Companion Toys for Single Pet Pigeons

[pdpbison]

Hi cyro51,

The only occasion I recall of any Toys or play-companions for any of my Birds...(allways wild or orphan Babys whom I raise or convelese, rather than 'my' Birds as in their continued stays...these are allways Birds who leave when ready...)

Was a largish white Dove someone brought me once, who could not fly at first, but soon got well of whatever it was that had ailed them. This Dove, for some reason, would attack a little terry-cloth stuffed Rabbit doll. I would hold the little Rabbit doll up at one end of the room, and the Dove would immediately fly over and vicously attack it, landing on my hand to do so, while making a sort of Hyena laugh, a kind of wild rauccous laughter sound. it would not tend to stop untill I hid the little Rabbit doll from it's sight. It really seemd to enjoy doing this!

At this time too, I had some young Morning Doves who were getting of age to be flying about, and they, with the White largish Dove, would get chased around these rooms and halls by a young Mocking Bird I had raised...it was like World War One 'Dog Fights' in here in those days...

But one good thing about that, is they all became very very nimble flyers, swooshing through narrow halls and darting into doorways at hi-speed, making u-turns in small rooms, and all sorts of evasive maneuvers and agilities getting perfected...

While not toys per-se, when I used to watch tee-vee, I often had young or older Birds who would come over and sit on my lap or shoulders or on the sofa arms, and watch the tee-vee also. it demended on the show it seemed, as for whether it interested them or not. Often too, they just napped, and it had nothing to do with the tee-vee, but just that I was sitting there. some of them did tend to watch with close interest though, if something interested them about the show. I gave up tee-vee though, about 8 years ago, so oh well...

Phil
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[feralpigeon]

Originally Posted by Lammy

Hi,

do girl pigeons ever do brootktkooo noises?

from Andrea

Hi Andrea,

You betcha they do. Got a "house of hens" right now. Two who are "mates" that did the coo thing before laying eggs (four in total) and one that does the brootktkoooo noise on a regular basis especially when I return her to "her" carrier. From my observation, cadence has different "markers" to it depending on the situation.

fp

[Lammy]

Hi,

Pidge is a free flyer, & he normally sleeps at his roost out the back, but the last few nights he hasnt been going 2 his roost, (he might just come 4 food) im guessing he might go 2 the tree out the front 4 his new roost cos theres other pigeons there. does that mean Pidge has found a girlfriend & started a nest? would Pidge come back 2 his original roost?

+ Pidge is 3 years old & he was born in that tree

from Andrea

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi Andria,
It would be nice if Pidge found a girlfriend and started a family in the tree he was born in. Imagine generation after generation of Pidges descendent's coming back to that tree to raise their family, that would be amazing.

[Keys & Eyegone]

Pete, Copper FINALLY let me take a picture(s) of him:
http://community.webshots.com/user/keysca
He's in "Feral Flock," just so you know.
Hilary Dawn

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi Hilary,
Those are some great pics, Copper is one beautiful pidgie! I've yet to see a feral locally that's color comes even close to his, he very distinctive. I wonder if his freind is his mate? A clutch of pretty red babies would be a real treat! Now that the initial shock of being photographed is over maybe they'll let you be their person photographer

[Keys & Eyegone]

There use to be 3 (Father and 2 chicks-Copper and Brownie) The Father unfotunatly didn't make to the winter and Brownie, I have NO CLUE where s/he went off to. My best friend's aunt lives about an hour's drive away and they have about 6 birds like Copper.
He's a very scitish bird for some odd reason. We have only 6 red tailed hawks and one breeding pair of Bold Eagles (one of their "chicks" was at the rehab center and he was HUGE and beautiful ), but you never see any of them . I don't think they would go after pigeons. The hawks don't come into town and the eagles steal fish from our osspery or fly by the fishing boats to get some (our seagul population went down so maybe it was them that did it ).
How well....... he's still a very beautiful bird, eh???
Hilary Dawn

[Lin Hansen]

Hi Pete,

I'm surprised that you don't have any copper colored ones in your flock....I have at least four of them...in fact my group is quite colorful. I have the four coppers, four pure whites, a few white speckled looking ones that resemble Brad's avatar, a couple of them that also appear as almost a pure black, but actually a deep charcoal color, one white with a little black and deep green around his neck....in addition to the usual grays and bluebars.....but no one stood out like my lil' red hen....still looking for her and hoping she is well and just on the nest.....I really have to get my son to take some pictures soon and post them for me ( I am severely challenged by all this digital this and computer that stuff....LOL.)

Linda

[Pete Jasinski]

Hi Linda,
My flock is mostly bars and checkers, with two whites and a few charcoals mixed in for good measure. There are 2 speckled and a few light red but no copper pidgies. It's funny how flocks can vary that are only a few miles away. I really hope your girl is just nesting and comes back soon. I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for luck

[KIPPY]

I love checking out the patterns and colors of the feral flock.

http://community.webshots.com/album/307515704gNubgn

[Pete Jasinski]

You have some really interesting looking friends there, I really love the color combos. None of my pidgies have the yellow/orange beak, the one in the 6th pic almost looks seagull like.

[alaska]

Great shots kippy, love the one of the two pigeons in flight
Also love the way you have your Pijhouse setup, my setup is similar but not as elaborate inside. When you have multi levels like this how do you keep it all clean? Do the pigeons tend to know where to do there mess?

[zoo keeper]

Originally Posted by KIPPY

I tried the little beanie dog thing.
These pictures are not pretty for all you dog lovers.

I saw this pic before and I laughed the first time. I looked again tonight and just laughed all over again.

[Lammy]

Hi,

the other day i fed the pigeons in the city & brought by own bread, its so cute , they go right near your feet & u can feel them brush pass & they go under the seat, i saw a few with white-grey wings with a couple of dark bands

can a pigeon change colour over time?

it would be good if Pidge grew white wings with a couple of dark bands, what is that type called?

from Andrea

[Victor]

I read this thread sometime back about "companions for single pets" and I thought about getting a large stuffie for him but never really thought much about it. Yesterday one of the students on my school bus gave me a pure white seal a bit smaller than the size of an adult pigeon. Today when I was outside playing with Tooter before feeding time, I decided to bring out the stuffed animal.

"MY GOSH TOOTER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? " And to think, I thought he would be afraid of this new thing... HAA was I wrong! I My grandson came outside and asked "what is Tooter trying to do, kiss it?" I simply replied, "yes, he really likes his new toy."

I would like to get him a girlfriend sometime, but I wonder if they have "fixed" pigeons? Just a thought.