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MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I was taking the rubbish out today and as I came back in, I saw something watching me out of the corner of my eye! It was a pigeon sat on the neighbours garden rubbish. It didn't move yet it seemed to be quite happily sitting up. It was POURING with rain :o So I gave it some bread. :D
Later I decided to leave our fence door open and about an hour later it (kinda flew) onto our doorstep. If it weren't for the child safety gate, it would have come in. But it just sat there staring at me! ...In the rain! I, (being a big girl, got upset but did nothing) and then my boyfriend came up with some numbers to ring. But most of them were out of date and the one I COULD get through to, said to ring back tomorrow.
So we decided to give it some sugary water and rice! (which I thought was a BAD thing)! and keep it in our shed until tomorrow when I ring back up. (It can't stay in our house and theirs lot's of cats in our area).
So, I sincerely hope the racing pigeon makes it back to it's owners tomorrow or dies in a happy sleep way from cats and foxes! :( :)

Fingers crossed. It slept for a while on my boyfriends stomach, while watching 'Top Gear'. :)
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    I was taking the rubbish out today and as I came back in, I saw something watching me out of the corner of my eye! It was a pigeon sat on the neighbours garden rubbish. It didn't move yet it seemed to be quite happily sitting up. It was POURING with rain :o So I gave it some bread. :D
    Later I decided to leave our fence door open and about an hour later it (kinda flew) onto our doorstep. If it weren't for the child safety gate, it would have come in. But it just sat there staring at me! ...In the rain! I, (being a big girl, got upset but did nothing) and then my boyfriend came up with some numbers to ring. But most of them were out of date and the one I COULD get through to, said to ring back tomorrow.
    So we decided to give it some sugary water and rice! (which I thought was a BAD thing)! and keep it in our shed until tomorrow when I ring back up. (It can't stay in our house and theirs lot's of cats in our area).
    So, I sincerely hope the racing pigeon makes it back to it's owners tomorrow or dies in a happy sleep way from cats and foxes! :( :)

    Fingers crossed. It slept for a while on my boyfriends stomach, while watching 'Top Gear'.
    thats cool. most people would just turn a cold shoulder to it.

    good karma coming your way. :)
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    thats cool. most people would just turn a cold shoulder to it.

    good karma coming your way. :)

    Cool! I don't agree though... a cute little birdy... even my boyfriend turned soft! :p:):) (fingers crossed for it)
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Cool! I don't agree though... a cute little birdy... even my boyfriend turned soft! :p:):) (fingers crossed for it)
    id keep my finehrs crossd but it6s too jard to type :p
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • mostdefiledmostdefiled Posts: 158
    it always makes me happy to hear about people being nice to animals. I found a stray domestic pigeon a few months ago, and went home and tried to figure out if there is an on-line pigeon lost-and-found. Turns out that there is, but by the time I found it, the pigeon was gone.
    she holds the hand that holds her down, she will rise above!
  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    Good luck with the birdy. It's sweet that you're looking after it.
    Walking can be a real trip
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  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    That was very nice of you :) Very important to be kind to animals.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Well done people for your thoughts. Mr. Pigeon was still alive and well this morning and the owner is coming to pick up him or her on Friday.
    I thought it was funny that the owner lives a few hours away but said he had to come down here to pick up another one he'd lost as well. Keeping pigeons sounds like far too much hassle for me.
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Thats cool, I found an injured Crow the other week and took it to the vet. He really didn't want anything to do with it and said the best thing to do is put it back where we found it. We put it in a safe place and kept an eye on it for a few days. It seemed to do alright :)
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Thats cool, I found an injured Crow the other week and took it to the vet. He really didn't want anything to do with it and said the best thing to do is put it back where we found it. We put it in a safe place and kept an eye on it for a few days. It seemed to do alright :)

    At first I thought you said 'injured cow'! :eek: (I thought, 'she didn't take it back to her house did she'?)
    I love crows though. And I was worried I'd have to take this bird to the vet as well but I was lucky because this isn't really a wild animal.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    i hate pigeons, crows and seagulls.

    ergo i would have put them into a box with tiny wee shields and armour on and watched them battle it out... crow would win wouldnt it? evil fuckers them.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    dunkman wrote:
    i hate pigeons, crows and seagulls.

    ergo i would have put them into a box with tiny wee shields and armour on and watched them battle it out... crow would win wouldnt it? evil fuckers them.

