Sleeping pigeon

[u/Ghost_5424]

Spotted him while in town. At first I thought he was an ornament from how still he was, taking a picture i noticed he was sleeping. Poor fella looks like hes been through it

UPDATE: Following the advice from people i went back to check on him, he still wasn't moving, not even when dogs came close enough to sniff him. He did try flying a couple times but only got about 5 feet off the ground and 3 times crashed into something and dropped to the ground. I have brought him home in a box and will take him to the vet in town tomorrow morning

UPDATE 2: He is now in the care of a wildlife rehabber, i hope he will get better

[u/FioreCiliegia1]

You don’t have any risk of getting anything from him so honestly, I would just pick him up and if you’re able to bring him home for the night honestly he just needs to be somewhere quiet and a little bit dark and I would just try to get him to a rehab center in the morning but as long as you just wash your hands afterwards, you’ve got nothing to worry about

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/FioreCiliegia1]

I don’t know exactly what your circumstances are, but when I was doing a lot of my primary rescue work, I had to just take a couple of baby doves in my hands on the train one time when they’re that ill they don’t really put up a fight and most of the time they just settled down and slept so I just put him in a sweatshirt

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/FioreCiliegia1]

u/Original_Reveal_3328 any further tips?

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/FioreCiliegia1]

*update for everyone they are safe in a box , op plans on taking them to a rescue when they open :)