One month old baby pigeon - help needed

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Originally Posted by sharadan

Hello everyone, just an update. My baby is doing very well. My father decided not to hand it over to the Blue Cross and thank goodness, she's been doing fine. We've been giving her finger millet. She's eating it on her own. She looks quite active and healthy on the whole, except for the fact that she hasn't recovered from th shock and is very very scared of all of us. Doesn't allow us to touch or caress. She puffs her feathers and makes a strange pose and is generally very quiet and stuck to some corner like a statue if someone is around. If she's alone, she eats, moves around and explores. She can fly about two feet high now. Will post a few photos and videos soon.

Meanwhile I have another question. As I mentioned before, there are two more pairs in our balconies both about 13 days old. In the balcony one of the pairs is in it is quite cold and since it's raining they are mostly wet too. Their parents are still around, but leave the nest frequently. Is it OK for the babies to be so wet? I don't want to disturb the nest, though. Especially since their parents are still around taking care.

Sharada

Sounds like a good update and that your baby is doing good. As long as she eating and drinking and you plan to release her at some point, her being scared of you is probably a good thing. Don't want her to be too people friendly, is she's to live in the wild
These other babies though are a bit of a concern. No, they should NOT be getting rained on, BUT........if you move the nest to a dryer spot, you take the risk of the parents abandoning the babies. At 13 days old, they are JUST getting to where they CAN walk around a bit, but most babies stay put until they are around 18 days old or so. If there's a way to move the nest, say about no more than a couple of feet to get it out of the rain, but where the parents can still see the babies readily when they come back to feed, it MIGHT work. Hopefully someone will come along with other suggestions. It's a touchy situation. Being wet and cold and in the rain is going to make these babies sick and I'm sure they must be miserable.