pigeoncrazy
37 posts
Aug 25, 2008
5:46 PM
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A few days ago, I posted about my young birds (1.5 months) landing on the ground. Well - I stopped that habit. Cut back on the feed a bit too. And things were going well up until tonight...
As soon as I released them from the training basket they went straight up into a very tall tree. Both my husband and I spent 30 minutes pitching koosh balls up there, and even got out the hose...but nothing phased them. They would not come down until they wanted to.
I really do NOT want them perching in trees. Any advice on flushing birds out of a really tall tree? Besides tennis balls or koosh balls...something that makes more of an impact but would not hurt a bird or break the neighbor's attic window?
Thanks in advance!
~Karen
Last Edited by on Aug 25, 2008 5:47 PM
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Square
431 posts
Aug 25, 2008
5:56 PM
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Ive used a plastic shopping filled with dirt, this works well .. just have to be careful not to get it stuck in the tree could end up being kinda a eye sore.. I have found that scaring reluctant bird's some times makes the confortable with it... be careful.. and goodluck...
Square..
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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Electric-man
1978 posts
Aug 25, 2008
6:20 PM
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Try tossing an empty milk jug with a handfull of rocks in it. It gets quite noisy as it goes through the brances!
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Val
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sippi
491 posts
Aug 25, 2008
6:29 PM
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One of the FORS members has a water balloon sling shot. I am hunting one but will probably get in trouble with it sooner or later. LOL
Sippi
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SSLOFTS
116 posts
Aug 25, 2008
7:02 PM
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Here ya go Sippi http://www.slingking.net/online_store.htm I can hit the neighbors 4 houses down and they don't know where it came from!!!!!
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pigeoncrazy
38 posts
Aug 25, 2008
7:36 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions!!!
Those little buggers will NOT want to sit in the tree when I get thru with them!
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TheGame
164 posts
Aug 25, 2008
9:37 PM
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Iv tried the hose, tennis balls, soccer balls, footballs, grocery bag with tennis ball inside, sticks and so on....
Nothing will scare the birds enough. They will eventually get used to whatever your throwing at them and just kinda make you look like a fool to your neighbors/tire you out.
Feed in my opinion is the only way.... keep them hungry for 1.5 - 2 days and then see what happens. Otherwise take them in a basket and let them out where there are no trees around to get them to fly...
Last Edited by on Aug 25, 2008 10:22 PM
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pigeoncrazy
39 posts
Aug 26, 2008
5:42 AM
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I had them pretty hungry already. Skipped feed for 1.5 days, fed very little the next. They were behaving great until last night with the tree :(
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Santandercol
2948 posts
Aug 26, 2008
7:00 AM
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A really desperate measure is those screechers with a firecracker in them.I use them alot to scare off you know who and they work good for that.You can hold them in your hand(carefully)and aim them pretty accurate.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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J_Star
1726 posts
Aug 26, 2008
8:42 AM
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Kel, use a brake line tubing about couple of feet long. It will give you a great aim. You can purchase that from any car parts store.
Jay
Last Edited by on Aug 26, 2008 8:42 AM
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J_Star
1727 posts
Aug 26, 2008
8:46 AM
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Hay Crazy (lol), your birds are not ready to take off just yet. When they are ready, they will go.
However, have you tried to worm them. It is possible that they have worms which is causing them to have sourness in the wing joints and it is painfull.
Jay
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pigeoncrazy
40 posts
Aug 27, 2008
12:34 PM
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Otis, that's a brilliant idea and will definitely not risk breaking the neighbor's attic window. Thanks!!!
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Snake Doctor
304 posts
Aug 27, 2008
12:48 PM
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Karen,
I haven't had that problem for a while but when I did a paint ball gun will reach the top of the tallest pine. I like the balloon idea, Otis, I'm gonna file that one back.
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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sippi
497 posts
Aug 27, 2008
5:05 PM
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I have a bottle of helium so I will try that one. Going through South Carolina in a couple of weeks so I think I will get some bottle rockets and fire them through a pipe. Since I live in the jungle and it is really wet I wont have a problem.
sippi
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pigeoncrazy
41 posts
Aug 31, 2008
6:55 PM
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Otis Snake Dr. & Sippi - I tried the helium balloons tonight and it worked great for scaring them off the neighbors' rooftops, as well as out of the trees.
The balloons are a little hard to control and I looked like a complete fool running around with them, lol. But hey it really did the trick!! I think in a couple more days they will learn to stay in the air.
Sadly though - two of my young birds got spooked by a hawk & didn't come back this evening. I know one of them is in a tree in the yard. Not sure where the other one went but I really, really hope they both come back tomorrow. I only have 8 birds and one of them I already pulled from the kit for misbehaving.
Last Edited by on Aug 31, 2008 6:56 PM
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PR_rollers
1540 posts
Aug 31, 2008
8:04 PM
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pigeoncrazy,Glad you got your birds down with the balloons.and don't worry about looking like a fool with them just tell the neighbors its your birds birthday ,,lol...
Sorry to hear about your 2 birds hope you get them back..good luck..
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Ralph
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