Hello - I just registered for this site so I could ask for help. I am a long-time bird lover, currently with a rose-breasted cockatoo, 2 Meyers parrots, and approximately 120 finches (~100 zebras, ~20 society, 2 spice) and two canaries. All but one parrot are rescues. I have a large...

We have a very sick feral pigeon that is showing signs of Trichmoniasis!what should we do?:(

Hi - have a pigeon who is ill, don't know what to do. Have been feeding about fifty pigeons on the roof outside the window of my computer room for two years, and this year some of the young pigeons decided it was okay to come in the window and hang out (there are always some spilled seeds on the...

Hi Everyone, I'm from Europe and have limited experience with pigeons. I took some of injured birds to the local animal shelter, but they usually don't take care of sick birds that need a lot of time and attention. Two days ago i found a feral pigeon on the ground, looking exhausted, barely...

A) Fresno, California, USA B) found bird in flower bed C) No bird rescues around here that I know of D) Bird is lethargic (allowed my kids to pet it and allowed me to pick it up) and is keeping it's eyes closed. Head appears to be tilting to the side. No apparent injuries - no blood...

Hi All, I just joined Pigeon Talk today; I'm looking for some advice on a pigeon that my daughter brought home, She thought it had a broken wing and brought it to me to fix up. But she doesn't have a broken wing at all. Her head is twisted to the side and when we came too close, it would twist...

Hey guys, I found a sick pigeon at the bottom of the steps of the entrance to the subway yesterday night. He was fluffed up and huddling at the edge of a puddle, when I nudged him with my toe he didn't move. I wrapped him up in a shirt I happened to have with me, this is his condition: 1...

Hi, I'm new here and as such an unfamiliar with procedures etc but I need some advice regarding a sick feral pigeon I've been feeding and keeping an eye on for weeks. It first appeared with what seemed to be an injured left wing, it was limp and the bird was unable to hold it in the usual...

Dear all, I am in Buenos Aires and I 've just run into a pigeon who is very weak, very thin, and was just standing on the sidewalk. Seems to have a problem with one wing. I picked her up and she took her to my aparment. She was almost passing out and now seems to have recovered a bit. I offered...

I've been so busy catching up that I haven't updated on Poppet. This is what I had posted here about him: http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/f6/cant-figure-out-why-he-cant-fly-34343.html?highlight=poppet http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/f6/diarrhoea-and-sneezing-35091.html?highlight=poppet Back in...

Hello, fellow pigeon lovers. This is gonna be long but I wanted to include all the details. Yesterday (Thanksgiving Day) I found a wild pigeon sitting in the middle of a busy road. Didn't know it was a pigeon until my boyfriend drove right over it! Thank God it was sitting in the center of the...

Hey Everyone, ok I need some help with a sick pigeon. I went to my bacnk at about 11:00 this morning. Next to the doors of the bank on the ground was a pigeon. I told my bf, if he is still there on the way out, I was picking him up. Well, he was still there, so I picked him. He was all fluffed...

Today there was a pigeon sitting beside the water dish outside (I had just filled it a few hours before). I went out and talked to him/her--it didn't try to go anywhere. So, I got the bird net in case it was sick or injured--and it walked away from me but clearly wasn't going to fly. I easily...