Edit: QUESTION: if the parents do not come back, can I put it in the nest of a different mourning dove pair? Or should I discard the egg? Give it to someone to try and hatch?

Hi everyone, unfortunately this nest is well and truly cursed :(

Mom and Dad have been dutifully sitting on both eggs, this morning I woke up and much of the bottom of the nest had fallen out.

Both eggs fell and landed in the soft crate I put there, but only one survived the fall :( the other one was fairly well developed.

I’ve tried to secure the nest as well I can and put the egg back up there and while I do think they parents might come back, I’m worried the structure is still not great and the egg might have been damaged in the fall :(

Tw: suicidal ideation, loss

I can barely type this, but I need to talk to someone. I'm in a really bad place after the other night.

I had 2 little pigeons that I've had since they were young, like 7.5 years now.

I live in a condo and I was never supposed to have pets, but I got these guys as emotional support animals before I ever moved here.

The boy was the one to make the most noise cooing a lot. I would often put him on my chest at night and he'd sleep with me and he would be quiet. I've done this for years and I know that there was risk to it, but now all I want to do is hear him cooing.

The other night I woke up after only a couple hours and I looked over at where he was and he wasn't moving. I picked him up and he was gone. The blanket he was on was fluffy and must've suffocated him because I don't think he was crushed, but either way he was already gone.

This is all my fault. I know that. There's nothing more in the world I wanted then to have made any other decision than to put him in the bed with me. All I want is a time machine.

I am utterly broken. I can see no way in which I can really go on living after this. I know that most people would say that's silly because it was just a bird, but he was my everything and I've ruined my life.

I haven't stopped sobbing and I'll hold my little girl, but she's always been more scared of me.

I know it was an accident, but I could've prevented it with a better decision. I don't know if I can move forward. I know I'd be leaving my little girl behind, but I think she'd be better off with anyone else that isn't an utter stupid monster.

I'm dumb, I'm horrible, and I can't believe that this is real. I just don't honestly see a future.

I don't really know the purpose of this post. I don't think anyone can really make me feel better, but maybe it will help anyone else to make sure that nothing happens to their babies.

I know that I'll hurt my family by leaving, but I know that if they love me they wouldnt want me to be in this pain either.

Hug and love your babies. It's all I wish I could do now.

I rescue wildlife and I got a call about a crow turned out to be a pigeon and it's banded. I tried looking up the band but it said there was no matches. Am I doing something wrong?

Hi all, I posted a week or two ago about a pibb in need of help. I ended coming down with something that knocked me on my ass for an entire week so I haven’t been back on campus and I’m not sure they were being fed in that time (probably having to scavenge, and on a college campus that can be super dangerous). I guess my main question is do you think my relationship may be strained with them or changed because I’ve been gone an entire week? Or do you think when I get back on campus they’ll react the same as the last time they were with me? I’m just worried because I still wasn’t able to capture the injured pibb and if I have to start over rebuilding the relationship it may be too late to get the pibb the help she needs before her leg is stuck in that backwards position. I got them new food specifically with all the seeds they like (ie safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, etc.) so hopefully they’ll be drawn by the food. Any and all advice, suggestions, or comments will be heavily appreciated!

Pox fell off! Hope this is good news?

Hi all, we have a nest in our vines by our main sliding door. It is pretty just above eye level and everytime we go past the poor dive sitting on the eggs fly off in a panic. They seem to leave the nest completely at night, but do sit during the day.

It’s not possible for us to not use this door as it’s the main way we get to the backward. Other birds have tried to nest there before but always abandon the nest with/without eggs (I assume due to us being a disturbance perhaps).

There are currently two eggs in the nest (quite a flimsy nest at that, I fear the eggs could fall out at any point). Should I relocate the nest further away from us or just leave it an let nature take its course?

Hi everyone. Sorry if this isn’t the right place to post something like this, but I’m kinda freaking out.

I moved into a new house at the beginning of August, and in those three months we have discovered FOUR dead pigeons in our backyard; three adults, and one chick.

The chick I believe was blown out of its neat in a neighbors tree during a storm and couldn’t get back before it died (I live in Arizona so it’s regularly 100+ degrees outside.) I’m willing to chalk that one up to a tragic accident, but what concerns me is the three adults.

Each time I’ve found them, there were no obvious wounds, and no blood around the bodies. I found number 4 this morning (couldn’t have been dead for more than 24 hours at that point) and I inspected it for signs of malnutrition or sickness and couldn’t identify anything out of the ordinary. Poor guy didn’t even look that old.

It’s so bizarre, like they just randomly laid down and died.

Does anybody know what might be the cause? My current theory is that they’re being poisoned, but I don’t know my neighbors well enough yet to tell if this is a reoccurring issue.

Regardless, I’m tired of having to remove dead pigeons from the backyard. Aside from it being terribly depressing, I have a dog… And while she’s usually pretty good about leaving dead things alone, I don’t want to risk her getting sick or dying if this is somehow contagious.

Hi, I recently (yesterday) adopted a pigeon from a rescue. I had a few questions concerning best practices for bonding with our new feathered friend. The person who approved myself and my fiancée’s application was very helpful and I do have an open line with her but I thought I would reach out to you good people as well!

Now I do understand that they can take some time to become adjusted and the bonding progress also takes time. I have been sitting outside his enclosure generally chatting with him but I was wondering how I should approach looking at him. We are also rabbit owners and I know that rabbits can become very nervous when you look directly at them. Is the same true of pigeons? If so, should I make and break eye contact or is there a better behavior I can do?

Any help is appreciated!

I accidentally almost walked into a pigeon today and he frantically fluttered up onto a bench next to me before just perching on it. He was puffed up, still, not craning out its neck. I decided to sit on the edge of the seat with him for a few minutes, trying to get a look at him but not making any sudden movements and trying to focus on noises around me so maybe he wouldn't feel like I was staring at him (idk how pigeon logic works). He just sat there with his discerning little orange eyes looking back at me before he fluttered away with a gust of wind. Poor thing seemed very lethargic. Feels kind of bad tbh. Do you think he might have had some virus?

Also, why do pigeons puff up when they're sick? Is it because they instinctively feel vulnerable?

Hi. I’m fairly new to taking care of pigeons but a little over one week ago a couple decided to set up home and began building a nest near my windowsill inside of a crevice in the wall. For some context, They made a shabby nest with only a small boarder of twigs and paper and the middle of their nest was hollow. They ended up laying 2 eggs bare on the concrete. It’s been maybe 10 days since the eggs were layed. A quick google search told me that it should take up to 18 days for the eggs to hatch and I should be feeding them a diet of seeds, uncooked rice and clean water. I kept this not too far from their nest and they discovered it immediately and have been wiping it clean. The mom has been sitting on her eggs daily and the dad has been keeping guard which is honestly adorable. However today, to my shock the eggs were completely crushed open with no parents in sight or newborn baby pigeons inside. I’m scared a family of crows has eaten it or something terrible happened. However just now the parents have returned to their normal behaviour of incubating the eggs and guarding the nest. Have they noticed their eggs are open? Should I interfere? Have the babys hatched prematurely? Was it the concrete that broke the eggs? I’m really worried and frankly heartbroken because it was adorable to feed the birds everyday and just know that mama bird is working hard raising a family.

Why is her poop green!?