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22nd January 2007, 08:24 PM
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Nebraska: secret missionI'm at work, and there is a pigeon in the room I work in. The problem is that the room is a ballroom and the pigeon is two stories up. The secrecy comes in because the manager said, "there are exterminators to deal with this kind of thing, it's not my job to get it down.
What do I do? I work until 11pm 1 1/2 more hours tonight. When I come in at 3pm tomorrow I think it may be gone and not in a good way. How will an "exterminator" get this pigeon down?
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22nd January 2007, 08:35 PM
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I mentioned to the manager that I rescued a pigeon and that after asking others online learned about the pigeon and have kept it.
I suggested a live trap. Given that I had a suggestion and I have a pigeon, I'm hoping he may ask me more. But I doubt it.
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22nd January 2007, 08:35 PM
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I wouldn't even want to think about it but if the ceiling's not an issue they might shoot it down with a pellet gun if it had to happen quickly. Otherwise, I'd expect that they'd put poisoned feed down where it could see it or maybe they'd bring in a falconer. None of the ways are pretty in a deal like this.
Is there any way for the bird to get out? Pidgey
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22nd January 2007, 08:39 PM
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The bird can't really get out. Except however it got in, which the janitor is guessing the duct work.
The janitor is on our side but they are not consulting her.
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22nd January 2007, 08:46 PM
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Yes the ceiling is ornate, so they are not going to be shooting at it. So maybe nothing will be done over night tonight. Is there anything I could do?
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22nd January 2007, 08:47 PM
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this is the first time it has ever got in. I'm doubtful it can find a way out we are on the third and fourth floor of the building and there are many doors it would have to go through.
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22nd January 2007, 08:48 PM
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I'll tell you how we had to recapture our first rescue, Pidgey (the real one, not me), when we finally came back from vacation in Peru... we made a really long-poled net. We went at night to where she was roosting in the rafters of an open awning, got the net ready just below her (about 20 feet long) and then turned on a really powerful flashlight into her eyes from below while I worked with the net to throw it directly up in front of her when she tried to take off. The net was made from something from the fabric store like chiffon and I made a loop of copper tubing to put it on. You could use a pool-net, I suppose.
Pidgey
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22nd January 2007, 08:51 PM
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The reason why I ask is because if you can flush the bird from wherever it's sitting and then turn the lights off immediately or flush it with the lights off, it might flutter to the ground if it can't see where to land up there. Absolute darkness is the key in a deal like that, though. You can come up to the bird and grab it if you take real quick looks with a flashlight and use your ears mostly. I suppose you might be dealing with a lot of tables and chairs, though, huh?
Pidgey
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22nd January 2007, 08:53 PM
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Although there is a door to the roof the the janitor and i might be able to leave open all night, but it is through a room from where the pigeon is. Will this stray pigeon be drawn through another room to the roof access?
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22nd January 2007, 08:57 PM
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ya when everyone leaves the janitor will be the only one here and we could shut the lights off. Could I safely throw a ball up there to bring if off the pirch. This is if the manager doesn't hang around trying to "solve," with the pigeon.
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22nd January 2007, 08:58 PM
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Why would the bird go looking for an exit that way? They figure it out if they've got the time and they explore to find it but that's a toughy and you might not have the time. Is there any possibility of you trying those other ways that I mentioned? Yet another possibility is for you to get with the exterminators and see if you can work out a deal of getting the bird if they have a non-lethal means of capturing it in the first place. That'd probably be your "last-ditch" idea, though.
Pidgey
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22nd January 2007, 09:03 PM
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the timing thing is easy I just thought of that. I'll try to hang around beyond everyone else.
However we are in the city and there are big windows from floor to ceiling(2 story). I wondering if they may let too much light in?
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