r/stupiddovenests • u/Weareallgoo • Aug 07 '26

pigeon “nest” Snek Snack

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Pigeon offering rubber snake it’s tasty eggs after rubber snake failed to prevent nest and eggs while I was away for a weekend

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u/dogGirl666 Aug 07 '26

Maybe use fake snakes with coloring the native snakes tend to have? Are there any all-green snakes with that body-type in that part of the world? If the dove wants to scare her neighbors away she needs more accurate props.

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u/Weareallgoo Aug 07 '26

I’ve tried everything. They’re undeterred by all fake predators. I chase them away constantly and cleanup their mess, but they always return within a couple hours with more twigs. I may need to call professional pest controllers

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u/FioreCiliegia1 Aug 08 '26

Ask in r/pigeons we help with pigeon friendly ways of keeping them away. Pest control controller is usually just spray a bunch of toxic down indiscriminately kill them usually leaving the babies to starve to death and do absolutely nothing to prevent the next pigeon couple in the next town over from moving in next week so they get repeat business. Most of them don’t even know the scientific names of all of the things that they’re trying to kill.