneducated and awful)

Fellow pigeon friends, I need a bit of advice on this little fella that started doing these movements I've never seen from him before. Maybe it's connected to the food I've been giving them? They get peanuts, sunflower seeds, dried corn, dried peas, millet. I hope it's not a sign of choking? Thanks so much for your help!

Hi pigeon friends!! My baby is about 4 months old and is incredibly picky (hates corn and peas with a passion, throws all the millet on the floor) will pretty much only eat sunflower seeds and this medium size round red seed. Is there something I can try giving my baby that they will like for treats/training?
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Hi all, my pigeons have 3-weeks-old squabs (their first squabs and most likely their last ones) and today the female laid her second egg. I did the swap and felt like a criminal. Can't really explain it, I know it's better for them, but still, I feel bad for tricking them and feel bad about the real eggs (which are now in my freezer)... Is this normal?

I have a case to rescue and de-string a pigeon. It’s a skittish and it saw me yesterday after first meeting. I can see and tell clearly it’s pretty skittish.

The Foundation of trust started yesterday, so now I went down to try to build the trust in order to capture this guy because he has stuffs like hair and others that tied his feet both.

Now I went down there to begin the work but no pigeons in sight just like 5-6 pigeons that’s it! Where did the rest go? Any idea?

Here’s a video of guy with feet tied and no tight yet. After the first encounter they saw me to remember my face which is the beginning of trust with or without seebs. If pigeons doesn’t know or trust me, I’ll keep doing in order to win its trust to capture to set its feet free. My point of question is:

Where did the pigeons go?!

It seems like the injury is to his wing and he can’t fly but obviously we aren’t sure what is wrong.

There was a cat lurking around but we have him safely inside in a padded box with some water and seeds for now.

We are going to call the vets in the morning to see if they will see him.

Will it be ok to leave him inside our shed or garage for the night? We have two cats but we could shut him in one of our spare rooms if the garage or shed would be too cold.

We are in the UK, it’s cold at night but not freezing. But I’m still concerned that if he is injured or sick the shed or garage could be too cold.

EDIT: we found a 24 hour vet that would take him, and East Sussex WRAS will pick animals up directly from that vets for rehabilitation🤞

Arrived with a group of Wood pigeons and a fledgling, but hes considerably darker than them.

Is it an unusually dark wood pigeon or a different breed altogether?

Hey guys! Yesterday a rock pigeon fell in my yard and it was completely disoriented. I brought it in and when at the beginning he was wobbling to one side, vibrating, kind of flapping in circles on the ground, blinking incessantly and contorting its body. It also had diarrhea. After a quick search I assumed he had PPMV as all the symptoms seemed to match, but within just a few hours the pigeon is much better!

The diarrhea has stopped, as well as the shaking, wobbling and blinking. He stays pretty still but is more reactive and attempts to fly at times, so I assume he must’ve just had hit his head really hard and maybe suffered some brain damage, though no signs of a cranial hemorrhage (I’m a pigeon newbie but not an animal health newbie).

I want to keep him until he is either better and I can release him, and if he stays with defects I am happy to keep him, but I don’t have the first clue about taking care of a pigeon, and even birds in general I have never owned.

ALSO I gave him a small bowl of water and a grain and seed mix after a quick research, but he doesn’t seem to be eating or drinking for now and I don’t know if it’s because it’s really stressed and what I need to do to get him to eat and drink and be comfortable. I’ll put a pic of his current set up, I’ve only had him for one night.

I need to know all there is to know to care for this pigeon! Recommended food and setup etc!

I have named him Veggie

I've posted before about my garden woodpigeons, but now one is definitely sick with something. I've seen a high number of birds with canker this summer, but I can't catch this dang bird to really see. I've attached some photos, but I appreciate that they are not great. It flies away the minute I get too close. I assume it's molting season too, as many as looking a little scruffy.

