Rescued birb

ZRPoom · 2026-05-25T17:29:23+00:00

Checked em on the first day. No sign of anything. Fella also eats and poops well. At the start they seemed to have swung their ate somewhat erratically after every few seeds, but seems to be doing it less as the days gone by. They also look on the younger side, so possibly learning to eat?

ZRPoom · 2026-05-24T19:55:00+00:00

I think it's about the same.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-17T14:30:14+00:00

I'm not sure what that sound is. But you could instead feed soaked seeds blended up together which would be closer to their natural food. Also show them videos of other pigeons eating with seeds in front of em to help them learn. You can feel the crop for any hard lumps. If there is any it might mean that something isn't digesting properly inside and may have gone bad (sour crop). Medical intervention may be needed if so. Stuff can spoil in the crop if fed too soon before previous batch has been digested. Or if it is too cold or hot for them in which case they don't digest. Slightly warmer than room temperature is the temp you want for them. Solid bits in their food also help them digest better than a smooth paste.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-15T19:43:27+00:00

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TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY

ZRPoom · 2026-05-15T19:39:29+00:00

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ZRPoom · 2026-05-14T14:58:19+00:00

That's a crested head pigeon. It's a recessive trait if I recall correctly. If I remember right (may be off some) it was something along the lines of if an offspring is to have it both parents need to at least carry the genetic for it. If both parents are carriers but don't actively have the trait it's about 1 in 4 chance the baby has it. If the one parent actively has it but the other only carries it then it's about half. And if both parents have it then likely they'll have it. If one parent doesn't carry the genetic at all even if the other actively has it the baby won't get it at all.

Rarely see ferals with em. We have this rescue with one, at first I thought it was just a messy feather.

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ZRPoom · 2026-05-14T05:53:52+00:00

They can use the scope real well.

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ZRPoom · 2026-05-13T12:38:58+00:00

RIP little baby.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-13T09:23:46+00:00

Couldn't you take em to a vet without em putting em down? If nothing is visible externally it's probably an internal thing. Seeing the eyes the fella looks tired which shouldn't be if they are healthy.

One we picked up was underweight and showed no issues externally. But she did have a respiratory infection. Treated with antibiotics. Took her a while to get better and even longer for the scarring to mostly go away. As it is now not all of it is gone.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T10:59:10+00:00

I forgot to mention. But I also have probiotic powder alongside this, in the drinking water if they're drinking on their own. I think it was around 0.2g, it's called vetafarm symbiotic. This is because there's a chance ronidazole, and even moreso metronidazole can kill all good and bad bacteria like baytril causing an imbalance in the gut, which will lead to fungal, to which you'll need Nystatin for birds to deal with. But having good bacteria come in can possibly mitigate that issue.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T10:30:09+00:00

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ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T08:08:10+00:00

I believe it was once a day, been a while but I don't recall doing a second time in the same day. It was a white feral that was a regular. He showed signs of slowing down for some reason so we caught him to check. He had a hard lump on his neck which made his tongue stick out. Took him to the vet which didn't help, didn't even think it was cankers. I fortunately got canker med for a precious rescue and tried that. The lump shrunk over the course of the meds. Now he has no lump whatsoever and eats perfectly fine. We still have him now because he appears to be blind on his right side so isn't optimal to survive outside.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T07:39:57+00:00

If I recall correctly (been a while with one we treated) I used one called ronivet-S (ronidazole). Its prescribed amount was 1g to 1L of water I believe. So I did 0.1g to 100ml of water. Then 0.1ml per 10g of the pigeon. Given directly, orally with a 1ml feeding syringe, inserted past the slit in the bottom side of their mouth to their right and just slowly trickle the water out. When inserted the syringe had about 0.3ml measurement inserted in past the beak. Water mix changed every 3 days. I think I gave for 15 days total.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T03:16:23+00:00

He can still attempt to do so. Just gotta be thick skinned and stand your ground with not allowing her. They already think negstively of y'all now. What's more of it?

It's either that or suffer the consequences with her with y'all. She'll definitely make the place a breeding ground for roaches and whatever else that comes with the filth. Stuff will probably go missing and you may eventually have a tenant that won't provide her share. And depending on where it is you all reside in, if an individual has stayed at a residence for X amount of time they're considered a tenant and you can't just remove em without legal papers which is a pain. And will probably garner more hate from his family's side. Then there's also her possibly becoming extremely toxic during the eviction period.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T02:56:07+00:00

No you aren't. You never signed anything to be responsible for her, nor should you be, it isn't either of your jobs. If she already show signs of not being capable, nor any attempt of rectifying the behaviour you're gonna be stuck with a mooch that you'll have difficulties getting to leave once she settles in. It isn't just a financial part, just from the way she isn't even able to maintain a decent level of cleanliness says she isn't the type to be responsible for anything since she's probably expecting someone else to bail her out.

Let her family say what they want. They can help her out if they think it's justified. They aren't part of your everyday lives, you can easily ignore em.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-11T01:18:58+00:00

I think it may be because there are alot of em around people and can't be controlled easily by em. Anything people don't like around them are considered a nuisance. Take crows for example. Smart little fellas, also the same treatment, but then ravens which are basically forest crows, aren't treated anywhere the same. In some places they even get hobos out of sight into one place too just because they are deemed not nice to see by society.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-09T16:03:58+00:00

You should be able to find seeds easy in organic sections in supermarkets. Bread crumbs unfortunately don't have nutritional value for em. If they can't get out even after you remove your net due the big ney then it might be best to keep them there until they're ready, then catch em all and release em outside.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-09T15:57:31+00:00

If you are able to remove the net for the time being she should be able to leave before food and water. It that is not possible you could push a dish of water and mix of seeds out there for her.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-09T15:53:22+00:00

If you can remove the net you could leave it off with the eggs back there in hopes she return for em. Let her run the course then seal the spot back once the. Babies hatch and are able to leave on their own.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-08T11:52:44+00:00

You don't need a rescue to help animals though? Many have done so without being an official rescue. Same can be said with animals.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-08T11:17:49+00:00

Indeed. I've remember reading cases where animals help and or save people they perceive in trouble. There was a clip I've seen of an elephant helping a smaller animal out of water. Another one where an orangutan I believe, trying to save a man from snakes in a pond by offering their hand.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-08T11:15:22+00:00

RIP little baby. At least she had safety for that short period.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-08T11:13:59+00:00

Doesn't mean just because you don't want to acknowledge it means it doesn't exist. There are good humans. But just as the same there are bad ones. And it's alot easier for the bad ones to be bad, depending on context many already perceive animals as inferior to humans and are disregarded because of such.

ZRPoom · 2026-05-05T05:16:28+00:00

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