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Hi everyone, My African collared dove is sick and I can’t work out what the problem is. Let me begin by saying there are no avian vets close to me, the nearest I have found is 150km and I don’t have a car. When I returned home Wednesday afternoon (2 days ago), I found her sitting much more...

I found this pigeon yesterday morning on the sidewalk with some dried blood on its wing. It was stumbling around apparently unable to fly. Upon getting home with it, I realized that both its head and tail were craning to the right and it was only capable of walking clockwise. I also noticed it...

I have two previous threads detailing the symptoms and treatments. I feel I might be missing something simple, so I thought I would ask all of you for your opinion on this poopie sample picture. Any input is welcomed SYMPTOMS -weak -excessive thirst -not eating -watery poopies -not flying...

I have a six year old pigeon with an undiagnosed illness. I originally posted his condition here on June 27. Marina B made a suggestion to treat the bird for trich for a period longer than 2-3 days. 6-days of carnidazole & Nyastatin 6-days of metronidazole & Nyastatin 5-days of ronidazole &...

I got a pair of pigeons about 3 months ago, They mated, had one baby and now two more in the nest. All seemed to be fine, until Mom fell off the perch today and couldn't fly properly. She struggled to get up, but now is walking, but not flying. She is standing alone in the corner of the aviary...

Brazil, São Paulo, Hello, people, I’m new here and just found an old (I guess, it has white hairs in the neck) pigeon in the street. At first I did nothing, but felt bad and went back there and got it (someone had moved it to a bit of grass), it wasn’t moving much, but still alive. I thought...

We could really use some help. We just found a pigeon standing by the fence. When we approach him he did not fly away he just tried to hobble away. He cannot fly and I am not sure if he has broken one wing or both or there is another problem. I cannot see any blood at all. We offered him...

Hello everyone, I apologize if this has been brought up before, I haven't searched through the whole forum.. I've been taking care for a sick feral pigeon for a week now. Last friday I took her to the vet and they told me it was trichomoniasis, gave me medicine (efloran, marbocyl(m)...

I found a pigeon in my bathroom this morning. Its wings look fine but it isn't flying. It's evening now, and still it's just walking there. It doesn't look like a full grown pigeon to me. There's a pigeon nest home to several other pigeons near my bathroom. How can I help it? Should I wait for...

We found a pigeon yesterday in my backyard, my dog was playing around with it and we noticed it and that she might have injured it. It won't fly at all but does run and walk fine. It won't eat or drink water. I have it in a nice contained space were it can feel safe and calm.we check in it every...

Updates with questions (By the way, i tried just adding this update to my thread of over a month ago, but for some reason, it doesn't come "up to the top" of the list of posts, so I am afraid no one will actually see it. So I'm starting this a new thread.) To refresh your memories. On July 13...

Hello all, I found this bird in the parking lot of the local grocery store. It was around 100 degrees and this poor thing would just step side to side and turn...like he was hot but not able to fly away. He looks super healthy, but Im thinking he may have got hit by a car enoughto cause some...

Hi, We are Alien Class at Garlinge Primary School, Kent (Reception year), and we have found a juvenile wood pigeon in our outdoor area. It would not fly away and hid itself under the bushes. The teacher has managed to secure it at lunch time and it appears to have very short tail feathers. It...

Hello, I've just come across your site, this morning I found a wounded pigeon outside our apartment building that was unable to fly, or even really move. When I tried to pick it up, it was able to flap its wings and move away, but not very far or fast. At rest, it is laying on it's right side...

Hi guys, Im new here but theres (what i assume to be) a young pigeon by my back gate... its been there since atleast 2 oclock this afternoon but could of been much longer. It looks like a young bird as although it appear to have its adult feathers there a few odd fluffy feathers on his head...

Hello, My normally active rock dove is not walking or flying. She just sits, like she can't move. When I pick her up, it feels like she weighs twice what she did the last time I picked her up. Her legs move fine. If I balance her on my hands and move her up and down, she will flap her wings...

Hi I found a pigeon 2 days ago he was on his back and I thought he was dead but when I was leaving the gym I saw him move his tail so I walked over and he raised his head up. He was covered in poop/diarrhea. So I picked him up and got him in a dog bed and he was lying down, I offered him water...

A friend and myself found a baby pigeon about two months ago, my friend knows how to raise birds so she cared for it fed it, now this baby has all it's feather, eating well, vet checked it out healthily, not broken bones, problem is it will not fly. We have been working it every day to fly and...

Hi Friends, I have a pigeon which is sick have fluffed up feathers,staying still,not flying,lazy and eating little.So I consult a vet and he gives me oxytetracycline injection for him.will he be okay with this?..

Hi, There is a pigeon in my garden that has been there all day. He's eating and drinking fine. Normally the pigeons stay at the end of the garden, but this one made me jump by being right next to the house and the table and chairs. He walked off casually and hid himself behind a flower pot. I...