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The woman almost (puke) when I offered to bite it off ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

The annual moult seems to be just starting, is this a natural occurance to coincide with the time of year that natural food is plentiful to held them though this process :-/

Maybe it is the individual birds inability to deal with protein and produce these lumps, too much protein in the diet would build up fat reserves, I wonder if any birds produce a second one or are they a one off in any bird Funny thing is Billy has a fatty lipoma lump on his bicep that developed after an injection at the hospital :-/

Cowards that can't take their grievance out with the man themselves, resorting to murdering defenceless pigeons, with no thought whatsoever about the consequences and devistation it may cause, seems that this behaviour is widespread, same thing happened to a PB member 'Boomerang' only five miles away from us

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Yes it looks like the very same thing, the owners are just going to leave it alone and see what happens in the next few days

Just keep it in for a while, we had a rouge fantail cock that did the same thing, get a hen to keep it occupied Let's hope it recovers, I have seen some amazing healing on pigeons, this one was hawked and still survived

Thanks guys The owner will be very happy at that

Someone brought a pigeon to me today, has anyone seen anything like this, the owners said it developed over the last few days and the bird pecked it and busrt the skin and blood came out, always looked like bruising but never yellow or discoloured till it burst

Cheers Fifer, he weighed in at 7st 10lbs today and he may get the keys to his new house next Monday so all in all things are looking really good for him

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The whole purpose of an antibiotic is to introduce antibodies into the system to fight the ones that are causing a problem, unless you determine the type of ones that are causing it you are waisting your time, the likes of Baytril are broad spectrum antibiotics and cover a mumber of bad bacteria but you may not be targetting the right ones. Excessive use of antibiotics allows bacteria to become immune to them and new ones have to be introduced. Probiotics contain the good bateria that should be present in the gut and should be given after any course of antibiotic and some give it regularily to maintain good health We were prescribe Baytril as a first step in treating a sick bird till the tests come back from the vets, luckily it covered the infectious one :-/ Best to get your bird of it's droppings teasted to see the real problem, three years ago I had to cull my whole loft due to inexperience and treating blind, a tough learning curve that I have learned a lot from it 1. Isolate any sick or suspect birds 2. Quaranteen all new burds no matter where they come from 3. Do not treat blind it may be a lot more expensive in the long run 4. Post ALL the symptoms on the forum and see if anyone can help, a puffed up bird could be anything or nothing

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Ours stayed out for days after we had a squirrel raiding our loft, never realised it was a squirrel till we trapped it, no longer welcome in the garden best to deal with it asap :-/

BHW, I get it from Billy, he has every issue dating back years, they make some interesting reads, hope he has room for them at his new house

Jerry bet watch out Tweety will be after his job ;D ;D ;D

It should be fine, just make sure the one that done it is kept away from it, it is amazing the healing power a pigeon has

AYE

Did Tractor boy or Tippler boy not help you out :-/

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Sorted, thanks very much Jimmy W

Thanks for all your kind comments, but the rewards from helping Billy are well worth the effort, he really is a great guy, apart from when him and Chickadee gang up on me :'( :'( :'(

Cheers, I will try it first thing tomorrow

Yes I seen that one Bart, he has cut the tail end off just behind the axle or it would have been ideal Cheers anyway