Piggi and Tipsey journal

[chriss80]

Hi Janet
I think is makes a huge difference having another bird in the house. Pigg watches every move that Tipsey does around the house and if Tipsey does something interesting on the floor Piggi has to follow. For example Tipsey plays with some wires or courting some toy on the floor Piggi comes down to see what the fuss is all about and they both copy one another actions. Piggi sure spends a lot of time on the floor now relaxing and preening his feathers near Tipsey.
I think Piggi when he did not get fed he got very frustrated and I could see he was agitated like it was something wrong going on. He also spent half the days near the food trying to eat. Because Piggi spent so much near the food Tipsey started to become suspicious of Piggi and he kept moving around him while at a point Piggi got a bit annoyed with Tipsey making a fuss.
The aviary will have to wait for another month. One of the neighbours has been dropping a friendly hint about the pigeons that visit our garden. Is not because they make a mess on his house (they stay only on ours) but the reason is that they are teasing his dog and his dog goes quite mental everyday barking at the pigeons. He has one of those weird dogs that looks like a rat and I think it is in the dogs instinct to go for things like that. Anyway we do not want to appear to be collaborating with the enemy so we have stopped feeding the pigeons. I will be still throwing a few seeds to Blackye when she visits all by herself. Anyway the plan is that the pigeons from outside will stop coming so often so the pigeons are not bothering the neighbours dog anymore and when he thinks is all quite bang we bring in the aviary and he will just have to deal with it. On the good side that means I will be having even more money by then to build a better aviary or maybe I will just buy a metal one.

[amyable]

Fascinating to hear about how they react to each other, without speaking they can say so much.
Piggi wants to make sure Tipsey isn't getting more than his share of attention so just pops down to his level to check, (and while I'm here I'll just have a preen to show you you're not the only hansome pigg on the block). I do miss his antics.

Good idea with your neighbour, at least if you're seen to be considerate over their dog they might not say too much if you suddenly have an aviary. It is a little annoying though isn't it that you have to tread so carefully to do some thing in your own home. Best of luck with the aviary when you do get the chance to sneak one up!

[chriss80]

Tipsey is one cute pigeon and he never failed to entertain us. Tipsey is always happy and cooing. But Tipsey has not put any weight one, in fact he lost 15 grams now being 320 grams. He always has a few seeds in his tummy and I see him eating during the day but he just simply does not eat enough. I am giving him some vitamins in the water 3 times a week but I think I will make that daily as he must be loosing on so many good things but not eating properly. He also does not eat enough seeds mixture. I do not want anything bad to happened to Tipsey and I might start forcing some more food down his bill if he does not starts putting weight on.
On the good side Piggi has started eating really small yellow called pallets I think , though he does not eat enough to feel any in his crop and I am still force feeding him. But is a big step for someone like Piggi, maybe one day he will decide to have more.
I am quite busy lately and started studying something and is boring as hell and I am away most of the day.
I really need an aviary, and not any kind of aviary. I need a safe aviary from all kind of pests (like people too), it does not have to be surrounded by electric current is just that a wood one would be too easy to brake. I have no time to build it myself and I have not found one to buy. And I want mates for these 2 pigeons to keep them company.

[amyable]

Hi Chris,

Good to hear Tipsey is still cooing, does he bite any more, he used to be one big biter, until he decided he liked me!

Sorry he's still worrying you about his eating, he used to throw his seed all over the place so I never used to really know what he ate. You are taking such good care of him. It's good that Piggi is trying seeds more, it must mean he knows how to eat if he can get some down, just a mystery why he doesn't try more. What does Piggi weigh compared to Tipsey?

So the lads haven't pulled any girlfriends yet then, such good looking boys too!

Any new pictures lately?

Janet

[chriss80]

Piggi and Tipsey are both doing well and they are good tolerable friends LOL. Oh these male pigeons!

Tipsey has taken dictatorship all over the living room floor and anything that dares moving about gets investigated.

Piggi eats by himself about half a teaspoon of small seeds all by himself daily which is a good improvement. I stopped force feeding Piggi for an entire week and in this time he has lost a lot of weight, about 160 grams. In this week he continued to eat as usual about half a teaspoon of small seeds daily but that was just not enough for him to live day by that so I started feeding him myself again. Otherwide he was his usal energic self. I think he will eat one day more when he feels ready.

Bellow there are a few cute and funny pictures of them starting Piggi:


Piggy and his friends




Romance just like in the movies




HA I GOT YOUR FINGER, WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW? MUAHAHAA

[chriss80]

Piggi. Who’s grabbes who in this pic ?



Pretty Tipsey posing for the camera




Tipsey has a lady friend visit

[chriss80]

A metrosexual pose by Tipsey lol



Tipsey relaxing in one leg modelling his PGWear

[amyable]

Hi Chris,

I just saw the pictures, they are brilliant and so colourful!
I got a real pang when I saw Tipsey, lump in the throat job. I'd almost forgotten what a beautiful colour he was. He looks wonderful and a real star posing in the garden, love him.

