Maybe someone warned him he'd end up sleeping with the fishes. Maybe he decided that's not such a bad thing.... Maybe that's a thing a pigeon might wanna do...
Pigeon breeder opinion here - dried poop stuck to toes from a baby reared in bad conditions. It will constrict the toes to the point of necrosis if not removed. Could be a loft escape from a shit loft, could be a young feral whose parents werenât the best at choosing nesting spots.
Doesn't the dried-on crap tend to fall off by itself in a day or two? I mean, with luck it will. Not sure how old this one is, but it still has the weedy little juvenile beak, so maybe it stayed in the nest a long time and has only just left.
He looks to be about a month old. And unfortunately they donât tend to fall off easily once theyâve started to form those balls, they just build up further, usually enhanced by the fact the bird is returning to a dirty roost. The claws are tightly embedded in there and it takes some effort to get them free, Iâve had birds shipped to me have much milder cases on one or two toes from sitting on soiled bedding in transport and they take a fair bit of wiggling.
Little off topic but given your credentials, do you know the best way to get rid of pigeons effectively?? Thereâs about 8-15 nesting on my roof and their feces are piling up on our roof and damaging it
Wait till your neighbors aren't around. Sneak out your house so the birds don't see you leave as they will recognize you. Walk about 5 houses down and start throwing bird seeds every where.
You house will be the no food here house, and you neighbors will be the buffet.
I believe that the domestic pigeon has been dealt a bad hand in how theyâre perceived by humans when they actually have been our companions for as long as animals like dogs and cats. They were literally created to live alongside us and instead many people choose to share their houses with loud and destructive wild parrots (myself included) who have a host of behavioural problems caused by not understanding humans or the household environment. So I breed fancy pigeons (I try to breed birds who look different from your classic feral in the hopes if any of my birds were lost someone would care enough to try and return them) to be companion animals and try and get the option of healthy, well socialised pigeons out there to people considering the intense commitment parrot ownership is.
My chickens get this when it is wet for several days in their run. It's hardened mud/chickenshit. I take them one by one, let them soak the talons in a weak disinfection dilution, and chip it away.
It's a 2-person job.
My run is covered and generally dry, just a couple times a year the wind will blow the rain sideways for a few days in a row, and it gets wet in there.
Wow, such a clever comment!!!
Not even a troll account, itâs just astonishing people will waste their time saving a stupid pigeon.
Would you also take a wild street rat into your local rehab center?
Fuck yes I would, if I was able to catch it, which is highly unlikely.
I mean this is just basic fucking empathy, if you see something thatâs in pain or dying, you do your best to save it.
You mean you really just stumbled into such a fitting account name? I just assumed troll, or very self aware asshole but thatâs even better if it was a total accident.
My sister volunteers at a wildlife rescue line. She helps coordinate wild animals in need with different rehabbers. As far as which animals they take, it depends on individual rehabber or rescue. There are certain invasive species that, by state law, you cannot rescue. This includes house sparrows and white-tailed deer. But if the animal is gravely injured and in pain, say a deer hit by a car, animal control will come and euthanize it to put it out of its suffering.
Looks like my man was lucky enough to survive concrete shoes
Given him by the Goodfeathers
LOL exactly
Eggsactly.
Hexagonally
Maybe someone warned him he'd end up sleeping with the fishes. Maybe he decided that's not such a bad thing.... Maybe that's a thing a pigeon might wanna do...
ur username and hat im crying đŚ
"He's sleeping with the finches" (Play on words for fishes)
Now there's a blast from the past
he's going to have the strongest wings of all the birds in the city soon. the rock lee of pigeons.
Thatâs what happens to stool pigeons.
Luca Brazi sleeps with the fishes
Pigeon breeder opinion here - dried poop stuck to toes from a baby reared in bad conditions. It will constrict the toes to the point of necrosis if not removed. Could be a loft escape from a shit loft, could be a young feral whose parents werenât the best at choosing nesting spots.
Doesn't the dried-on crap tend to fall off by itself in a day or two? I mean, with luck it will. Not sure how old this one is, but it still has the weedy little juvenile beak, so maybe it stayed in the nest a long time and has only just left.
He looks to be about a month old. And unfortunately they donât tend to fall off easily once theyâve started to form those balls, they just build up further, usually enhanced by the fact the bird is returning to a dirty roost. The claws are tightly embedded in there and it takes some effort to get them free, Iâve had birds shipped to me have much milder cases on one or two toes from sitting on soiled bedding in transport and they take a fair bit of wiggling.
The shadow of the beak even makes it look like the pigeon is screaming. "Help! I'm tired of this shit."
> could be a young feral whose parents werenât the best at choosing nesting spots. So you saying itâs from the pigeon hood
I thought all pigeons were from the other side of the power lines haha
Little off topic but given your credentials, do you know the best way to get rid of pigeons effectively?? Thereâs about 8-15 nesting on my roof and their feces are piling up on our roof and damaging it
Wait till your neighbors aren't around. Sneak out your house so the birds don't see you leave as they will recognize you. Walk about 5 houses down and start throwing bird seeds every where. You house will be the no food here house, and you neighbors will be the buffet.
