please help!

[Noisy_minor]

i second that, i mentioned it in my post when i introduced my self, its amazing that people all over the world can help eachother save those that depend on us so much. well done litos *claps*

[litos]

well, Srulik's tail and feathers have grown back now, and he looks very helthy and strong. eats a lot, but i didn't see him fly yet. not even once. not even when my dog approuched him and he was very scared. he tried to escape (i didn't let the dog come close) but didnt menage to fly away.

is there anything i can do to make him fly? what could be the reason for not flying? could it be just a metter of time? maybe i should practice with him? i shouldn't let it wonder free if it cant fly away from cats and dog... what do you think i should do?

i attach a picture.

[SerendipityCA]

I don't know the answer but he looks very healthy - maybe he just doesn't know how!!! Does he hop up on things or always stay on the same level?

[litos]

he has no troble jumping up to his branch...but its only about 20cm off the ground.

[Pidgey]

It certainly doesn't look like anything's wrong in the pictures. You might try getting him standing on your hand in the house and see if he will fly down to the couch, your bed or something like that, even if you have to give a slight toss up over your bed so that he won't have far to fall if there's a real problem. Another thing you can check is whether he can move his wings through the full range of motion. What you do is hold him by the body from below in one hand and pull one wing out to extension with the other. It also needs to be able to roll upward over the back. In doing that, you're really checking to make sure that they both work the same amount and just as easily. If one seems particularly stiff then that can be a real problem. They can't fly if they can't get their wings up almost vertical over their backs.

He really looks a lot better, though.

Pidgey

[mr squeaks]

Well done, Litos! Your pij sure looks soooo much better!!

Hopefully, he will be able to fly. Of course, maybe he decided that he has the good life now and doesn't want you to know that he can really fly, but is just fakin'...

Did you ever worm him?

Wishing him all the best

Hugs and Scritches

Shi

[Noisy_minor]

Is it possible to add some higher branches, so he will have to fly to get to them. if he lets you hold him, you could try letting him perch on your hand and then quickly moving your hand down, so he takes flight.

He looks so much better now you did a really good job
Cheers

The other thing i wanted to say, is does he have to go back to the wild??? i mean if he is happy, and you are happy to cater for him, then is there any real reason he must be turned loose. you could just purchase him a friend, and he could live of the rest of his life relishing the life of a domestic pigeon, as they are domestic pigeons after all.