Search Results for ‘swelling’

Where the 'wrist' joint is on one wing seems to have a sore/bump. It seems to be at the joint where the bones protrude (like that on both wings) but almost like on this side it's been grazed and sticks out a bit more. After I handled him to check it, I noticed a little faint streak of blood on...

Hi, There was a baby pigeon that we rescued about a month back that my mom found on the road. We thought that she must have fallen out of her nest and will probably fly away in 5-6 weeks if given proper care and attention Yesterday she started flying a little but today I noticed that she’s...

I have developed a nice friendship with a pigeon...I sit in the same location on my job so have been able to share my lunch. This pigeon is special and nice..he comes up to me and jumps onto my finger..yesterday he tried to jump into my lap. He had disappeared during the slow season..but has...

We found a dove two nights ago that had bleeding and missing feathers on her right wing. We brought her in and warmed her up. Cleaned out the sore and put some antibiotic cream on her. Can't see any bite marks so not sure what happened. She seemed better yesterday. Eating and drinking and not...

I caught a wild pigeon today. It's wing was dragging and it was being attacked by two bigger pigeons. I brought it inside, washed it off carefully. It's wing has a large green colored (infection??) swelling where it's body meets it's wing. What can be done to help this pigeon? It's young...

Ok, so i got some birds from a flyer getting out of the sport... 2 of the cocks are 2007 and are OGN banded birds, and are from sal rodriguez's loft which i know to be an outstanding distance flyer. Both of these cocks leg and foot are swollen and been this way for awhile according to the...

Hi, I've joined this forum to get some advice on a baby pigeon I have taken in. I found him 2 weeks ago in the middle of the road with a bashed up eye and several shallow cuts round his face. I think he was around 3 weeks old (which makes him about 5 weeks now) and had fallen out of his nest. I...

First I wanted to thank all the folks who have taken thier time to answer my questions in the past weeks as I learn about the homing pigeon hobby/sport. After flying for nearly two hours(4 times longer than my other birds are flying) one of my birds return'd to the coupe...the following day I...

Hi, I got called to pick up an injured pigeon today that a friend found grounded in his garden two days ago. He's kept it in his shed for the last couple of days thinking it was just tired and hungry, but today he noticed the feathers were standing out on one side of it's neck. I'm assuming...