lakeside1000 Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Hi All, I picked up this young wood pigeon on one of my permissions yesterday, it was a fledgling, probably out of the nest for a month or so, it was covered in yellow blisters and scabby areas, mainly on its legs, feet and around its beak, I kept the body just in case , so its in my freezer, any one care to surmise on the cause of this infection / infestation, my guess would be some kind of tic or insect bites probably from the nest, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 canker of some sort ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) This reminds me of one that I once shot years ago. It was in a terrible condition. I did it a favour by shooting it. It was in an enormous flock and I shot the only one out of hundreds, and it was left for the flies. I can't remember all the things that looked wrong with it. It was so manky that I didn't even want to touch it Edited September 15, 2022 by Minky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 I think ditchman is on the button , I have had them very similar to that , although not possibly as bad , what with this Canker , Bird flu and the public giving lead shot birds amiss is there any wonder that moving any sort of game on is getting more and more difficult ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Had a dove that looked like that at a friends house. Semi tame dove from a loft. Had a fishing line trace wrapped around both its feet. When trace was removed it looked just thae same as the pictures above. About two feet of nylon slowly tightening as the bird struggled to remove it. Had damage on the bill area too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 It looks like Pox to me, seen it before in loft pigeons, its common in street pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted September 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 YUK!! glad I wash my hands after touching it, I will burn it next time I have a fire, till then it stays in the freezer, 😝 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeyealan Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 On 15/09/2022 at 23:22, lakeside1000 said: YUK!! glad I wash my hands after touching it, I will burn it next time I have a fire, till then it stays in the freezer, 😝 On its own wrapped in newspaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted September 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 Gotit Alan, I double packed it in a plastic bag before dropping it in the freezer, the freezer is only for birds anyway so no contact with any human foods.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 Burn it! Just in case, as if any chance of AI or complications from, the virus can survive in a freezer for more than a year. 3 new out brakes of it in farmed flocks been reported today in Suffolk already. Gona be a hard Winter for some and bird life. A harbour porpoise was found to of died from it last week, as well as seals and a dog previously. So jumping species. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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