| Pigeons |
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| Size: |
11 inches tall
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| Food: |
1 pound per week, anything food oriented.
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| Water: |
Requires water every day, in fact they can go without food for several days but must have water.
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| Activity
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Day
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| Nest:
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Under sheltered areas with nest made of sticks, twigs, grass and accumulation of their feces.r
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| Breeding
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March to May and August to October, but typically all season.
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| Gestation period: |
8 to 12 days
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Young per batch
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1 to 2 eggs. Eggs hatch approximately 18 days later.
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Litters per year:
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Endless, a pigeon will normally become pregnant right after she lays her first batch of eggs during peak season.
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| Length
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Normally 3 to 4 years, pigeons can live up to 15 years and older.
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| Treatment: |
Many different solutions from bird spike to bird netting. We need to come and have a look at the problem.
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| Health Risk: |
Pigeons dropping and nesting material
can carry up to 60 different diseases transferable to humans and
animals. Here are a few of these diseases:
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| Chlamydiosis: |
Contacted by inhaling bacteria laden
dust. Symptoms – flu-like, nausea, head and muscle ache,
diarrhea, fever and chills.
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| Salmonellosis: |
Bacteria becomes airborne with feces-dust and accumulates in air intake vents.
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| Histoplasmosis: |
Spreads through the body via bloodstream.
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| Crytococcis: |
Ultimately results into
Meningitis. It is estimated that over 50% of pigeons in Western
North America carry this disease. Over 30 million people are
affected every year. The young, elderly and those with weakened
immune systems are usually hospitalized.
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