I have a pigeon that is about 15 - 17 days old, I found it on the floor in our loft. I have hand reared lots of birds, and never had as many problems as with this one. When I first started feeding, it was severely dehydrated, 3 days after I started caring for it, it was a healthy, chirpy...

I have a baby pigeon whos mom abandoned. i have kaytee exact formula and have been feeding it. hes now five days old. i have been doing a lot of reading. I've read that hand raised birds don't grow as fast because they don't get pigeon milk. I've found suggested feeding reccommendations.. from...

Hello again, this will be the second time I've asked for advice. This time on my baby with crop stasis. About 10 days old, and has been suffering with this since 4 days old. Believe me, I've tried it all. First noticed bad on day 5 and his crop hadn't emptied in 30 hours, tried warm Pedialyte...

I picked up this baby with severe canker. I cannot say where is located the canker but the mouth was horribly smelling and was pus, partly bloody, inside mouth and on the beak. When I inserted the tube in her crop to feed him and gave medicines, the tube came out with something reddish at the...

I am so glad to have found this site... Last Monday (4th June) at 9am we found a woodpigeon chick in our garden after it had fallen about 25 feet from the nest. From what we gathered later from online pics it was likely only a few hours old. We placed it on a shed roof nearby in the hope the...

I have a weird problem with one of my "permanent guest" pigeons, and would appreciate feedback with suggestions. This bird came in about four years ago after colliding with a vehicle. He had right brain injury, so his left eye and left wing do not function, but he can walk and exercise-flap...

Never a dull moment... This is Nancy, my 7 month old young bird hen. She isn't feeling well, but I'm not sure what's up. In the pic, she's wingslapping at the flash, but I don't like her posture otherwise. She is unmated, and has not been receptive to any courting attentions from the...

Hello I have been taking care a PMV pigeon since Wed. She has now a swollen crop and I am not sure whether it is crop stais or an air sac rupture. Her PMV syntomps (Star gazing) have gotten better since Wed. She is very hungry and comes to the food bowl as soon as she see me. She has been...

Well today Juliet (our white ringneck dove) was being awfully quiet - and slowly during the day has become more and more lethargic and puffy :( I have a 1 pm appt with my vet tomorrow but am wondering if anyone has any suggestions of what I could do (if anything) to make her more comfortable...