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Dawnie And Pigeon, Pics

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
Dawnie did some research, and came up with a concoction to feed the pigeon. It is disgusting looking but the bird likes it and seems to be thriving on it.

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It still isn't much for eating from a dish, so Dawnie feeds it by hand, several times a day.

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Sometimes, it will pick up a bit that it dropped. Silly thing has no attention span, and is easily distracted. I told her the bird acts like Homer Simpson, so we may call it Homer.

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Or maybe the critter just likes Dawnie to hold it. Works for me. [;)]

Comments

  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
    edited November -1
    Have her feed it lots and fatten it up. I hear squab is delicious.
  • tccoxtccox Member Posts: 7,379 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like a crow to me. I usually get them about 50 yards, first shot. Tom
  • steeltoe1978steeltoe1978 Member Posts: 3,248
    edited November -1
    AH HA!!!!!! [:D][:D]

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A sharp increase in drugs and cellphones found inside a Brazilian prison mystified officials -- until guards spotted some distressed pigeons struggling to stay airborne.

    Inmates at the prison in Marilia, Sao Paulo state had been training carrier pigeons to smuggle in goods using cell phone sized pouches on their backs, a low-tech but ingenious way of skipping the high-tech security that visitors faced.

    "We have sophisticated equipment to search people when they go in, but they avoided this by finding another way to bring in cellphones and drugs," prison director Luciano Gamateli told Globo TV.

    Officials said the pigeons, bred and trained inside the prison, lived on the jail's roof, where prisoners would take their deliveries before smuggling the birds out again through friends and family.

    The scheme was uncovered when guards on the prison walls saw some pigeons struggling to fly.

    Brazil's overcrowded prisons have notoriously lax security, with cell-phone and drug use common among inmates. Two years ago, a powerful Sao Paulo prison gang used cell-phones to orchestrate a wave of attacks against police and public property.

    (Reporting by Stuart Grudgings; Editing by Sandra Maler)


    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/od_nm/prison_pigeons_dc;_ylt=AuohiAvehP_k3yyuew2bmxqs0NUE
  • tccoxtccox Member Posts: 7,379 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dammit I just noticed, way too much leg showing thre. Sexonpigg or the guy from vatacan city (can't remember his title, the guy whow would rather see neddid boys)will surely poof you. Tom
  • steeltoe1978steeltoe1978 Member Posts: 3,248
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by tccox
    Dammit I just noticed, way too much leg showing thre. Sexonpigg or the guy from vatacan city (can't remember his title, the guy whow would rather see neddid boys)will surely poof you. Tom

    Did you also happen to notice that the pigeon is NAKED in the photos?! [:0]
  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nunn
    Dawnie did some research, and came up with a concoction to feed the pigeon. It is disgusting looking but the bird likes it and seems to be thriving on it.

    So what is it, or do I not want to know?
  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    I don't want to know either.
  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Looks like it's already been partly DIGESTED!! [xx(]
  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dawnie should pre-chew the mix and feed the little critter from her mouth like its real mom would have done.

    That way Homer would "imprint" on Dawnie and they would be pals for life.
  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Real pigeon parents, mom and dad, process the food in their crops, mixing with it nutrients from their own bodies, making a substance known as pigeon milk or crop milk. That's what they feed their young when they are tiny. This bird is eating something like that, but with more protein and seed mixed in, since it is not a tiny baby.
  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nunn
    I don't want to know either.


    Looks like it agrees with him. That girl needs to be an vet![;)]
  • Spc FergusonSpc Ferguson Member Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    strangely interesting.
  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That critter looks like he just might make it.

    Nice pics. [;)][:D]
  • dawniedawnie Member Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    it is simple,,,

    dry cat food soaked in hot water,bread soaked in water,a little bit of peanut butter,some bread crumbs and cornmeal mix and some birdseed. all mixed together and served warm,,,,not hot just warm..

    he is now starting to peck at the birdseed in his cage,,for a little guy that was starving at the shelter he looks so much better now,,
    I was feeding him earlier and my 15year old cat walked in to the room looked at the bird and then started to pur and rub against the pigeon,,the pigeon was like ok,,and then pecked her and she left the room..these inside cats donot bother anything i bring in i show them what i have and then its like ok,,they can stay..
  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    Where did ya'll find the buzzard?
  • tccoxtccox Member Posts: 7,379 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Matty, recon that just might just be a baby lawyer?? Tom

    Just couldnt resist!!T
  • dawniedawnie Member Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    nunn found a baby bird on the mall parking lot,called animal control to come get till i could get to town and get it,,they told david that they had a baby pigeon there and it was starving cause they dont know what to feed it so david said dawn will get that one too..

    for some reason they had to call the game warden to make it sure it was ok for me to take the pigeon,,hello a piegeon is not listed underwild life,,and it is not against the law to keep it like it is a robin or cardnial....

    he said to give it to me,,,so now i have this pigeon and he is filling out and doing great
  • Winston BodeWinston Bode Member Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We should have given her those eight possums we had. They died in spite of all we did.

    Bode
  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    They love rice pudding..rice boiled, drained & soaked in milk, mushy almost. grain too !
  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by tccox
    Matty, recon that just might just be a baby lawyer??


    You mean - a vulture?
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