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Hello This summer has been awful for the local pigeons. It all started with one sick pigeon which, (with the help of members of this forum) was identified as chlamydia. Then it spread to most of the pigeons and now almost all of them are sick with it. All of the pigeons who seem to have...

Hello I have a 2 1/2 week old bird that's not using his legs, if I support the bird's weight he'll try and walk but the legs are splayed out. I'm assuming it could be a calcium defiency so I've been adding that to the hand feeding formula since yesterday. I have the bird in a hammock type...

Hi! One of my diamond doves is not doing very well lately. She is stell eating and seems to be relatively stable. She never was very active but nowadays she only sits on the ground and I noticed that she kept opening and closing her beak. I wondered if anyone knows what this means? Is she...

Urgent advice please. I've been treating my Paratyphoid rescue bird with Sulfatrim for 11 day's, he's been eating and his poo had formed up but today I noticed he hadn't touched his food so I gave him some chopped nuts which he's eaten. He didn't look too well so I've brought him inside. Black...

Hi ! I am new here and very grateful i found you ! I have two young baby here , felt like i did my research . They are fed on kaytee , in a box containing a heating pad on low with right temp , beeing super careful with temp when im Feeding ( seringe balloon ) and be careful so it wont get...

I posted the other day about my 12 year old White Winged Dove being sick, he was at the vets last week because he was throwing up. He put him on Baytril and sent me home. Today still throwing up took him back to the vet and he did blood work said it would take till friday to get the results...

Hi! I'll try to keep things short: I'm currently trying to save a baby pigeon. I got the little guy two days ago, together with his sibling. Both were in a pretty bad shape. The sibling, who was the bigger one but obviously sick, died a few hours later. The other one seems perfectly healthy, I...

Hi there, I discovered your forum all the way from South Africa :) I have some questions - please help where possible. We found a very young (rock pigeon?) outside this morning after a heavy storm last night. I have gone to the pet store and picked up the correct food; the baby is being kept...

http://imgur.com/5XlKDeh he's had discolored (dark black feathers) for a few months. He use to be completely beige colored. http://imgur.com/NZqZP78 His mouth is open almost like he's struggling to get enough air but there's not breathing sound. http://imgur.com/KCyN3Yn His poop (this is a...

Hi all, On Sunday, December 7, I found a feral pigeon drinking from a puddle of water in a bus lane. She didn't move out of the way of oncoming traffic and seemed weak so I picked her up and brought her home. She has very watery poop (clear water with green, wormy feces isolated in the water)...

I hope you can help me: I have a 2-year-old male dove who just started moulting for the season and seems to be having some respiratory issues. He was just fine yesterday morning, cooing his face off and flying all over the place, but after a very heavy grooming session, he started sneezing...

Hey guys So wen i woke up this morning i realized that one of my birds had a sour/impacted crop. I massaged his crop and he ended up vomiting most of the impacted stuff out. But now it seems like a chunk of food or something got stuck in his throat and he is having difficulty breathing!! He...

Hi all, One of my birds is making a funny sound when he's breathing. He also opens his beak as his breathing. I've attached a video of him breathing. Why is he doing this? and what do I need to cure him of this? http://tinypic.com/r/14xcqcy/5 (this is the link to the video) Please let...

What has happened to my white fantail dove...... I think she is dying ! I have had her for over a year, she is very tame and loves being petted.... yesterday she was her usual self...very alert, lively and bossing the other pigeons about. This morning I noticed she was laying in her nest box...

Please help me with some advise. My new fantail dove is sick. I have had her 3 weeks, and yesterday when I went to feed her I could hear her breathing and she sounded snuffly, with clicking noises. When I picked her up I could feel her chest 'popping' as she breathed. She does not have...

Hi, I know nothing about pigeons; I am completely new to this. I don't think this is an emergency, but I thought this would be the best topic to post in. I brought home nine homing pigeons earlier this month. Eight of the group were out of the same loft and appear to be around the same age...

Hi, I have one pigeon that is breathing heavily and has his beak opened a little bit. He eats and drinks no problem, his poo is also normal. He used to coo a lot but now no longer does that. I looked into his mouth and all seem to be normal as well. I suspect something wrong with his wind pipe...

Hello. I'm having a bit of trouble with one of my Diamond doves Saihyou. Saihyou is a female, and she just recently laid two eggs. I noticed her breathing was a bit heavy, but I was told that may be because of egg lay exhaustion. Just today, I noticed a popping sound coming from her with...

Hi everybody! A friend found a baby dove today, he was crossing the street and trying to jump to the sidewalk, but wasn't able to do it, since he is so small. I brought him home with me, he must be around 15 days old, he seems ok overall, asks for food, makes little baby noises, and moves his...

A few days ago i noticed that my pet pigeon was slightly less active than usual, since then she has usually had her feathers puffed up, and a green coloured poo. Today, when i went out to feed them in the morning, she was on the floor and showed no interest in the food. I managed to encourage...