
22/06/2025
🕊️ This little pidge was rescued at the same time as our rat friend.
We have two pigeon flocks living nearby, and even though they’re regularly fed, this is where we find most sick and injured pidges who we’ve rescued.
While walking down the street, we noticed her sat on the sidewalk, huddled against a wall.
This is never a good sign, as often when they’ve sat down in an unsafe place, something is really wrong.
If they’re sat down, we approach slowly and try to hand grab before they get spooked and try to escape.
Once we catch them, we gently hold around their torso keeping their wings flat to their body so they can’t flap and struggle.
We also cover their head and eyes so they calm down. In this case, we quickly grabbed a discarded paper package from the ground to hold her and cover her. We don’t need complex supplies to catch pigeons!
Pigeons generally can’t hurt us, even if then try to bite, so we shouldn’t hesitate trying to catch them.
🕊️ After investigating, we saw she had a bloodied wing, and a problem with one eye. We set her up inside, out of the heat to provide water and a safe space.
Once in a crate, we could take her to safety.
She needed veterinary care and specialist rehabilitation, so we took her to the local wildlife rehab center.
Even though pigeons are not considered wildlife legally or in the wildlife rescue space, this center luckily takes in most urban animal species that are not cats and dogs.
She is now in their care and will hopefully get the support she needs to recover.
In the past, we have volunteered in this space over several months, and broken wings are often repaired until the pidge is able to be released again.
🕊️ All species feel pain and deserve help, just like cats and dogs.
Please do not hesitate to help animals like rats and pigeons. They do not carry the plague. They pose no greater risk to our health than cats and dogs do.
Cages donated from SNIPi, sourced from .