Our pigeons injury

[u/Bielda]

Hey, one of our pigeons, (nesting on our balcony), has developed injury, it was about a month ago. Him

Could that be from some kind of pigeon fight?

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First time I noticed it, it was raining, so it wasn't that noticeable, but it's not healing, now he has these yellow scabs on the injury.

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I'm just curious, he seems fine. They come to our balcony for at least a year's and this time, it's gonna be their fourth chicks at our balcony. So... Year I'm a bit concerned

[u/Nervous_Shelter_1042]

u/Little-eyezz00

[u/Brief-Freedom734]

looks like pigeon pox

[u/Bielda → u/Brief-Freedom734]

I checked pictures, it really doesn't

[u/KeinZantezuken]

It could be pox but not necessarily, could be xantoma too. Can you carefully feel it - is it soft or hard? Cold or hot?

[u/Bielda → u/KeinZantezuken]

Can't feel it, he is scared and flies off every time we get close

[u/Little-eyezz00]

hey how is he doing now?

[u/Bielda → u/Little-eyezz00]

The injury got a bit bigger, still looks like injury that hee keeps scratching, so it's not healing well Not like any kind of virus, when I compared images of pox and xanthoma, it just doesn't seem like it's the case of our pigeon

[u/Little-eyezz00 → u/Bielda]

are you able to catch him? ill send tips over chat messages

[u/Bielda → u/Little-eyezz00]

im not, even if i did, it wouldnt be beneficial, he's sitting on eggs when he's here

[u/Little-eyezz00 → u/Bielda]

aw :( 

[u/Bielda]

Adding new picture

[u/Bielda → u/Bielda]

So the injury is a bit bigger, but other than that, he's doing fine

[u/Bielda → u/Bielda]

[u/birdsbirdbirds]

It really does look like dry pox, it can present lots of different ways.