Flightless pigeon

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

You'd be surprised! We've taken a pigeon to a rescue center before and they took it! Give your local one a call and ask them whether you could bring it in or what you should do

Wouldn't even know where my local one is (Brum).

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by Vertigo1

Wouldn't even know where my local one is (Brum).

Give the RSPCA a call and ask them where to go/what to do... : 0300 1234 555

[vix]

They will just kill it by the way. It's the same as if you reported an injured rat.They aren't going to waste time and resources on vermin.

[Wossi]

We had a pidgeon in our garden that had a broken leg, was really sad as it couldn't really move around much Thankfully it's healed now, but it does walk funny so I try and keep a watch out for it. Greedy beggers they are though.

[Gnat]

Awww poor pigeon

I found an injured pigeon the other week. It was cowered under a hedge as I was walking home form the park. I felt really sorry for it as it looked really sad all huddled up under the hedge.
I phoned home to try and get someone to come with a box so we could take it somewhere, but they wouldnt because they said there was no where you can take an injured pigeon. I argued for ages but they still siad no .

Then they asked if it had moved in all the time I was stood next to it on the phone.
I realised it hadnt, so I asked "do pigeons blink?"
Then I saw the trail of feathers from the road to the hedge.

It turned out it was more injured than I thought, and was more like dead.

oops.

[Pebs]

My bro in law is an RSPCA inspector and I used to go out on calls with him years back. He got a call to a poorly pigeon once, so off we trundled, found the family who called, had a chat with them, went in their back garden, picked up pigeon and was walking back to the van where B-i-L necked it (wrung its neck) as he walked.
Next thing, the mum is calling up the driveway...can we wait a sec while the little boy said goodbye to the pigeon as he had got a bit attached to it over the past couple of days.

A carefully placed finger under its head and a dark night saved much hysteria. Hehe got some right funny stories from going out with him, which also account for why I never give the RSPCA money,

[vix]

We had a similar incident once, an RTA dog had been brought in (dead) so we shoved it in the freezer. About 4 hours later the family was found and wanted to see the dog :/ Apparently the dog had frozen with it's tongue lolling out and they had to try and shove a frozen tongue back into this poor dogs mouth to make it look respecatble :/

[Pheebs]

But but but...





*edit* Speaking of vermin, why can't we have a similar routine to when we find ASBO'd kids out on the streets drunk and being a pain in the toosch rather than escorting them home to their oh-so-caring families and waving a finger at them?!?

[Toby]

Yeah my main worry is that any type of rescue place will just kill it, although at least it'd go quicker than if a cat got hold of it. Already called the RSPCA, they just said to feed/water it if we wanted to and it'd either fly off eventually or a cat would get it - nothing else we can do.

It's probably just young and confused and probably just needs an enclosed place it can survive until it's old/well enough to fend for itself. Just can't bear seeing the poor thing sitting in the garden day after day whilst dreading a cat getting hold of it

[vix]

Pheebs, you have a point.