Companion Toys for Single Pet Pigeons

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi Andrea,
I think they pose for the camera! Dudley knows when that annoying box with the bright light comes around it's time to ham it up! He'll dance around or strike a pose just to get my photo frenzy over with so he can get back to playing or exploring the wild uncharted depths underneath the dining room table. Pigeons are truely amazing and I'm so happy to have been taken in by one

[Lammy]

Hi,

how does your pigeon dance? & what poses does he do?

2day i looked out the window & saw Pidge sunbaking again , & it looked like he mightve had both of his wings out & he looked even more flat, have u seen them do that?, its cute, & looks like they r trying 2 get attention, do u think they r when they do that? he goes to 2 main spots, on the way 2 the clothes-line & the window sill, when he fanned himself out on the window sill, a turtledove was sunbaking in the pool area but had 1 wing pointing in the air instead, & it was almost like they were in a competition 2 do the best poses

from Andrea

[KIPPY]

Splash loves her seed bell.

[Keys & Eyegone]

All these pictures are GREAT!!!
It was funny looking at them.
Zara loves to get him picture taken, but he doesn't play with toys.
He likes to tip over the seed cup.
I have one of them in my webshots:
http://community.webshots.com/user/keysca
It's the last picture in the first album.
Hilary Dawn

[Pete Jasinski]

Originally Posted by Lammy

Hi,
how does your pigeon dance? & what poses does he do?

Hi Lammy, Duds puffs up and does his bowing and cooing while running around under the dining room table and chairs, he does little circles while tail dragging and every now and then hew throws his head back. He love to put on his exhibitions for everyone. Duds loves the sun but I've never found him flattened out and sunbathing.
Splash is one beautiful girl Kippy! Seeing all these gorgeous pidgies makes me want to get Dudley a friend. I'm unfortunately not ready to have the grandkids yet
I was looking through your album Hilary and you too have some great looking pidgies! What happened to Chance and Zara? Were they born with their injuries or did you rescue them?

[Keys & Eyegone]

For Zara, my dad and I had to make a cage for Keys and Eyegone fast cause winter was coming in (they use to live in a sunshelter with fencing around it). We didn't expect they would breed, but they did and we didn't "baby proof" it. Eyegone made the nest up on the highest nest box, I went away on a band trip for a few day, Zara fell out, and my mother didn't notice (I don't blame her for it mind you). When I came back he was draging his leg behind him, Speckles, his little brother was picking on him so we took Zara away. Now he lives in my bedroom.
Chance, he was attacked by a dog (we suspect). He had two large punture wounds under his wings and had a missing eye. I cleaned out wounds and put drops in his missing eye (it was infected). He lives out in the aviary with Keys, Eyegone, Speckles, and Blue. He's a nice little guy, that's puting on A LOT of weight.
Any more questions just ask.
Hilary Dawn

PS- Dudley is a handsome bird!!!

[Lammy]

Hi,

sometimes if Pidge is on the ground & i move my hands near the ground, Pidge runs towards my hands dragging his tail, puffed up, going brootktkoo & sometimes he slowly walks 2 my hand with his head high & then, suddenly goes fast

what mood r pigeons in when they do that? & why do they fan & drag their tail on the ground?

from Andrea

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi Hilary, How is Zara doing with his leg these days? Does he have any problems getting around or has he adapted? Chance is a luck bird to have had you nurse him back to health and give him a home! Dudley struts around more then usual when someone pays him a compliment so he's showing off more than usual after reading how handsome you think he is!

Andria, when Pidge does his puffed up tail dragging display that's courtship behavior. I guess he thinks of you as a potential mate Dudley does that every time I see him so I guess it's a common thing among pigeons and their owners. Anyone else's pidgies exhibit this behavior toward them?

[Lolita's Mom]

Pete
Your Dudley is so beautiful!!!! My Lolita would just love him! Or attack him!
But they look so much a like! I appreciate your pictures so much! It is so great that you know how to get your pictures up here. I am going to try again with Lolita in an art setting. Also, I am going to the dollar store and find a hamburger.

Where is Dudley building a nest (under the table?) and how old is he? And how do you know he is a "he"?

Lolita turns in a circle and coos if someone comes to visit. She also lands on their head -- which is not always appreciated.

I finally got her a large cage (the bathroom was getting tiresome cleaning!) and she no longer even goes into the bathroom to eat or for any reason...she flies to her cage. It was a "trick" to teach her to do so. I used a 6 ft. piece of lathe to guide her flight to the cage. That's her place when she is alone in the house or when she sleeps. I made a cover for it from a sheet that Hootie (my Greyhound) dug holes in when he was on my bed. (That naughty dog!) But I made it fit exactly and then couldn't get it on or off! How bright is that? I had to add gussets at each seam and now it fits.

I want to make her a nesting spot, so tell me what you can.

Thanks.

Lolita's Mom

Art picture added below, plus Lolita as the Peace Dove at

community.webshots.com/user/gkoehler

[Lammy]

Hi,

why did your pigeon try 2 build a nest around Nemo & the hamburger?

from Andrea

[Keys & Eyegone]

Zara still has trouble getting around, when it snows and rains his leg hurts, cause of the pressure change in the air. I understand his pain cause I had 3 of my fingers broken and it hurts a lot when the pressure changes or if I use them too much (even tho they were broken in 1999 ).
WEll it's true, he is a handsome bird. My Speckles has competition. Specks loves to look at himself in the mirror. I'm not sure if he thinks it's a female or if he just likes to look at himself.
Talk to you later.
Hilary Dawn

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi all! I'm going to reply in one big bulk response, here we go....

Hi Lolita's Mom,
Lolita and Duds look like they could be siblings!
Currently he's "nest" is on top of his house that cam be seen in the pic of him and his hamburger. I feel Duds is a he due to his actions, he displays all the traits a male should but who knows I could be wrong.
I'm glad to hear Lolita is a new homeowner! the only reason I gave Dudley nesting material is because I think he's a male, I would have been hesitant to do it if I though Duds was female. I wouldn't want Duds to nest and start lying eggs because I would be afraid of egg binding. I just left shredded clean white paper for him to play with but he decided it be better suited for building, Oh well!

Hi Andria, I guess Dudley thinks they are his mates or babies, I'm not sure. I haven't had any of my other birds do something like that with a toys so this is a new one for me, maybe some one else might be able to add more.

Hi Hilary,
I feel bad for Zara I'm the same way, I have arthritis and weather changes cause extreme pain. Speckels is quite the looker, I love his/her white wing tips! If I were as good looking as Speckles I'd like to look at myself too. Dudley really isn't interested in the mirror I had for him so I just took it away.
Night all!

[Keys & Eyegone]

Pete,
Maybe it's a male bird thing.
Hilary Dawn

[Lammy]

Hi,

do girl pigeons ever do brootktkooo noises?

from Andrea

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi Andria, From what I understand they do but they're not quite as loud as the boys are. If Glinda is a girl she isn't saying, so I'm going to have to wait and hear from her personally.