Found a injured pigeon?

Look for a wildlife sanctuary near you, they will usually take them in and look after them, if you can't get in touch with one because it's the weekend, keep it somewhere sheltered and quiet with some food & water, preferably not outdoors so predators can't attack it, or if outdoors in a spacious box
 
Feek said:
Has anybody mentioned that pigeon are vermin yet?
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"Wild" ones are, but don't forget that a tiny number are racing ones and, if found, can sometimes be returned for a small reward (or at least letting the owner know it's dead).
 
I was going to play my vegan card but i sucked a spider up the vac last week ,i probably would nurse it back to health in my potting shed and call it lucky Jim
 
arknor said:
I just had a letter from the government saying there's bird flu in my area.

said it's low risk to humans but they had a form for me to fill in if I owned chickens, ducks, pigeons etc

I see your in the north too, maybe that bird you took in has the infection

the letter had a link to here
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu

interactive map showing outbreaks
https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8cb1883eda5547c6b91b5d5e6aeba90d
Symptoms

Did you just infect your household bro.
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I think you live near me, got the same letter today
 
it will be very happy nesting in that bloke's beard, amongst the other wildlife there :) Seriously though, good on you for taking the time and trouble to take it to obviously caring people. Flying rat indeed, without these "nuisance" birds our inner cities would be even more of a **** hole than they already are. Proper rats and flying rats do a good clearing up job after kicking out time. Pity they aren't pterodactyl size.
 
Craterloads said:
I can report chuck is in the caring hands of meltham wildlife rescue. He should make a full recovery, nothing broken.
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Good job - these kind of places generally seem to at least give the animals half a chance - in my limited experience stuff like the RSPCA are more likely to just euthanise unless it is a straight up rescue release unfortunately.
 
I had a similar experience a few years back. Put the bird in a shoebox, called the RSPCA who weren't too bothered.

It took them around five hours to come around and they took the bird away to be euthanized.

Should have just given the thing to my cat.

And BTW, that second bird is just waiting for the injured one to die so it can eat it.
 
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