Pete betrays Emma and Peppi pecks his Grandpa

From the

Diary as of  9/12 – 9/16/09

9/12 Peppi came home very late today. I was already worrying about him whether he was going to sleep somewhere else. But then – it was nearly dark – I heard him bump against the balcony door. Gladly he did not injure himself. Silly little bugger – he should have known that there is a glass door espcially as I have 2 flowerpots hanging on the door. I was so happy to see him home – I cannot express how happy I was.

And then – you should have seen how Pina and Peppi greeted one another – it was so extremely sweet. He put his head and neck around her as if he wanted to embrace her. What a view – my heart was melting away…

9/13 Pete betrays Emma with a black pigeon lady?  He had sex with her again right in the middle of the balcony balustrade. I call her Miss Mimi. I am shocked! I wonder how this continues…

Here they look as if they don’t know each other – hm – just as in real life – eh?????

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Pina and Peppi had a bath again today. First Pina had her own this afternoon. Then when both came in quite early today – 6:30 pm – Peppi had his one  too and Pina joined him a bit again. There was a new young pijjie coming in also – was drinking eagerly from the bathtub but Pina did not like it and Willy was chasing the youngster away quite brutally. Poor thing.

9/14 Today both babies came quite early. They have started to moult as well but not so strong yet. Each day I find quite a few feathers beneath their roosting place on the bookshelf and I have to vacuum clean nearly every day.

9/16 Winnie has become quite intolerant especially against her daughter.Whenever she is near her Winnie starts to heavily peck Pina. What a rude mother! Pina apparently is only competitor for her now.

Behaviour between grandpa Pete and Peppi is completely different. Pete never pecks Peppi but Peppi is ruthless: can you imagine that he, the little bugger pecks his grandpa when both want to have sunflower hearts at the same time – !! Peppi is a little ungrateful monster!

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Pete is limping and Peppi is naughty (6 weeks)

From the

Diary as of  9/1 – 9/3/09

9/1 Pete is still limping a bit but it is definitely better than yesterday. So I don’t think I need to be worried.

I cannot believe my eyes: Peppi mounted Pina and this at a tender age of 6 weeks!!!! I have the proof on photo!! What the hell  did they put into those pills they had to eat these days??? I really want to know.

The Ritual

…continues

…mounting…

The climax

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9/2 The vitamins finally arrived. All pijjies seem to love that stuff. I put it into the drinking water. We’ll see whether it does them good. I really hope so.

For the first time I offered them peanuts today. I crushed them of course because in total they would be much too big of course. But it’s not a problem and easily done in my mortar. This I have also learned from the Pij’n Angels Forum. So I gave it a try. I would never have had this idea. The result:

Pete and Emma love the crushed peanuts – Willy and Winnie are reluctant, so are the babies. But who knows… Pijjies are always very conservative – they are very careful when it comes to try new things. But I find this excellent. Better to be careful than regret it later.

9/3 Day begins as usual: up 6:30 and letting the pijjies out on the balcony. It is quite dark and it is raining – so they are not very eager to go. But half an hour later it brightens up and both, Pina and Peppi, are flying around, coming back, having their breakfast and are out again.

They love the little foodie pots in the hanging flower pots where it is easier for them to defend their food – LOL.

Peppi is already courting his mom – besides Pina – and receives a slap with the wing for his cockiness!

I did not check the babies again. Their behaviour tells me that they are doing very well. They eat like a horse, they drink with deep gulps and they fly around like stunt pilots. You can really see how much joy that is for them. I do not want to distress them if there is no signal for a problem.

Whenever I have the opportunity – while I give Pina her little strokes or when I “fight” with Peppi – who has become quite snappy – I touch their bellies to feel whether there might be a problem.  And there isn’t. They have conquered the canker and they are healthy happy little pijjies who enjoy their young life! Oh how happy I am to see them doing so well. I love them so much…

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Peppi is really sick…

From the

Diary as of  8/22/ – 8/28/09

8/22 Peppi is not feeling very well – he cannot swallow food. I am soooo worried. This is a true shock. The other day both babies seemed to be perfectly okay and now this. How quickly everything can change. But this is also the great danger wih birds. Due to their metabolism things can change very quickly to the worst without any chance to help them. But I must hope that Peppi is getting better again…

8/23 Peppi seems to be on the way to recovery after the 3rd. pill. He began to eat again – at least small seeds. I decided to go with the advice from the experienced people from the Pij’n Angels forum and give him a Spartrix pill every day instead of only 2 pieces with a day in between as the recommendation from the manufacturer said (and the vet). Actually it was a very difficult decision for me because under no circumstances I wanted Peppi to deprive of his onyl resistance and natural immune system by overdosing the medication. But in this case I followed the advice of people who have years and years of experience with pigeons and doves.

Pina received 3 pills altogether.

8/24 Peppi received another pill because there was a small yellow nodule left in his mouth and I wanted to make sure that this canker shit really disappears completely from his body. I got the advice to give him Spartrix as long as something was to be seen in his mouth.