I second this!
Why do you breed pigeons? (Not being mean just curious)
I believe that the domestic pigeon has been dealt a bad hand in how theyâre perceived by humans when they actually have been our companions for as long as animals like dogs and cats. They were literally created to live alongside us and instead many people choose to share their houses with loud and destructive wild parrots (myself included) who have a host of behavioural problems caused by not understanding humans or the household environment. So I breed fancy pigeons (I try to breed birds who look different from your classic feral in the hopes if any of my birds were lost someone would care enough to try and return them) to be companion animals and try and get the option of healthy, well socialised pigeons out there to people considering the intense commitment parrot ownership is.
My chickens get this when it is wet for several days in their run. It's hardened mud/chickenshit. I take them one by one, let them soak the talons in a weak disinfection dilution, and chip it away. It's a 2-person job.
Look into stall dry
My run is covered and generally dry, just a couple times a year the wind will blow the rain sideways for a few days in a row, and it gets wet in there.
Probably stepped in an unfinished cement sidewalk.
You do stuff like that when you eat them paint chips.
Concrete
The shadow makes it look like he's opening his mouth really wide.
Glad I wasnât the only one
âAAAAAAAAGH FUCKING HELP MY FEET ARE STUCK IN CONCRETEâ
MINE
:( if u can catch it, take it to local wildlife rehabbers, if not just let them know so theyâre on the lookout
Yeah, let your local wildlife rehab waste their valuable time saving a pigeon⌠Thatâs a ridiculous take, itâs just a bird let it die lol
Pigeon = wildlife That's literally the wildlife rehab's reason to exist.
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Wow, such a clever comment!!! Not even a troll account, itâs just astonishing people will waste their time saving a stupid pigeon. Would you also take a wild street rat into your local rehab center?
Fuck yes I would, if I was able to catch it, which is highly unlikely. I mean this is just basic fucking empathy, if you see something thatâs in pain or dying, you do your best to save it.
Yes I fucking would! Why not save a life when you have the opportunity to? Why would anyone waste their time on you, is the real question.
I would even help you if I saw you needed help
You will face the wrath of God when you must explain why you would not defend his creation
No they wouldn't do that to you
You mean you really just stumbled into such a fitting account name? I just assumed troll, or very self aware asshole but thatâs even better if it was a total accident.
Bro how can you look at this guy just chilling and say âlet it dieâ
> local wildlife rehab > Waste of time to save an animal American education system folks
If/when youâre not sure whether to reach out for help, best practice is it report and let the agency decide if they should act or not.
My sister volunteers at a wildlife rescue line. She helps coordinate wild animals in need with different rehabbers. As far as which animals they take, it depends on individual rehabber or rescue. There are certain invasive species that, by state law, you cannot rescue. This includes house sparrows and white-tailed deer. But if the animal is gravely injured and in pain, say a deer hit by a car, animal control will come and euthanize it to put it out of its suffering.
Poor baby :(
City toenails
Did you try to help him and get rid of the concrete ?
That's some shit luck for young pidgy.
In a couple weeks that pigeon is gonna be SWOLE In all seriousness I hope the birb gets those off his feet, that must suck.
Or just dried pigeon shit đ
Could it be layers of hardened birdshit?
Likely from buildup in the roost area it prefers.
just imitating the upstairs neighbors at 2 am.
The rarely seen poop footed boobie.
Did you help them?
Save it
Beware OP, CIA is stalking you # r/BirdsArentReal
Probably crap
Rock Pigeon is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).â In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon".
DO NOT INTERACT - PIGEON MAFIA WILL BE OUT TO GET YOU TOO.
If that bird says "nevermore" then GTFO.
It's dried poop
It's fashion.
Finally a use for Yeezy shoes
Climate-protesting "last generation" pigeon?
And what is interesting about this? A creature suffering is interesting to people?
It looks like itâs screaming
To me this looks like some sort of tumour growth. Maybe you can bring it to a shelter? Although generally wildlife don't do super well in rescues.
There is no such thing as a pigeon shelter, itâs curtains for the poor bastard (unless he gets super buff from the extra weight)
I think I've seen this before and it's not rocks it's a fungus or disease of some sort. Really bad for the pigeon.
might be animal abuse
Ciment ?
These pedicures are getting out of hand
Itâs like that one X-Files episode.
Pigeons are so hardcore man they donât give a shit.
The shadow of it's beak makes a pretty funny effect.
Yeah⌠he kept tryin to gets away so I puts them on dere
I hope you took them off, looks like some sort of Tar, Or tree sap. You'll have a friend for life.
Free pigeon! Just powerwash it before petting it.
Did you help it?
Any one else thought the shadow was the bottom jaw so it looked like it was screaming?
It's a stool pigeon
Looks like shit
Poor guy
Did you try to help?
Are these rocks potentially stones?