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How do you take care of just-hatched pigeons?
We found a baby pigeon on the concrete in our yard. Right now it's in a "nest" inside; a warm towel. We don't know how long it was on the concrete and the air outside is a little bit cold but it's sunny. How do you suggest we take care of it and how can we keep it alive? Should we take it to a bird sanctuary?
Contrary to what the other people said, pigeons are not protected by law. They aren't considered a native species and wildlife rescues wouldn't look twice at a pigeon before putting it down. If you want it to live, you'll have to do it yourself.
Also, pigeons are NOT fed the way that Mike said. Birds that eat that way are ones like sparrows and mockingbirds. If you try to take care of a pigeon like that it will dehydrate and then starve. Pigeons DO NOT eat dog food because they do not eat insects in the wild and don't need the extremely high protein. You CAN put water into the baby's mouth, but let the chick suck it up, don't force it. A sparrow would drown in the water because they inhale it, but baby pigeons can suck up water through their beaks like a straw.
First, you need to decide how old it is. If it's bald or nearly bald, it's probably somewhere between hatched and two weeks old. You'll need to keep it on a towel on a heating pad until it is fully feathered. I it already has all ots feathers, just keep it on a towel in a box.
Baby pigeons feed by getting "pigeon milk" from the mother and father's crop, and one of the easiest things to feed it would be powdered parrot baby formula, prepared like it says on the package. You can get it at any petstore and it is called "Exact". After you get it ready, poke a hole in the side of a paper dixie cup with a pen just big enough for the baby's beak to fit through and pour some of the mixture into the cup. When the baby is hungry, put it's beak into the hole and tip the cup so that it can drink the formula. You should be able to see it's crop on the side of it's neck fill with food. When it stops bobbing it's head and begging for food, stop feeding it so it doesn't drown in the formula. If you know how to use a syringe to hand-feed, you can do that, but if you don't know how, use the dixie cup method. It's much easier. Make sure you always wash the baby's head and neck well after you feed it because it can get covered in food and get sticky and hard. Once the feathers clump up, it's impossible to break up, and it can hurt the baby's skin. The baby will probably need to be fed once an hour or whenever you hear it peeping for food. The older it is, the longer it can go without food. If it's very young, you will need to feed it every two or three hours at night, but once it gets a little older, it can sleep six or eight hours without eating.
Once it's about a month old, it will start picking at seeds and even little things that look like seeds. You'll still need to hand feed it, but leave a small cup of seeds in it's cage or box so it can "experiment" with them.
At about a month and a half, it will start learning to fly. It can do this all on it's own, and doesn't need to be taught. When it's all grown up, you will most likely have a great and loyal pet to play with. Good luck!
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Most spa and hot tub owners like to use their tub all year round. In fact, many people enjoy the relaxing warmth of a hot tub or spa the most, during the cold winter months. However, if you're not one of those types and want to shut your hot tub down during the coldest months of the year, it is necessary that special precautions are taken to make sure that the freezing weather does not damage your hot tub or equipment.
Even if you choose not to use your hot tub, you can still keep it running during the winter so freezing weather does not damage the equipment and plumbing. If you prefer to completely shut it down, then you should follow these steps when winterizing it. A shop vac that can vacuum water, a few large towels, and a garden hose are helpful items to have on hand.
* Turn off all electricity by switching off the circuit breaker. If it's a portable model that is not hard wired, just unplug it. Removed the hot tub cover completely, and also remove or open all the access doors to the areas housing the plumbing, pump, and heater.
* Locate the hot tub drain and connect the hose. When the drain valve is opened the water should start to flow out if the hose is stretched out and is below the water level in the tub. When the flow of water stops, disconnect the hose but leave the valve opened.
* Some hot tubs have an air channel under the seats to provide bubbling action. You will need to switch off or disconnect the spa heater and water pump individually and then turn the power to the tub back on. It's important to make sure that there is no electricity to the pump and heater because both could be damaged if run without water.
* Turn on your hot tub blower and let it blow the water out of the air channel for 30 seconds or so. When finished be sure and turn off the electricity at the circuit breaker again.
* Remove the cartridge filter and store it in your garage or basement.
* Look carefully around the pump and heating filter for any fittings that you might be able to take apart. Sometimes these have tabs on them that stick out slightly to make it easier to grab and turn by hand. Remove any of these you can find along with any drain plugs and let the water drain out.
* A shop vac really comes in handy at this point. You need to close the air control inlets usually located on the top edge of your hot tub, and the set the hose on the shop vac so it will blow. Get into your spa and put the hose against the jets, one by one. As you do this water will be forced out of the remaining jets and also out of the fittings you removed around the pump and heater. Continue from one jet to the other until no more water is coming out.
* Reset the hose on the shop vac and suck out all the water in the bottoom well of the tub and that might be on the seats. A quick rub inside with a soft towel should finish the job.
* Put the hot tub cover back on the spa. Because most hot tub covers will leak some water back into the tub, it's good to cover the entire spa with a tarp or specially designed winter cover.
These are a few helpful tips that will enable your investment and hard earned money does not go to waste throughout the cold winter months. By making a few adjustments combined with a couple of hours work you will be able to rest assured that your spa or hot tub is damage free when the warmer spring months arrive.
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