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29th July 2008, 03:45 PM
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What to do with evicted juvenile pigeons in Southern Oregon?Earlier today, someone found two young pigeons at the construction site where he was working. They were apparently living someplace where the workers needed to get to, and had to be evicted. The man who found them was concerned that they were too young to be safely relocated, so he brought them to the veterinary clinic where I work and left them at reception.
We're not sure what should be done with these birds, and the local Wildlife Rehab Center doesn't take pigeons. Any advice would be greatly appreciated- especially as we really haven't figured out where these birds are supposed to stay tonight. (We stopped seeing birds at the clinic several years ago when the owner developed a bird allergy, so I don't know how long he'll be willing to have them stay there. Help! 0.0) 
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29th July 2008, 03:47 PM
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Where are you? Are they injured? We have members in Oregon...question is how close are you to them
Last edited by little bird; 29th July 2008 at 03:50 PM.
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29th July 2008, 03:53 PM
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How young are they? Couldn't someone who works at your clinic take them home and finish raising them and then release? They're really NOT that much work and you're probably looking at 4 or 5 weeks max.
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29th July 2008, 03:58 PM
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Thanks for posting about these poor little wafe's. I'm in Portland and am happy to talk to you about feeding and care. I think I'm the only active Oregon member on the forum.
A picture would be great to help you pinpoint an age. 503-957-8505
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29th July 2008, 03:59 PM
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I'm not sure how old they are. I haven't seen them myself since they were brought in shortly after I left for the day, but my co-worker says that they are fully covered in feathers. As soon as someone there has a spare minute, they're going to take a camera phone picture of the birds and send it to me, and I will post it here.
Apparently no one there is willing/able to take the birds, which is why they called me to see if I had any clue what to do with pigeons. (I don't.) I'm pretty sure I can't take them myself- I'm about to leave on a trip, and even if I could find a someone to take care of them 'till I got back, I don't think my landlords would let me have them here. (They weren't that thrilled when I fostered a starling, and that was only for a week.)
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29th July 2008, 04:14 PM
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call some of the other animal clinics to see if someone is willing to take care of them, some rehabers work at clinics, or an avian vet that might know someone good hearted enough to take them...need to call around, there are good people out there...
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29th July 2008, 04:18 PM
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The babies will be arriving here on Friday afternoon. When they are ready to be released, they will be returning to Ashland.
 Once they have arrived, I will post some pictures.
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29th July 2008, 04:31 PM
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oh cool!
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#11
29th July 2008, 04:36 PM
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Renee is still really trying to find someone closer but so far...nadda!
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#12
29th July 2008, 05:18 PM
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Thanks so much again Charis! They just sent me a picture from work, which will hopefully show up attached to this post. There's a bigger version here: http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9547/cid397vi0.jpg
I don't know if you can tell anything age-wise from that. I'm heading over to work in a bit with some food and whatnot for the pidgies, and I'll take a couple more pictures then.
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#13
29th July 2008, 05:21 PM
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OH, how adorable!! I'd say almost 4 weeks old. Maybe 3 1/2.........cuties!!
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#14
29th July 2008, 08:08 PM
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I went down to work and got the pidgies settled in for the night. They're definitely not fully fledged yet- they're still kind of porcupine-y around the beak and under the wings, and they've got silly yellow fluff on the backs of the necks and where their eyebrows would be, if pigeons had eyebrows. =D
I took a few more pictures while I was there, too.
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29th July 2008, 08:11 PM
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You did a good job. They look very cozy.
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