found baby- how do i clean him correctly

[TAWhatley]

You might try Val at the Pigeon Place in Burleson TX: http://www.pigeonplace.com/

Terry

[lmchihal]

i am so sad to give the baby up. unfortunatly i am a college student with two dogs, one of which really wants to eat him. she has been eyeing him since he arrived. the thing i am most concerned about is that he spends most of his time alone in a cage. i have to have him put up or my dogs have to be put up. he flies all over the house when out, if i let him. when i can i take him outside for some fresh air. he just spends to much time alone. i just know that as much as i want to keep him, i cannot give him the home he needs. the best i could ever do is get him a good cage and a friend, but he would still spend most of him time in the cage. i would love to have some comments about my issue. i just need some advise on if i should keep him or if the best thing i can do is find him a better home. any advise would make me feel better. i have put this off for so long b/c i just don't like my options but i have to do something.

[pdpbison]

Hi Lauren,


Well, if you can find somewhere that hosts a feral Flock, and go there and scope it out...

Then, bring Seeds and you start feeding the feral Flock also, and, bring your Bird in his cage and set him there so the grazing Ferals and he can be inches apart...

Do this four or five times, seperate occasions as closely spaced day-wise as reasonable for your schedule...then when you do it the next time, at the beginning just before you put out Seed for everyone, open the door of the Cage and let yours self-release. You just stay there keeping an eye on everything for a while, then leave.

Most likely he will get on out of the Cage and join the pecking-grazing others, and be quite content to remain with them and go and roost with the various bachlors and bachlorettes and so on..

BUT, if you do elect to do this, make sure to do the four or five 'warm ups' with him in his cage amid them, first...

If he flys 'home' to you instead of staying with them, then at least you tried...


Best wishes!

Phil
Las Vegas

[lmchihal]

I have finally posted the baby up for adoption under the subject "looking for a good home, TX". I am sad that I am posting him but I am not providing a good enough home for him. he is young, strong and active. he has all the food and clean water he could want and a cage that has perches, cuddle areas, and a box that he loves. he just does not get the attention that he needs. i am gone so much. I think he needs other pigeons. I tried releasing him in December, but he returned without his tail feathers. (at least he came home) he is just alone to much. if i do not have any responce to my post by the time it warms up, i will try releaseing him again. maybe he will be able to stay wild this time. If anyone knows someone that would want a young feral, please let me know. I am in Texas and would go as far as i need to for him to get to the right home. i will post some new pics of him soon so that thoses that remember our issues early on can see how great he as grown up to be.