Baby pigeon care

[Qwerty3159]

I think it's going to just be a plain old black pigeon, called a blue spread.
Here is what one of mine looked like at a similar age. As an adult bird he's a very dark grayish black.

 

[jak2002003]

Looks a healthy good pigeon. Can I ask why you only got one? They are very social birds and one will be very lonely.

If you get 2 they get just as tame, and you get to see all the interesting behaviour between them, like cooing, dancing, kissing and preening each other.

Often when you have one it will fly away to look for a mate when it gets the urge to breed, if you keep it outside. If in the house a singe bird will often get behavioural problems as it get frustrated it has no mate, and will get aggressive, and also keep trying to 'mate' with you, guests, and furniture, which is not nice to see lol!!

 

[albinosilver]

Unfortunately the pigeon passed away over the weekend. He was lethargic and never made a sound since I got him. He was always sitting down and trying to sleep. At first I thought it was because he was just calm/relaxed. The vet said he had head trauma and internal bleeding. I have no idea how that could have happened. He was always in his cage for the short time I had him and never made any attempts to move/fly. I only had him for 2 days and then he went straight to the vet when I noticed he wasn’t doing well. Could it be possible he was already injured when I got him?

 

[CCUK]

Unfortunately the pigeon passed away over the weekend. He was lethargic and never made a sound since I got him. He was always sitting down and trying to sleep. At first I thought it was because he was just calm/relaxed. The vet said he had head trauma and internal bleeding. I have no idea how that could have happened. He was always in his cage for the short time I had him and never made any attempts to move/fly. I only had him for 2 days and then he went straight to the vet when I noticed he wasn’t doing well. Could it be possible he was already injured when I got him?

That's so sad. I am sorry. I did think it looked a little young but it was old enough to start eating and drinking on its own. The pictures you took showed no visible sign of injury that I could see. At that age they are unlikely to be jumping around and trying to escape the cage so I don't know how any I jury could have been caused in that respect. How did the vet know it had internal bleeding? I would say it was probably sick before you got it. Have you spoken to the person you got it from? They might have a sickness in the loft that needs treating.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Unfortunately the pigeon passed away over the weekend. He was lethargic and never made a sound since I got him. He was always sitting down and trying to sleep. At first I thought it was because he was just calm/relaxed. The vet said he had head trauma and internal bleeding. I have no idea how that could have happened. He was always in his cage for the short time I had him and never made any attempts to move/fly. I only had him for 2 days and then he went straight to the vet when I noticed he wasn’t doing well. Could it be possible he was already injured when I got him?

I am so sorry! Me best guess is, it was scalped early on by a male pigeon (scalped is when another bird pecks at a squabs head and often results in death), and it healed over. But in the inside the injury never healed. it's not uncommon for it to reach the skull, so that would explain it's head trauma.

 

[jak2002003]

Sorry for you loss.

That is very strange to happen. How did the vet know he had internal bleeding?

I personally would say, if that was the case, that perhaps the person you bought it off accidently hurt the bird when trying to catch it.

 

[albinosilver]

@CCUK @jak2002003
The pigeon had a lot of blood in its droppings. It also kept shaking its head and couldn’t keep it up. I did notify the seller but I’m not sure how/if he’ll check his own flock. He did offer me a replacement but this is all so tragic and really discouraged me so I think I’m done with pigeons for at least a while.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Sorry for you loss.

That is very strange to happen. How did the vet know he had internal bleeding?

I personally would say, if that was the case, that perhaps the person you bought it off accidently hurt the bird when trying to catch it.

Perhaps the breeder hurt it while catching it,but I doubt it. He would have had to handle that thing ROUGHLY! And most fancier know how to hold a pigeon.

@CCUK @jak2002003
The pigeon had a lot of blood in its droppings. It also kept shaking its head and couldn’t keep it up. I did notify the seller but I’m not sure how/if he’ll check his own flock. He did offer me a replacement but this is all so tragic and really discouraged me so I think I’m done with pigeons for at least a while.

I am so sorry. I understand you not wanting to get another one, but this is not normal AT ALL. I'm sure if you got another one, it would grow up healthy and strong. Was it going to be a house pet?

 

[CCUK]

@CCUK @jak2002003
The pigeon had a lot of blood in its droppings. It also kept shaking its head and couldn’t keep it up. I did notify the seller but I’m not sure how/if he’ll check his own flock. He did offer me a replacement but this is all so tragic and really discouraged me so I think I’m done with pigeons for at least a while.

Blood in the dropping is normally a sign of coccidiosis. It is quite a common thing for young birds to get. It is easily treatable depending on how long it may have had it. If left untreated it will cause irepairable damage to internal organs and eventually death. I'm only guessing this but that's what it sounds like to me. Please don't let this put you off pigeons, they can be such sweet and loving birds. Serins bird olive is testament to this. They bring so much joy to people in different ways. Take stock and chalk it down to experience albeit a very sad one. If I were near I'd happily let you have one or a pair of mine. They are quite flighty mind!

 

[cavemanrich]

Please don't let this put you off pigeons

I'm 110% with you here,,,,, and I think that coccidiosis was the likely culprit. Getting an adult pigeon for a house pet would solve that concern,,,, since at that stage,,, already likely to have immunity developed.