Pigeon Laws

[TAWhatley]

Wonderful news! I'm so glad Myrtle will be coming home!

Terry

[Garye]

After reading all of this, I'll NEVER take Maggie to a vet because I know the vets out here would do the same thing. How could anyone be so cruel? I'm just so glad that Myrtle will be back home. She looks so cute - she belongs back with her family.

By-the-way, is Myrtle really a she? There's a lot of iridescent feathers around the neck, I'm wondering...maybe it's a he?

Anyways, glad everything's going to work out all right.

I'm so glad you fought hard to get her back. Great work!

[ZeldaCA]

SweetCountryGirl, I am SO glad to hear your wonderful news!! It made my night. So glad Myrtle will be back at home with you soon, I'm sure she will be so glad to get back.

By the way, I wanted to thank you for sharing your story. You have, undoubtedly, helped MANY of us who may be taking our pigeons to the vets in the future. I know now that if I ever have to take Floyd in, that I must say that Floyd was born at a breeders and and was never feral....or I might risk losing him the way you almost did Myrtle. Too scary, but hopefully we can all learn a lesson from your unfortunate experience.

Please post and let us know how she does once she comes home!

Hugs,
Zelda

[horsesgot6]

I'm Crying It's Always So nice When hard Work Pays off. I'm so Glad You Are getting Your Myrtle Back. With You Only Having The One Pigeon Keep Myrtle Inside Or Put Up A Fly Pen Outside For The days. 1 Lone Pigeon really Makes A Easy Target for Prey Animals.
I Can't Wait To Hear The Updates And Pictures On Myrtle. I'm So happy All Got Worked Out.

[Victor]

It is 1:12 am and I just had to check and see what has been going on before I finally go to sleep. This is incredible great news. I know many of us are going to sleep well tonight.I know a whole lot of members have been worried sick over this mess, I am so happy for you.

[Birdmom4ever]

Originally Posted by Garye

After reading all of this, I'll NEVER take Maggie to a vet because I know the vets out here would do the same thing. How could anyone be so cruel? I'm just so glad that Myrtle will be back home. She looks so cute - she belongs back with her family.

By-the-way, is Myrtle really a she? There's a lot of iridescent feathers around the neck, I'm wondering...maybe it's a he?

Anyways, glad everything's going to work out all right.

I'm so glad you fought hard to get her back. Great work!

However, I hope this story won't discourage anyone from taking a bird to an avian vet if it really needs the care. I wouldn't want anyone to lose his/her bird to injury or illness when it really needed medical attention because he/she was afraid to take it to a vet. Sweet Country Girl was right to seek medical attention for her bird. The key lesson to be learned from this is to always, always tell the vet it's a domestic pigeon, never that it was wild caught or rescued. Now my vet is great and wouldn't hesitate to treat a feral--I know he's done it in the past. But not all vets will react the same way as we learned from this incident. So take your pigeon to the vet if it's in trouble, but tell them it's domestic. That's not a lie since all our pigeons in North America, feral or domestically raised, are descended from domestic stock.

[swetcountrygrl]

Originally Posted by Birdmom4ever

However, I hope this story won't discourage anyone from taking a bird to an avian vet if it really needs the care. I wouldn't want anyone to lose his/her bird to injury or illness when it really needed medical attention because he/she was afraid to take it to a vet. Sweet Country Girl was right to seek medical attention for her bird. The key lesson to be learned from this is to always, always tell the vet it's a domestic pigeon, never that it was wild caught or rescued. Now my vet is great and wouldn't hesitate to treat a feral--I know he's done it in the past. But not all vets will react the same way as we learned from this incident. So take your pigeon to the vet if it's in trouble, but tell them it's domestic. That's not a lie since all our pigeons in North America, feral or domestically raised, are descended from domestic stock.

Well Myrtle is home and doing well. He missed us and we can tell he missed our dogs....LoL He cant fly for a week so we cant do much with him. When I get the chance I will take a few pics. Birdmom4ever, We did tell the vet that Myrtle was our pet. We stressed and stressed that he was our pet....but they still took him. When we went to get him today they really were sorry for taking him. I guess it was just a big mix up. But the Admin of the vet came out and was very sorry and she said they were going to get to the bottom of this. Well I cant stay long but later I will take some pics. Thanks everyone once again!!!!!

[Enonymouse]

Hello,

This is Kimberly -- Terry had emailed me about your pigeon. I was a rehbber and used to work for Alexandria Animal Hospital (the emergency service). I called Alexandria and told them that this was all a mistake and that it was legal for you to have Myrtle, so I am glad that it all worked out. In the future, please take your bird to Dr. Scott Stahl, in Vienna. He is a board-certified avian vet, and very good with pigeons. By the way, do you know who the rehabber is that had Myrtle? Which vet did your parents see? Must have been a new one.

So glad that everything worked out, and I hope that Myrtle has a quick recovery. Good luck, and take care!

kimberly
e0emouse@aol.com

[flitsnowzoom]

Better put smilie faces back around Myrtle's picture
So glad he/she's home.

The way things get worded these days (especially with all the waivers out there, it's soooo easy to get confused . A little training for the vet office might be useful.

[Garye]

I just don't want to take any chances with Maggie. I can try the old "this is a domestic pigeon and it's a pet" trick if I feel the urgent need to get care for her, but I'll admit, I'm still nervous. Every vet I called when I had Julius would not help him - they would only put him to sleep.

I'm just so happy Myrtle's back. Cute bird.

[Lady Tarheel]

Hi Enonymouse

Thank you so very much for the part you played in getting Myrtle back home.

[Pidgey]

Originally Posted by swetcountrygrl

Well Myrtle is home and doing well. He missed us and we can tell he missed our dogs....LoL He cant fly for a week so we cant do much with him. When I get the chance I will take a few pics. Birdmom4ever, We did tell the vet that Myrtle was our pet. We stressed and stressed that he was our pet....but they still took him. When we went to get him today they really were sorry for taking him. I guess it was just a big mix up. But the Admin of the vet came out and was very sorry and she said they were going to get to the bottom of this. Well I cant stay long but later I will take some pics. Thanks everyone once again!!!!!

It basically happened because your state law as written and in the process of being amended is currently ambiguous (can be taken two ways). They're apparently working on it, judging by the dates referenced in the amendment proposal. It'll get there. I'm just glad that "all's well that ends well!"

Pidgey

[Birdmom4ever]

I'm just so very glad you got Myrtle back! She must be delighted to be home with her family. And I didn't mean to imply that you did anything wrong by taking her to the vet--the fault was theirs and the somewhat hazy laws in your state. But all's well that ends well.

[TAWhatley]

Kimberly,

Thank you so much for your help with this! We are all thrilled that Myrtle is now back home!

Terry

[swetcountrygrl]

Myrtle Beach is home and doing great. Vet's office told us he can't fly for a week and he's not to happy about that...but atleast we can get him out and hold him and play with him. I'll post pics later on when I get home. Thanks again everyone!!!