I found a pigeon last year at the river. It couldn't fly, so I brought him home. I put him in a cage that my great uncle made for me about 2-3 years ago for some baby ducks I had. It was plenty big for him. I named him Luke and fed and watered him every day, and cleaned out his paper towels. Everyday I also held him and talked to him, and I would put him on the grass and stay and watch him for a while so he could peck around and enjoy the sunshine. I had him a little over a week, and one day when I went to clean his cage I got him out and sat him on my lap. (The cage was a very big one so it was on my back porch!) He hopped off my lap and wlaked to the edge of the porch, then he just took off flying! I watched him and he flew a few minutes over our house, and then he left. It looked like he was going towards the river where I found him, so I hope he made it. I;m sure he did.
So, just take care of your dove and maybe he'll be strong enough to take care of himself again one day!
Genny
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He survived as I did a good job on building his pen & the cat was only able to disslocate his hip... I pondered over what to do with him... i decided to reset his hip.. I knew it was gonna be a horrible pain for him.. but its better then death... So i took a breath, reset his hip.. poor fella wasn't happy at all 
I had him a few more months & then I opened the box & let him free. I saw him for many months after that, cause he was the only pidgion that had bum foot.. his leg worked fine for balance, but he couldn't always open his toes.. so I'd see him standing with his toes curled... I named him Turkey cause he was smelly & oh so ugly when i got him out of the water.. hehe
Kalei
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