8/25 Peppi received his 5th pill today. I really wanted to make sure that this canker has disappeared.

Now it was the turn to treat the parents and the grandparents.I decided to start with Willy. It was stressful because of course partially lacking expereince how to catch a fully grown “wild” bird. He was so alert but it had to be done. I was so worried to hurt him but finally everything went well. And the most important – he did not even sulk. He flew off but came back again shortly and I could fed him later a few sunflower hearts as consolation.

Emma laid an egg  – #29 - so it will be easier to catch Pete for his treatment now while he is sitting on the egg.

It was Pete’s turn today for the pill. I cornered him in the living room and threw a big blanket over him. Astonishingly it was quite easy but then I am getting used to catching pigeons – I get quicker too!!!!

8/27 Pete’s received his 3rd pill (Spartrix). Emma has laid egg #30. Removed both now and replaced them with the plaster eggs.

8/28 I gave Emma a pill this evening – tomorrow she will have a second one. It went very well after she was sitting on her eggs again. So I just took the blanket and caught her right in the nest. She did not even defend herself much – she was astonishingly calm – much calmer than at the vet. It was quite easy. Maybe she could remember the last time when we had to take her to the vet. She apparently knew that I only wanted to help her.

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Peppi with his grandma Emma

Peppi and Pina

Peppi relaxing on the closet

Pina relaxing on the closet

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Pete and Emma are feeding from my Hand after 4 Months Patience

From the

Diary as of  8/20/09

8/20 Today is a historical day – Pete and Emma were eating sunflower hearts from my hand. After more than 4 months of patience and trying again and again  I finally succeeded in gaining their trust to feed from my hand. Pete took all his courage and started to eat from my hand, then Emma while I was feeding Angelo with my right hand. Can you imagine the picture??? I feel like Saint Franziskus!!! This is a greater joy than getting the testimonial from the university!!!

Hubert is still here – he slept during the night in pigeoncity again and left a neat little heap of perfect poop –
The next morning he was sitting on the neighbour balcony, waiting for Willy to take off and then being able to snatch some seeds for breakfast.

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Today Pete and Emma are taking a bath again – it is so hot….

All pijjies are getting crazy for water and line up to take a bath too but Pete won’t let them – it’s all his

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Emma and Pete

look at Pete’s face – isn’t it gorgeous????

Winnie on the left – desperate for a bath but…

Jimi tries to sneek into the bath but…

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Emma eats 4 sunflower hearts from my Hand (4 weeks)

From the

Diary as of  8/18 – 8/19/09

8/18 A milestone in history! After half a year of trying and being veeeeeeery patient the miracle happened:  Emma ate 4 sunflower hearts from my hand! She danced around my hand which was lying on the balcony balustrade – I nearly got a sleepy arm – she finally took all her courage and picked up 4 sunflower hearts. I think the barrier is broken!

Peppi and Pina are so sweet – they are doing flying exercises again. Now they can fly from 1 m high to the ground now. They are a little more than 4 weeks old now.

Pina was on the doorstep of the balcony door today, looking outside but she did not dare to really go outside yet. I am glad that she is so cautious. Their own free life comes early enough… – too early for my taste.

Today I put the green bathtub on the balustrade – oh my how the pijjies loved this again!

8/19 The babies took a bath today – in the large green bowl that the adults are normally using. They really splashed around – in my studio – leaving a lot of water on my balcony door and on the carpet. But who cares…. It was such a fun to watch them having their fun.

Peppi and Pina, both can fly up – at least for some small distance. This is the beginning of their real life. Peppi and Pina both flew from my hand and landed safely – which means they can land without using their nose for braking. Peppi flew up on the table and the first thing he did was knocking over the little foodie pots so that everything got spilled. Silly silly silly – the only thing missing was him making a face at me!!

Peppi is a typical male teenager – sometimes he is aggressive and starts fighting with my finger, sometimes he is such a sweetie. He is easily insulted especially when he thinks that I am nicer to Pina. He becomes soooo jealous. He then even rejects taking sunflower hearts! Silly him sulking. Pina is addicted to sunflower hearts. I have to be careful – I think she would feed on them until she would burst.

We can go to the circus: Pina is eating sunflower hearts from my mouth!! This means I am taking a sunflower seed between my teeth or lips and she is picking them directly from there. How about that?

Hubert, the homer  is still here! He knows where the food is. Very sweet. I think he is getting along very well. I wonder how long he will be around. He is really a very sweet homer, very gentle.

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Here is another video – both were about 3 weeks old then – I did not want to hold back:  Everything from a little Pigeon’s Perspective – I hope you have your fun with this:
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I have also quite a few videos from their bathing fun – have to work on those videos first and will show them later.

Here are a few pics from Pina and Peppi  – they look quite grown up already – like real pijjies  :

Pina in front of my toolbox

Peppi in front of my toolbox

one of my most favourite photos: both sleeping on my printer

and here you can see how ragged Pina’s little head (lft) still looks like after the attack – some feathers are not growing yet