    My boyfriend wanted to eat it at first. But like I said earlier, I came downstairs a bit later and it was sitting on his lap watching Top Gear. :D

    (lol at your signature. That's hilarious)!
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    At first I thought you said 'injured cow'! :eek: (I thought, 'she didn't take it back to her house did she'?)

    He, I most probably would have done, well if I could carry it :o
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    dunkman wrote:
    i hate pigeons, crows and seagulls.

    ergo i would have put them into a box with tiny wee shields and armour on and watched them battle it out... crow would win wouldnt it? evil fuckers them.

    Yeah Dunk, but your just evil!
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    My boyfriend wanted to eat it at first. But like I said earlier, I came downstairs a bit later and it was sitting on his lap watching Top Gear. :D

    (lol at your signature. That's hilarious)!


    so some bird was sitting on his lap and you were ok with that?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Yeah Dunk, but your just evil!


    i am not!!!! i made tin foil armour for them!!

    and wee swords out of cocktail sticks.


    anyway, crows are evil... the chase rabbits and baby lambs and then dive down and eat their eyeballs.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    dunkman wrote:
    so some bird was sitting on his lap and you were ok with that?

    God dammit! Stop having an answer for everything! Go drink a girly cocktail or something... ;)
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    dunkman wrote:
    i am not!!!! i made tin foil armour for them!!

    and wee swords out of cocktail sticks.

    Yup, that makes it so much better :rolleyes:

    dunkman wrote:
    anyway, crows are evil... the chase rabbits and baby lambs and then dive down and eat their eyeballs.

    Have you ever seen this happen!
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Yup, that makes it so much better :rolleyes:




    Have you ever seen this happen!


    yes. i live in the countryside, i have seen dead lambs with no eyeballs.

    its almost a daily occurrence.

    Rabbit (at cafe): hey rabbit chef.. i ordered a cheese & onion toastie... you've given me cheese & ham!!

    Rabbit chef: totally sorry.. i must have mixamatoasties.

    joke circa 1985
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    God dammit! Stop having an answer for everything! Go drink a girly cocktail or something... ;)

    what's the 'something'?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    dunkman wrote:
    what's the 'something'?

    It means I was being cheeky but couldn't finish the sentence and you know it. Don't think you can kill this thread. I'm going to drag it out for as long as I can now. :D;)

    I just gave it some bird food. Yesterday I gave it rice and bread and it just looked at it like, 'What's this crap'? But it looks happier now. :)
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    there's this cool pigeon/dove hanging around my building and the one next to it. :)

    s/he's really pretty, long lean neck, shiny feathers in a beautiful dark smokey blue. :D for the past fortnight or so, when I've walked home from the busstop the bird's been hanging out under/around this balcony.

    s/he's so pretty. makes my day everytime I see him/her.

    don't think there's anything wrong with the bird, I'm not worried. s/he seems pretty calm and just likes to keep a close eye on things. not even startled when I walk by quite close.
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    erm... Pigeon's dead! :rolleyes: I blame you lot for uncrossing your fingers!
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    erm... Pigeon's dead! :rolleyes: I blame you lot for uncrossing your fingers!

    :eek:

    I didn't see "my" pigeon last night either.. :o hope s/he's doing well.
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    eMMI wrote:
    :eek:

    I didn't see "my" pigeon last night either.. :o hope s/he's doing well.

    Maybe it's tiny pigeon alarm clock didn't go off and it was late for it's daily surveying of the neighbourhood?
  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    I just wanted to say hello :)
    I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Slip Kid wrote:
    I just wanted to say hello :)

    Hellloooooooo :)
  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Hellloooooooo :)

    How are you doing?

    Haven't spoken to you in a bit :)
    I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Maybe it's tiny pigeon alarm clock didn't go off and it was late for it's daily surveying of the neighbourhood?

    you're probably right. :D no other explanation, right?
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    erm... Pigeon's dead! :rolleyes: I blame you lot for uncrossing your fingers!

    thats one down... 43,982,826 of the fuckers to go.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    dunkman wrote:
    thats one down... 43,982,826 of the fuckers to go.

    They will never be defeated.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
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