Health
Signs of illness, common pigeon diseases and when a bird needs a vet.
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Pigeon Droppings Guide: Colours, What Is Normal and When to Worry
A normal pigeon dropping has a firm, dark coiled part (the faeces) with a white cap of urates, the bird’s equivalent of urine. Green, yellow or watery droppings…
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Can Doves And Pigeons Mate?
Domestic pigeons and doves such as the ringneck dove can mate, but it happens almost only in captivity, and the offspring are sterile or nearly so. In the…
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When Is It Too Late to Fix a Splayed Leg?
Splayed leg, also called spraddle leg, is when one or both of a young pigeon’s legs stick out sideways instead of sitting under the body. It is far…
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Pigeon Sitting Not Moving Meaning – 7 Reasons
A pigeon sitting still and not moving may simply be resting or sunbathing, especially if it looks sleek and alert. It may also be a fledgling waiting for…
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7 Signs Of Stress In Pigeons
A stressed pigeon may breathe fast or pant, sit hunched and fluffed, try to escape or hide, stop eating, pass watery droppings, or start plucking its own feathers.…
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Pigeon Green Poop: Causes & Treatments
Green pigeon poop most often means the bird hasn’t been eating, so its droppings are mostly bile. It can also be a sign of illness, such as paramyxovirus,…
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Pigeon With Yellow Poop: Causes, Treatment & Prevention
Yellow droppings in a pigeon are a symptom, not a disease. They can follow a change in diet (fresh carrots and other vegetables and fruit can change the…
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Pigeon Neck Twisting: Causes, Treatment & Prevention
There are two main causes of your pigeons’ neck twisting unnaturally, and they are either mechanical or infectious. In most cases, birds that have caught and developed a…
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8 Signs a Pigeon is Dying
A pigeon that is close to death usually stops eating and drinking, sits fluffed up with its eyes closed, cannot stand or hold its head up, breathes slowly…
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Feather Rot In Pigeons: Causes & Treatment
Feather rot is a condition that causes the loss of feathers in pigeons. If it’s not molting season and you see this symptom in your birds, they might…
