El Gringo Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Just returned from another Bare-eyed Pigeon hunt here in Venezuela. Though I shot like a sissy, I still managed to bag about 20 birds. As with others I've killed, while plucking them, I noticed that a number of the birds had tapeworms. I'm sure I've plucked over a thousand Mourning Doves in my life, but don't ever recall finding tape worms. And I've not found tapeworms in the few dozen or so Eared Doves that I've harvested here. Anyone else ever find tapeworms in the pigeons they've shot? For the record, even with the presence of tapeworms, the birds appear to be in excellent health. El Gringo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I have never found tapeworms, or other similar parasites in wood pigeons. Feral pigeons allegedly have mites and other bugs, but I have never seen any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallinson Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I've never seen any tape worms in pigeons, I too have prepared wood pigeons for the table in there hundreds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millo2 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I have seen big, flat shaped mites that are so hard to get off your body it's unbelievable Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Gringo Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 (edited) Interesting. Guess I'll have to do a bit of research to see if I can figure out why, and how, these birds are picking up so many tape worms. A number of them had more than one tape worm (most about 3 or 4 inches in length) which could be seen protrouding slightly from the cloaca during plucking. On the issue of 'mites', I've not seen any evidence of these critters, or of lice either. I do recall that our waterfowl in the U.S. routinely showed evidence of body lice, which were fairly large in size and fast on the foot. El Gringo Edited January 18, 2005 by El Gringo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyni Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I have seen big, flat shaped mites that are so hard to get off your body it's unbelievable Scott Ah the dreaded flat fly (well thats what we call them) horrible little b@stards. I did catch a sea-trout once with a tape worm in its intestines. I often hoke through the intestines to see what fisyh have eaten and to my dismay this tapeworm was still alive. The sea-trout looked like a kelt but it was at the wrong time of year for a kelt to be in a river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millo2 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I have seen big, flat shaped mites that are so hard to get off your body it's unbelievable Scott Ah the dreaded flat fly (well thats what we call them) horrible little b@stards. I did catch a sea-trout once with a tape worm in its intestines. I often hoke through the intestines to see what fisyh have eaten and to my dismay this tapeworm was still alive. The sea-trout looked like a kelt but it was at the wrong time of year for a kelt to be in a river. They are mate. They do my head in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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