Tiny pigeon

[Peckedhen]

My sister has just brought me a garden fantail she has bred. The bird was flying but has now stopped. It is eating and drinking however, it is very thin BUT the strangest thing about it is it's size - about the size of a thrush!  

 

I have given it calcium and garlic, any suggestions what else I can do with it?  Please don't say the obvious as it is a much loved pet.

 

Sue :-/

[fletch]

have you noticed what it is eating as it may only be eating the small grains wich are feeding it but not giveing the nutrionts to make it flourish and grow

[vanreets]

have you got a pic may help :-/

[Peckedhen]

It is just eating the small grains Fletch.

 

I'll try and get a photo up tomorrow Vanreets.

[fletch]

this may sound hard but just put it in a box with just maple peas as when it gets really hungry it will eat them and once its eaten them for 2 or 3 days  it will eat them all the time and then should eat all the big corns, my dad had to do this with a young bird this year and once it did start eating them it was ok,

but if you see it not eating dont go and give it other food, it will eat the peas if it has no other choice

[Big2bees]

Have you treated that poor bird for internal and external parasites?  :-/