- Mar 13, 2014
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Hello there. I am seeking advice as I have a sick racing pigeon in my care but I do not know a lot about Pigeons and am a bit lost.
As I am going around the internet posting in any forums I can find I will be copy/pasting my relevent posts to ssave time.
If anyone could take thier time too read through and give me thier thoughts it would be greatly appreciated!
'Hey, I did write a lot more detail but then I went to add images and it felt the need to delete everything...
Basically I have been looking after 3 racing pigeons for my step dad and one of them has become unwell but i have no idea what is wrong as I don't know a lot about pigeons really.
I noticed yesterday quite a bit of slimy watery dropping and so I put the poor little fella in a separate loft and gave him some water which he did drank (some of.)
I also gave him some feed and he was pecking away at it but I could not tell if he actually managed to eat any as it was very dark.
I let him out today to see if he would fly and he did try but he only got 3 feet high and then swooped back down. He does seem to be walking normal albeit perhaps a bit slower than the other 2 pigeons.
He is also puffed up a lot and may be slouching but am not sure...
His eyes are very tight looking and he keeps closing them/squinting relatively frequently. They do perk up a bit iif something gets his attention though.
He seemed more than happy to walk about the garden pecking at the floor etc like normal, but I can see he is feeling poorly.
I would very much appreciate some assistance/insight!
Summary -
Can't fly
Looks like he has diarrhoea
squinting/eyes tight
puffed up a lot'
As I am going around the internet posting in any forums I can find I will be copy/pasting my relevent posts to ssave time.
If anyone could take thier time too read through and give me thier thoughts it would be greatly appreciated!
'Hey, I did write a lot more detail but then I went to add images and it felt the need to delete everything...
Basically I have been looking after 3 racing pigeons for my step dad and one of them has become unwell but i have no idea what is wrong as I don't know a lot about pigeons really.
I noticed yesterday quite a bit of slimy watery dropping and so I put the poor little fella in a separate loft and gave him some water which he did drank (some of.)
I also gave him some feed and he was pecking away at it but I could not tell if he actually managed to eat any as it was very dark.
I let him out today to see if he would fly and he did try but he only got 3 feet high and then swooped back down. He does seem to be walking normal albeit perhaps a bit slower than the other 2 pigeons.
He is also puffed up a lot and may be slouching but am not sure...
His eyes are very tight looking and he keeps closing them/squinting relatively frequently. They do perk up a bit iif something gets his attention though.
He seemed more than happy to walk about the garden pecking at the floor etc like normal, but I can see he is feeling poorly.
I would very much appreciate some assistance/insight!
Summary -
Can't fly
Looks like he has diarrhoea
squinting/eyes tight
puffed up a lot'
