this can't be right

[jimmy_84]

i have noticed the last few times my birds have been out they seem to land in my dog pen and start drinking up from puddle's of urine i have been in cleaned the pen down with water and milton and they are still landing in and glugging any idea why and will it have any effect  on my birds as 1 set of the birds are feeding youngsters

[ch pied]

hi , have the bird'd got grit & minerial's , somthing in their they want , maybe  the ( salt ) in the urine , just a guess , put some table salt in a golly pot , dont worry dropping's will go loose at first , but will firm up again.

[Guest strapper]

i have noticed the last few times my birds have been out they seem to land in my dog pen and start drinking up from puddle's of urine i have been in cleaned the pen down with water and milton and they are still landing in and glugging any idea why and will it have any effect  on my birds as 1 set of the birds are feeding youngsters

 

i think their taking the pizz!! lol....soz couldnt resist that!.

they must be lacking in a vitamin i would say...its un natural for birds to do this although mine have done some strange things in the past.

i would stop them drinking the urine imediately,as it contains  toxins.that have been expelled by the dogs body.

[Guest milkyal]

Sends like they not getting any IRON as urine contains iron.

[Guest IB]

Haven't a clue why the birds should be doing this but don't like the sound of it. I'd be chasing the birds away from the pen and I'd also make it a no-go area for them. Also when you keep more than one type of animal on the same location I think your hygiene needs to be at a high level to stop possible cross-infection. I'd try to keep both dog and pigeon areas seperate as far as possible.

 

I know that when my daughter visits with her dog I make sure there is no trace of it left in the garden before I let my birds out. If I were you I think I'd slop out the dog pen with a strong disinfectant before I let my birds out. Virkon and Stalosan are designed for all animal housing use, but I think a household bleach or Jeyes fluid would do much the same job.

 

 

[jimmy_84]

i use jeyes fluid every other day and milton sterilizing fluid the rest of the time but i shall cover over the pen to stop the birds getting to it

 

I have iron tablets i could crush them and put them in a pick pot see if that works any1 else use iron tablets

[tom corrie]

TRY BUYING A LICK-STONE FOR CATTLE SHOULD SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM ALSO STOP THE BIRDS FROM ENTERING THE DOG PEN AS THE ARE IN THE HABIT OF DRINKING THE DOGS URINE

[jimmy_84]

am going to cover the pen over with a garden net