I need some advice on 2 pigeons!

[TerriB]

Cuttle bone separate - they'll eat what they need.

I wonder if the 'Golden Boost' is mixed with sugar and cereal (corn meal or oatmeal) because it isn't very palatable. I don't think the exact recipe is as critical as finding something they would eat. Just my opinion.

[AliBlack]

Lou, how is it going with the woodies? There's not much more I can add until they've been x-rayed, then we'll know what we're dealing with, Helen lives in Blackburn rather than Bolton, hope you will be able to see her, she can most likely tell you what the problems are without the need for x-ray.

Alison

[mollymurphy]

Hiya.
They're both fine. I forced some mushed-up cat biscuits and water down the baby last night as hit crop was pretty empty. He's still limping and the adults wing is still hanging. I have never actually SEEN them eat or drink by themselves. I'm assuming that they do though, or they'd be dead by now! When we first put them in together, the baby wanted the adult to feed him, so im not sure if he did. How soon are they able to feed themselves in the wild? They're both really scared of me and flap around their run alot, so they'll only eat when they're relaxed wont they?
I really need an aviary for them - to see how well they can actually fly.
Blackburn's 17 miles from my campus. Is this ok? We'll have to sort something out. My mum and dad could bring them up any weekend. I could probably talk them into taking me and the pigeons to Wild-Life-Line!

Lou. x

[mollymurphy]

Hiya.
We brought the pigeons in last night, because of the rain, and when i got hold of the adult, i checked him over and noticed that he's got a scab on his wing. If you can imagine that he's being held with his chest facing you, and then spread his wing, the scab is along the very top of the wing. It looks quite old, small and isn't swollen. This is the only evidence of injury that i can find. He escaped when i was putting them back outside (about an hour ago), but made NO attempt to fly - just ran around. He's been in captivity for over a month - shouldn't he at least be TRYING to fly by now? Does the wing need to be strapped or anything?

As for the baby, well he's still limping. It wouldn't suprise me if he could fly, but i dont want to release him with a bad leg. I'll just have to wait and see if helen (nootie) can have a look at them.
Oh, and could anyone tell me if the baby will be waterproof, or will i need to spray him?!

Lou. x

[mollymurphy]

Just thought i would tell everyone that we let both pigeons go today they both flew into the trees, they looked very happy. Thank you to everyone that helped.

[cyro51]

Hi Molly, well done! I lost tack of this thread...I am so sorry!

Did Nooti get to see them? Did you spray the little one?

I have a juvenile woodie at the moment. He had severe cat injiuries and developed crop stasis. They ar definitely the most difficult of the three common UK wild pigeons to look after (I have never had to care for a stock dove or a turtle dove)!

Cynthia

[Reti]

Wonderful news.
Thank you for sharing them.
You did a great job nursing those guys back to health.

Reti