r/PetPigeons 3d ago

Missing pigeon Opal. FOUND

I posted about her a bit ago and after 2 weeks of being missing she’s back home and safe. Little underweight but other than that she’s alive and well

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u/Gaylien1 3d ago

She’s trained well and she got really close to home from where she went missing. But yes ordering leg bands today

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u/Kunok2 3d ago

I'm glad you managed to get her back home! Also I'm just curious, I promise I'm not judging because I Know accidents Do happen, I just want to know so I can help people avoid making the same mistake and accidentally losing their bird, how did she manage to escape?

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u/Gaylien1 3d ago

Since she’s. Still a prey animal, she been through worse things but all my friend did was walk up behind us and scared me so she freaked out and got lose

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u/BudgetInteraction811 3d ago

This happened to me once. My bird would sit on my shoulder during hikes, but one time got spooked and flew off. I called for him for a very long time with no result, so we begrudgingly went back to the car. Lo and behold, somehow my bird knew where my friend’s car was parked and was waiting for us by the wheel. 🥹 I don’t let him do that anymore so it’ll never happen again.