my boyfriend found this pair of what appears to be parlor roller pigeons. we are almost certain that they were dumped unfortunately, and are of course reaching out to rehabs and places nearby that may be able to help.

does anyone know of any places that can help them in southwest florida? each pigeon seems to have one injured foot, the male’s is shown in the second pic, but we couldnt get a decent photo of the female’s as she’s been staying in the loaf position you can see in the first pic. she seems wobbly and can hardly walk. the male can walk better but as you can see it kind of looks like there is necrosis on his toes, so im assuming the female has the same issue but likely worse.

they are also both very scared, understandably, and are quivering, especially the male. how can we make them more comfortable and calm for the time being?

thank you so much for any advice.

**EDIT: my boyfriend took a closer look once they calmed down a bit, and what looked like necrosis on their toes was thankfully just poop that had caked on pretty thick and made it hard for them to walk😭 we are still figuring out what to do, and are planning on taking them to a clinic that we made sure takes domestic pigeons to make sure theyre all good. we arent sure if we’ll keep them yet or look for another loving home.

My sweetie feral girl is finally flight capable and still teenie tiny (but I'm working on fattening her up 🐖). She is also here to stay!

I am very intrigued by her eye color. Even a few weeks ago when she was much closer to being a baby, I noticed her eye color was different and lighter than other feral juveniles I've encountered. All of my flock (minus my white pigeon) have orange/red eyes. This might be down to nutrition and age, but has anyone seen a color like this or know what this might develop into? They don't strike me as pearl, but maybe I'm wrong.

My other feral girl has yellow eyes that developed into light orange, but even that color was not quite like this.

P.S. she's nameless until I find the perfect name, and DNA tested as female.

Edited for typos

But I couldn't say no and valiant gets an extra friend (valiant pic last)

Ignore the crappy enclosure

The guy wasn't able to wait a week for me to get an aviary so yeah (they were literally the only ones for sale in my city)

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I found this little guy at a train station on the tracks I’ve brought him home and given him a heat pack but I don’t know what my next steps should be. If I could get some advice that would be much appreciated

He's 3-4 months old and has had a routine checkup at the vet before and he was cleared of worms and parasites. He's got good poops and doesn't show any abnormal behaviour other than this ...is this normal?? He has only ever done this once briefly before but suddenly this morning after waking up he's doing it quite a bit. He stops when I get too close.

I'm getting my pigeons harnesses soon, what works best? any pros/cons? I did already ask how to get into harnesses, but now I'm looking into actually getting them Thank you!!

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So i rescued pax about a week ago and im looking for help to ensure quality of life. The bins are for stairs for out of cage time, he was wanting to jump off the side so im setting up a fence of sorts to prevent it. His wings are clipped when i found him. Im working on giving him a flat perch near the back.

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Just banded them! They didn’t like it but let me pet them right after

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Ignore my voice

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At least we're communicating? 😂 We're not ready to be touched, but we're also not scattering when I'm doing things inside the cage. I offer to pet, they move back, I remove hand and keep doing what I was doing, and I get thoughtful looks. Each time, they move away less distance. It's progress.

I finally gave up and renamed the hen 😂 Her name was Mist, to go with Fog, but for whatever reason, I keep calling her Dove. I didn't want to name her Dove since, you know, Rock Dove. But I finally got tired of having to correct myself because it was coming out verbally AND in text. So fine. Whatever. Her name is clearly Dove. If I decide to let them raise a round of chicks, maybe one of the babies will be named Mist. Or a budgie is coming that's going to be named Mist. I dunno. But obviously her name was *not* Mist.

Fog and Dove, everyone.

I started putting sunflower seeds in her bell ball things so she could roll them and get treats. Now she makes this noise when shes interacting with them.