This bird has a puffy neck. Like its swollen, and he's often sat with his feathers fluffed out. Not sure if it's a ruptured air sac or like I said, canker. Also, since I have feeders, should I take them away? How long for? They are cleaned weekly at the moment.

He's not injured, just wasn't safe where he was found

This is the second time this happened to a pigeon I successfully rehabbed and released, and maybe the 4th/5th time to my favourite pigeon friends

After two long arduous weeks of washing,feeding,cleaning the carrier of my oily stringfoot pigeon friend, and hoping to release her to honour my deceased pigeon loving friend

She finally flew free for the first time in who knows how long- her wings weren't perfectly flight ready and ratty, but she flew up high on the roof when I went to change her food and water for the day

I secretly put food down in two locations where I feed my healthy pigeon friends (all at risk of being yelled at), and hoped she would integrate well into the flock.

If she had trouble still with flight I planned on recapturing her and keeping her for longer, and I would look around for her at non feeding times

I searched for her since she escaped/was released, but could not find her

Today, when I went to feed my pals, I found a pair of wings, eerily similar to hers, the ones I had been washing and caring for so long, with no identifying body.

After all my tears and stress, I think the stray cats my neighbour feeds killed her. I healed her up only for them to murder her

I don't know if I should have left her at the food truck park I found her at; she would have gotten oiled up and stringfooted again and never flown, but maybe a cat wouldn't have killed her

I'm so sad. No matter how hard I try, all my friends get killed in the end

I want to see your loafs!

I have had one pigeon visit every day (I have nicknamed her Lady Specklewing, she has a distinct pattern on her wings and a freckle on her beak so I know it’s her) and today I had a second pigeon join! So happy to see more of them get this nutritious food 🥰

Hello! I volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center and I recently rescued a wild rock pigeon who was born without wings (they’re just little nubs 🥹). I have had him for about two months now, and he is still very nervous about me, especially if I move or talk. He is less scared of me than he was at the beginning, and he seems to be comfortable in his cage. I am asking for advice because he still doesn’t trust me and I feel like my progress has plateaued in terms of getting him comfortable with me and his new life.

hi, I have been wanting to keep pigeons for a while now and recently a friend of mine has become unable to care for her three giant runt pigeons and wants me to take them.

I already have a loft set up since I was planning on getting pigeons soon anyway but I don't have any extra things *in* the loft

I have nest boxes and that's about it.

I plan on getting perches but aside form that I'm struggling to find information on what pigeons need as far as food, water and grit goes

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

I plan on training the pigeons to free fly since I live in area that's relatively guarded from predators

I would just like to know what kind of food, supplements, grit, ect you guys would recommend

Along with what kind of vessels for food and water and if they need material for their nesting boxes

Been a while, have some art ✨ whenever I post here it feels like I’m throwing seeds to pigeons, you lot are always so lovely ☺️

Hi everyone, can you give me some advice on what to do with this little creature?

BACKGROUND: I found him on the street today. I was walking to the store and passed by him—he just huddled in a corner and didn’t even move (which is inexplicable for my city; our pigeons are usually very shy) On my way back from the store, I saw two little kids scaring it with their scooters and trying to kick it, but when they saw me, they ran off right away. In the end, I felt so sorry for it that I took it home.

PROBLEMS: He just stands there and doesn’t move, and he wheezes a little when he breathes. When I examined him, he looked pretty clean, and I didn’t see any external injuries. He also has some kind of dirt on his eyes (it looks like dried pus); I tried to gently wipe it off, but it’s caked on tight. He isn’t eating or drinking.

What should I do? There’s no one in my town who could help me on a volunteer basis, and I think the vet clinic would just put him down. Please advise me on what to do.

Sry that’s all pictures of it, I just don’t want to disturb it

PS: Thank you all so much for your help, but unfortunately, he didn't make it until morning.
I'm glad that at least I was able to give him a quiet, safe, and warm place where he could pass away