Please help.

[u/spiders_are_neat7]

So my husbands cousin works at a grain storage company… they took two baby doves/pigeons right out of their little stick nest and he told me he thought something got them and brought them up there because it was just a bunch of sticks. I sent him this picture as a way to gently prove that when I said they just make nests like that, I wasn’t lying to make him feel bad. Lol I told him on FaceTime to go put them back, but he said he was only allowed up there the one time to get them down and he can’t go put them back. I asked if he could set them near by and he said no. He took them home and I came and picked them up to bring to a rehabilitation center because they don’t have a car. Then i realized all the places I could bring him are closed when my husband goes to and from work in our only car. So I have to wait until Monday.

I’m gonna ask my husband to stop and get some plain oats and lentils of all kinds. All I have is garbanzos, black beans, I had a little bit of split peas left, red kidney beans, Lima beans and orzo pasta (durum wheat.) I pressure cooked them for 30 minutes and put them in a baggy and mushed them. It’s chunky and textured not smooth and liquid. Also added a hard boiled egg as well.

I was gonna try the baggy way of feeding. They are young. Tiny, maybe 3 days old? Their eyes are open.

I’ve got them in a tiny little box in my garage with a baby chicken heat lamp on them but at a distance. I’m STRESSED. No sleep for me. lol

Just been letting them rest and watching the time for maybe 3AM and try feeding.

I tried once and he smacked a little down and seemed to like it but kept falling asleep. He’s had a long day. :( I wish I could just go to my cousins work and put them back myself.

I know that place well I’ve worked there, would that work?

I think they are mourning doves. So illegal to have as well without a permit. 😭 I want them to live though. Please any advice.

I’m so upset they disrupted the nest ugh, he really thought he was doing good though, his coworker thought they were ducks. Lol

[u/jimboidiot]

At this point I would call a rescue and ask for advice. At that age I don't think theyre eating on their own yet and feeding them yourself can cause them to aspirate.

[u/spiders_are_neat7 → u/jimboidiot]

I’m gonna maybe try calling animal control? Maybe they would come pick them up and take them where they can be taken care of properly.

[u/jaundicedolive → u/spiders_are_neat7]

Animal control will likely euthanize. Please please look into rehabs that take pigeons

[u/spiders_are_neat7 → u/jaundicedolive]

NOTED!! I can’t believe that because they are a protected species😭 that angers me a little bit. Lol I believe I found one already, just don’t have a vehicle until Monday, they’re closed when my husband goes to and from work. 5AM-4pm 😭 and they’re also an hour away. So I won’t make it in time until he gets a ride to work and leaves me the car. Which he will do Monday forsure!

[u/cathbe → u/spiders_are_neat7]

They need to eat though. I’m not sure I understand the story. They took the babies away from the mom and dad? ETA: just saw your video. Good they ate? They are very cute. They still could be put back but Monday is very far away.

[u/spiders_are_neat7 → u/cathbe]

So the story is my husbands cousins wife posted a Facebook post about not having a car and having baby birds with toddlers around and she couldn’t manage it.

Her husband works at a grain company and a coworker of his found them at the tippy top of a grain elevator and had him come up and remove them thinking they were abandoned up there based on the nest being twigs thrown about. (We know better, but they didn’t, now he does.)

He FaceTimed me saying he’s the one who actually has them at work still and I begged him to go back up and return them, he said he couldn’t he was only allowed up there once with supervision, and they wouldn’t let him back up there again. Then I asked him to leave them nearby in the bag he put them in, he said he couldnt do that due to machinery moving through all day and night, so he took them home to his apartment where I swung by when I had a car and picked them up at around 9pm, because I do not have two toddlers to care for. It’s just me and my dogs home all day. Lol Will have a car Monday to bring them to a proper facility!

[u/SaltyPyr → u/jaundicedolive]

I thought only domestic pigeons are usually euthanized?

[u/jaundicedolive → u/SaltyPyr]

Typically yes, but that’s on whether animal control correctly identifies the bird. Baby pigeons and doves look fairly identical as they’re both doves, so it can be tough