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Stevie was hatched during the cold winter months with the aid of a small heater to keep him warm during the nights if he was left alone.
Ebony and Ivory have had 2 mote clutches of eggs since but unfortunately they have been broken.
We sadly lost one of our pigeons to our cat Tom. The pigeon escaped the Toms clutches but was very badly injured, eventually when she came down off the roof I was able to capture her. Her leg and thigh were badly damaged so I took her to a local wildlife centre.
Enquiries the next day confirmed the vet had put her to sleep.
Tom is not allowed out at the moment, he has got the taste for pigeon and cant be trusted, he had already killed and half eaten another "stranger" pigeon a few weeks ago.
I have decided that the pigeons must be encouraged to go, for their own good, and it is not fair on Tom to keep him in. But I dont want him to hurt our pigeon friends either. So Ebony and Ivory's house is now closed, and George and his new mate (Gracie) house will also be closed permanently after the current 2 babies have fully fledged. All feeding will also be stopped.
Its a pity as we do enjoy their antics and watching the babies grow up and learning to fly.
But it is obvious that with the 2 bird houses there is likely, by the end of the summer, to be another 12 or 16 new pigeons. Which will all add to the existing 8 or so that have already been born in our garden and who are hanging around most of the day, let alone all the interlopers that they encourage who come and go.
I believe eventually they will mostly disperse to find new nest sites and sources of food.
But I will miss them, especially Stevie.
https://youtu.be/6VTQuqgUecs
Stevie was hatched during the cold winter months with the aid of a small heater to keep him warm during the nights if he was left alone.
Ebony and Ivory have had 2 mote clutches of eggs since but unfortunately they have been broken.
We sadly lost one of our pigeons to our cat Tom. The pigeon escaped the Toms clutches but was very badly injured, eventually when she came down off the roof I was able to capture her. Her leg and thigh were badly damaged so I took her to a local wildlife centre.
Enquiries the next day confirmed the vet had put her to sleep.
Tom is not allowed out at the moment, he has got the taste for pigeon and cant be trusted, he had already killed and half eaten another "stranger" pigeon a few weeks ago.
I have decided that the pigeons must be encouraged to go, for their own good, and it is not fair on Tom to keep him in. But I dont want him to hurt our pigeon friends either. So Ebony and Ivory's house is now closed, and George and his new mate (Gracie) house will also be closed permanently after the current 2 babies have fully fledged. All feeding will also be stopped.
Its a pity as we do enjoy their antics and watching the babies grow up and learning to fly.
But it is obvious that with the 2 bird houses there is likely, by the end of the summer, to be another 12 or 16 new pigeons. Which will all add to the existing 8 or so that have already been born in our garden and who are hanging around most of the day, let alone all the interlopers that they encourage who come and go.
I believe eventually they will mostly disperse to find new nest sites and sources of food.
But I will miss them, especially Stevie.
https://youtu.be/6VTQuqgUecs
