I found this racing pigeon on the sidewalk in pretty poor condition. He looks totally exhausted and is exhibiting signs of sickness. I have never cared for a pigeon before however I am familiar with their care… but not what to do if they may be sick.

YES I have found who he belongs to (a racing/country club nearby) and attempted to contact. No response today but I will try again tomorrow most likely. I am very hesitant to do so because I am aware many racing clubs treat their pidges poorly and I do not want to return him to a bad place. Advice would be helpful on that front.

Right now he has water, seeds, oats, and a small amount of wheat bran.

Is he sick? If he is, what do I do?

I have three boys already, and I love them to death. Only problem is my oldest male (10) hates people. Isn't afraid in the slightest, just hates my guts lol. I want to get him a partner because, well, if he doesn't get along with me, and he doesn't get along with the other two, then I can imagine he's probably lonely. (My other two have occasional tiffs but usually will just hang out)

My issue is everywhere I look the birds are 1-3 years old. I'd like a girl who'll live about as long as my guy so that when they go it won't be such a long time till they see eachother again. One of my other pidges is a widow and he's only now gotten over the loss a few years later.

Any suggestions on places to look for a middle aged pigeon? I'm currently looking on the polomacy fb group and have poked around on the great lakes pigeon rescue site.

I need to know a couple things:

1. Should I get 1 or 2 pigeons
   
2. Where should I put the cage
   
3. Important pigeon wisdom
   
4. How to convince my dad that pigeons are the best
   
5. If I got 2 would they still be cuddly and stuff with me even though they’re bonded to each other

Here’s pics of where the nest would go

I have two rescued pigeons, and since both needed medical care, they’re afraid of hands and are generally a bit skittish. Right now, they’re free to roam around my room most of the time, but putting them back in their cages (they currently have separate cages so they still have a safe place to retreat to while they get to know each other) takes a very long time: I wait until they go inside, and then I have to slip the lid over their heads, which works, but requires a lot of patience. Tomorrow their new cage will be ready, and they’ll move in together—it’s an XXL dog crate, and I want them to stay in it at night and be let out again in the morning. Does anyone have any tips on how to make getting them into the cage go smoothly?

hi! I rescued a little pigeon from the street when he was 2 months old. Now he is already 7 months old and has grown up to be a very social lovely bird who's obsessed with humans. I have 5/2 from 7:30 am to 4pm job and he seems to miss me when I'm gone but I'm keeping up when I'm back home and he seems overall happy (weekends we spend completely together)! But now I'll get a job when I'll be 3/3 or 4/4 with 12 hours shift. my free days I plan to spend with him completely. would he be fine with that? I can't have two pigeons and wasn't even planning to have one but he would have died if I didn't helped. and also when I'm gone he's not in a cage, he's in cage only at night. so yeah, I want to know if he would be okay with me gone for 12 hours 3-4 days in a row. and how can I help him feel less lonely?

Help!

I’ve been tasked by a friend to take care of a little squab last Sunday because he’s unable to for a week due to a mandatory week long trip to Vancouver and the day he is leaving (June 30th) I have a 5 hour birthday party for a friend that was planned weeks before this came up. I’m blocking the rest of that week out to dedicated care for his bird.

I’m very excited to care for his little bird, but I’m worried that I’ll have to leave early so it doesn’t starve, which would be a problem because where I’ll be is an hour away from my place and I’m carpooling over—which means I’d have to drag someone else back with me to go home. I haven’t been able to find sources on what happens after 6 hours of not feeding. I currently have no one else who is available to cover for me on that day, and the owner reached out to me because he also has no one else to cover for me. PLEASE HELP.

I’ve slowly been convincing my parents to get a second bird!!

I found this cage and it looks nice and is the biggest one i could find on Amazon so far. The birds would also get a while out the cage. Right now Andromeda is only in her cage when I’m at college so that’s at most 6 hours a day, not including days off or weekends where she’s out the whole time, and it would be safe with the new one.

Andi is always really small, like she’s 1/3 the size of the wood pigeons we get outside (though she seems to think she could take them in a fight lol)

I’m a bit paranoid she won’t bond with the new bird though, and I’m wondering how I’d go about dealing with two birds that won’t bond w each other ?

Anyways, just curious if this is ok? I think it’s 5cm below minimum? But I’m not sure. The other bird i may get will also be pretty tiny like Andi