Pigeon Talk

[Serin]

Do you have electricity access near your loft?? If so, then I can offer some suggestions. I know pigeons need deep water to drink from,, They will not use nipples. Can show you what worked for me during winter.

Mine use hamster bottles, both Olive with the short bill and Skittles with a long one. So do my ringneck and diamond doves. They will definitely use nipple waterers. Pigeons and other columbids can drink by suction and will also suck water droplets off walls and floors so compared to most birds they don't need depth at all.

 

[WVduckchick]

Found a pigeon dead this morning. Strangely, I had just noticed the beak deformity yesterday!
She hatched in April 2020, so not a young bird. I feel like I would have noticed the beak issue sooner, I guess I pay more attention to the young ones.
Anyone seen such a thing?

 

[sourland]

Found a pigeon dead this morning. Strangely, I had just noticed the beak deformity yesterday!
She hatched in April 2020, so not a young bird. I feel like I would have noticed the beak issue sooner, I guess I pay more attention to the young ones.
Anyone seen such a thing?
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This is a new one to me. I have never seen a cross beak pigeon.

 

[WVduckchick]

This is a new one to me. I have never seen a cross beak pigeon.

Crazy, isn’t it? It almost looked broken, and misgrown. I was debating whether to trim or file down, before I found her dead this morning. Very weird.

 

[cavemanrich]

I had just noticed the beak deformity yesterday!

That may have caused pigeon not able to eat

 

[WVduckchick]

That may have caused pigeon not able to eat

Possible. She didn’t feel overly thin though. Being a year and a half old also would seem like it either didn’t bother her to begin with, or maybe grew to a point that made it more difficult to eat, or it recently happened and got worse. ? Hard to tell. I feel horrible for not noticing it sooner.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I have a rescued lost racer who has had a recurring slow crop since I caught her. Her breath also smells at times, though she doesn’t have sour crop since it does empty after some time. Does anyone know what’s wrong with her?

 

[Qwerty3159]

I have a rescued lost racer who has had a recurring slow crop since I caught her. Her breath also smells at times, though she doesn’t have sour crop since it does empty after some time. Does anyone know what’s wrong with her?View attachment 2928565

Sounds like trich/ canker to me. Can you see any growths/ pus in her mouth?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Sounds like trich/ canker to me. Can you see any growths/ pus in her mouth?

I thought canker at first and have been checking her mouth and feeling her throat. I haven’t seen or felt any signs of growths yet.

 

[WVduckchick]

I thought canker at first and have been checking her mouth and feeling her throat. I haven’t seen or felt any signs of growths yet.

Any issues with feed and water? Does she eat too much, or too little? Drink enough? Proper feed?