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| Posted: Fri Jun 18th, 2010 01:50 pm |
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hour3suns Smiling & Waving 
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My son has been taking care of two pigeons for the past month or so. One had been injured and it's doing well. The other one was kicked out of it's nest and Will has raised it since. They have come down with something and we are not familiar with pigeons and what to do. First off they are sneezing and coughing, making general weird noises that is not normal for them. Secondly, they have some sort of weird bugs on them now. At first I thought they were new feathers growing in as they look like new long thin ones poking out among the feathers. No, that's not it. They wiggle like worms and Will said they bite. What the heck are they and what do we do about them? Anyone that has experience with pigeons and can help us out would really make our day with solving these dilemas. Smiling & Waving, Sharon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18th, 2010 02:05 pm |
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johnnyjack Administrator 
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 ewwww idk about them but i have heard they are carriers of all kinda of weird things.makes me itch just thinking about it.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18th, 2010 04:08 pm |
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hour3suns Smiling & Waving
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Yeah, you and me both JJ! Although you weren't the one holding the little bugger looking at the wormie things when it was mentioned that the suckers bite. As cute as the dirty little birds are, I could have dropped it on the spot. Even so, I have an upset child because his misfit pigeons are not feeling well, so I'm trying to rectify the situation. Since I'm used to dealing with larger poultry and these two pigeons are young small birds I don't want to do something that can harm them more. JJ, hon, stop scratching! Didn't your mama ever tell you the more you scratch the more you're going to itch!! Smiling & Waving, Sharon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18th, 2010 09:32 pm |
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gypsy Hatching Queen 
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ok you have mites, it isnt a huge deal to get rid of, go to the pet store and get some caged bird mite spray and spray them down. they cant live on you so a hot soapy shower will do the trick. mites are easy to get rid of but you have to start everything fresh, clean cage, clean nest, clean bedding and birds. spray again in a week. mites will suck the life out of baby birds very quickly, once you get rid of the mitess the babies shoudl perk right up, in the mean time you can give them a little pedialite in their mash a little Vit B in their water will help perk them back up also. Last edited on Fri Jun 18th, 2010 09:33 pm by gypsy |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19th, 2010 01:27 am |
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hour3suns Smiling & Waving
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 Those are mites??? They look like very thin little worms. Definitely not what I think of when I hear the word mites. Here's the weird thing though, they disappeared. Seriously, I swear they did! I was figuring they were some sort of creepy crawlie that needed some dip or dust or something and when I asked Will to bring me one of the birds again they weren't there. I went right down to pigeon skin, moving feathers out of the way in several areas, and all I saw was flesh. Does that make sense that they'd be there in the morning and then disppear like that? I suppose since they are infected I need to treat the bantams that share the garage area with them. Yuck! At least I can tell Will what they are now. He's so thrilled with those two pigeons. Even talking about putting one in the fair. He's got them spoiled rotten and they know their home is in the garage.Smiling & Waving, Sharon
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19th, 2010 10:52 am |
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gypsy Hatching Queen
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yep thats the way mites work, gross little buggers too, but they come and go like that, I would take out the babies, spray the cage down good with an insecticide, leave set for an hour, hose it down let dry. toss out any old bedding and spray the next box very thouroughly. especially cracks and corners. be careful with poultry dust on young birds, its a bit stronger than it needs to be for young birds and be toxic to pigeon poults. I recomend the OTC bird mite spray for caged birds. its more gentle on the birds and effective on killing mites. It can be used on birds from a Macaw right down to a finch, safe and gentle.
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