collared doves

hello, Me and my partner have taken in what we think is a baby pigeon. It has all its feathers, (light grey) and dark brown eyes but it wont stand and it was just sitting outside on a step all day. Sometimes it will try and flap and there is nothing obvious (to us) that we can see wrong with its...

OK, we have many many long time keepers of pigeons here, so what is the most common serious medical problem our pigeons seem to get? The one thing that comes to mind for me is the common coccidiosis, since they have it to some degree or another! Never had any problems with any of the MAJOR...

Ive got a Dove that I have had for years, now have an injured pigeon. The pigeon has been in a cage for about a week and was getting frustrated I think so I let him out to stretch his wings. Flew straight over to where my Dove was and where her seed and water is and started flapping his wings...

Hi im Sam and im 21 last sept/oct time i came across a fledgling must have been about 2 weeks old well we called her Bubbles (or rather my cousin did) and we hand reared her, Well........ tonight my mum takes her dog for a walk or more to the point she carried him! (he refused to walk!) and come...

We have two collared doves that are always around our garden and the nearby area. We have lots of bird feeders around and the doves visit the seed trays regularly. My partner would like to encourage them to take up residence and wonders if putting up a dovecote might do this. Any help would be...

Hi there, Where I live people often find sick and injured birds and they drop them off here as they know I will look after them and try and make them better. Over the years we have healed a lot of birds and released them, I have only ever kept 1 as it was too injured too release but it had...

Hello, im in Yorkshire, England, 3 days ago there was a baby dove on my doorstep, i ushered it away to a safe place near my sleepers, 8 hours later it was still there and the mum hadnt returned to the nest (built on my satellite dish) and still hasnt returned up until now, i lined an unused...

Greetings everyone!Hope you are all well. It’s been a while since I last posted, have been busy. Sadly Xena died a few days after I took her to the sanctuary but Peggy was doing great all week, ‘till today. Fort the past 3 days her poops have been runny but the colour was normal dark brownish...

Hello everybody. My name is Roberto, i live in South Africa and am new to Pigeon-Talk. I have a passion for nature and wildlife in particular birds and do a fair amount of Avian photography as a hobby and am also involved in volunteer work for the African Black Oystercatcher conservation...

I have many rescued pigeons that need homes. We are moving. If anyone is interested please e-mail me [email protected] I have handicapped and tame and semi-tame pigeons. One blind, a few can't fly, some without a leg, some fancies but not show value. I also have two Eurasian...

I have a pair of feral ring necked doves roodting somewhere around my garden, a wild place in the Suffolk countryside. I want to build a dove cote to house these birds if they are willing, otherwise i will House a couple of dove pairs of my own I need to know what size doorway will keep out the...

I brought back this white pigeon from the 'sanctuary' as it had been brought in, found in a school playground. They thought it had just flown into a window and was just in need of a rest. It's poops were bright green watery so I asked if I could bring it home to keep it warm as it was in an open...

Hello- I'm a volunteer at the city shelter in San Francisco and we get lots of king pigeons in. I've been fostering them while I find good homes and, if you're in the Bay Area, I would really appreciate your help in spreading the word. (I'd prefer not to ship but I will drive them in the...

I found baby collared dove in my garden a week ago and have been keeping him inside in a shoe-box next to the radiator, seems content :) I tried feeding him the day I found him wit some dog food soaked in warm water (as it was recomended on a web site) didn't seem to like the process so I...

My vet’s surgery is located at the rear of Pets at Home, so when I was leaving after an appointment that my dog Pippin had, I impulsively decided to turn back to have a look at the dog beds. On my way there I met one of the staff who asked “Did you forget the dove?” I looked at her blankly...

Hi everyone! :) I'm new here and just signed up. I heard about this website and forum recently and thought I'd come take a look around. I've lived with a few pigeons and ringneck doves for over 25 years now. Presently I have three birds: Silvery, a pygmy pouter, and two ringneck doves...

A few moths ago I took in a pigeon that was most likely released at a wedding or something (thats what I was told b/c of her color). She/he had been attacked so I nursed her/him back to health. I was told not to re-release her/him as she/he is not suited to the wild, not to mention the fact that...

I've brought a lovely pigeon home that was about to be 'put out of it's misery'. It has been at this sanctuary for a good 2/3 months, sent there by a vet I assume. It had it's wing bandaged when it arrived, but kept falling over and couldn't get up by itself, so it was kept in a cage near to the...

Taking my son to school some kids found a woodpigeon.I took it to the vets and once again they just grabbed it off me and took it out the back so i refused to leave until i saw it with a vet.After quite a long wait they called me in,the pigeon was quite weak but very bright eyed.The vet said oh...

Hi, Yesterday while walking my dogs my brother saw a pigeon being attaked by a cat in a school field. We managed to shoo the cat off(with help from the dogs) and I managed to climb a fence to get to him. He flew a short distance off the ground(about 20cm high) but appears to have lost all his...