Piggi still looks like he's in charge of you all! They are truely a handsome pair of birds.
Hasn't anyone told Piggi that girlfriend of his hasn't got any feathers!

LOL, in PG wear, what ever next! How does he like it? Does he wear it all the time? You know it didn't cross my mind how you deal with having them both in doors and the poop problem. If we come up with a couple of lovely ladies for these boys, will they all live in doors, or have you still got the aviary in mind first. John will be moving outside soon if we keep filling your house up with more pigeons!!!!

I just keep looking at them, they look so well. Thanks again for giving him such a good home.

Janet

I'm going to take that picture of Tipsey in to show the people at the 'sanctuary'. Just shows what good care can do, something they should see!!
If you could have seen what he looked like when I first set eyes on him you wouldn't believe what a state he was in. His underside was a mass of green poops just matted into his feathers where he had been lying unable to get up. It took weeks to clear him of that and get him cleaned up. I'm so glad I took him away and didn't let them put him down.

[chriss80]

Hi Janet


A pair of beautiful birds indeed, and don’t they know it, puffing and displaying around all day long.

I think Piggi looks like he is the boss more then he actually is. While the floor space is concerned Tipsey rules. Piggi will come down from time to time to tease Tipsey and parade around on the floor but he is quickly hurried back up by Tipsey and he know very well where his place is.

I have only tried PGWear on Tipsey a few times to see what he thinks of it. Half the time he was all right with it, he did not make such a big fuss about it as he got easily distracted by more important jobs pigeons do. He just makes a mess freely all over the floor and I just pick it up or Hoover it. I will barrow someone’s steam cleaner soon to kill the germs too. Tipsey does not make that much mess as he is such a fussy bird and doesn’t eat much. Piggi only flies around in a couple of places backward and forwards usually and that is where he makes most of his mess that I clean.

When I get more pigeons I the aviary to keep them in at least some of the time during the day in there as it would make things much easier and let them enjoy outdoors too. I am not going to keep them in it in the cold nights though.

I can send you the pictures of Tipsey in a higher resolution so you can show them. Juts let me know.

[Feefo]

Those are such lovely pictures, Chris! Piggi and Tipsey are so lucky..Janet's reminder of what poor Tipsey endured in that so called sanctuary is heart breaking.

Where did you get the PG wear and what size is it? Canary Jayne wants something that will allow any of her rescues freedom of movement during their stay with her without too much poop damage to her furniture, but the site that we found asks for precise measurements .

Cynthia

[chriss80]

Hi Cynthia,

I got PGWear from an American website and I had to give the measurements of the pigeon to be made from www.birdwearonline.com

I am lucky to have these 2 pigeons to keep me company, they are incredibly cute and funny.

[amyable]

Hi chris,

I was going to try and print out a picture first, to see how it came out. Unfortunately I am out of some of the colour cartridges in my printer and it is not coming out the true colour. Will get them replaced and try again.

If it doesn't work I will get you to try a higher resolution. Thanks for the offer.

Janet

[chriss80]

I am afraid I do not have some good news. It seems that my husband could have an allergy to pigeons. He talked to a doctor and he is going to be sent for a blood test to see what it turns out. My husband also used to work 10 -15 years ago to a chickens farm and he then as feeling ill while he worked there similar to now.

We are not going to give up on Tipsey and Piggi we are just going to move them outside in an aviary. I am getting the aviary build by someone and is going to have a roof, floor and a small shed that gets locked at night attached to it where they can sleep at night

Until the aviary is ready my husband will avoid the living room where the pigeons stay. I could move the pigeons in another room but the pigeon dust will still remain for a while.

I am quite sad because I am not going to spend as much time with the pigeons as I do now when they move outside in the aviary, I really enjoy their company.

I can’t wait for the blood test so we can se haw badly allergic is to the birds.

[amyable]

Oh Christina that is such a shock, you both must be devastated as the birds are so much part of your life and John was so accepting of them aswell.
It is so cruel, just like with Cynthia, the people who most want to spend time around their pigeons and then are restricted by just this.

Has he been feeling bad for a while or has it come on suddenly, you have had Piggi for such a long time now.

You'll have to make sure the aviary is large enough to fit a nice arm chair in, then you can go and sit out there with them!

Let us know how the tests go.

Janet

[chriss80]

Hi Janet,

I do feel frustrated and I feel that just isn’t fair.

To day I have been cleaning in the living room and getting rid of dust and hovered absolutely everything. Pigeon dandruff do seem to hide the most unusual places.

I have moved the pigeons in another room. Piggi hangs around up perched and Tipsey I had to put himin a cage so then no fights start between these 2.I also got a chair in that room so I can hang around too. I am going to compensate with Tipsey by taking him for longer walks in the garden until the aviary is ready, is such lovely days outside. I would take Piggi outside too in a cage but I am have visitors occupying them now ( Pinkenstein and Stripy my other canker pigeon that is getting better too).