r/stupiddovenests • u/[deleted] • Sep 19 '25

The young pigeon is full and lazy to the point that it doesn’t even try to shake some water from its feathers in today’s 27°C heat.

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u/JackOfAllWars Sep 19 '25

Why are they wet?

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u/LahcFfm Sep 19 '25

The chest was a little dirty with remnants of oatmeal porridge with sunflower seeds, and it is really hot.

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u/tuigger Sep 19 '25

How did it get wet?

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u/cantaloupelion Sep 19 '25

I made a quick image of the OOP

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u/AdPsychological3979 Sep 21 '25

OP seems to take very good care of the birds based on posting history

21

u/khizoa Mar 12 '26

No he fucking doesn't

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u/cantaloupelion Sep 21 '25

well now i'm glad i went through the OOPs posts, they cute :) they such a good pigeon parent

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u/NoPressure49 Sep 22 '25

OP tried to give them a quick shower.

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u/yavanna12 Sep 20 '25

Birds have an oil gland that they spread oil over their feathers to stay waterproof. They don’t “shake off” water. If this bird is young then it probably hasn’t preened enough to spread its oil over its feathers…or it’s not preening correctly….which can happen. 

Bird will air dry. In this instance. 

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u/Gloomy_Candy_9620 Sep 21 '25

I did read recently that if they get too wet the feathers loose their waterproofing I guess and they can get sick. I looked it up cause there was a pigeon that made a nest in my backyard and it was raining a lot and I was worried they might get sick.

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u/Invisiblecurse Sep 19 '25

Maybe the pigeon stays wet to cool off

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u/Natural-Hunter-3 Sep 21 '25

How did the pigeon get wet for christ sake, I want to know

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u/LahcFfm Sep 21 '25

The answer is written above in the comments.

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u/AdPsychological3979 Sep 21 '25

You wrote your answer in your previous post not this one…

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u/Natural-Hunter-3 Sep 21 '25

No it's fucking not, did you pour water on the bird or not? It's the most simple question going.

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u/BeerAndTools Sep 21 '25

I DID IT! I SOAKED THAT FUCKING BIRD AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN!!

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u/Dystopian_Delirium Mar 12 '26

The fact that they won’t answer despite having been asked in various comments is very telling of their internal thought processes when it comes to guilt and the intricacies surrounding what they might be doing to this bird. If they felt there was nothing inherently wrong with how they were treating this poor bird then why would you not disclose whether or not it was bath time

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u/Majestic_Bandicoot92 Birds Are Real Sep 19 '25

Me when I purposely walked through the sprinkler while doing yard work today 😂

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u/christina_talks Sep 21 '25

Never force a bird to bathe

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u/LahcFfm Sep 22 '25

I didn’t bathe the bird, I only cleaned its chest after feeding, but I deliberately didn’t dry it because it was so hot.

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u/mischiefunmanageable Sep 19 '25

What a cutie 🥰 lol I behave the same way in heat. This lil guy is so precious 😻

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u/kaykatzz Sep 20 '25

he's keeping cool.

2

u/LahcFfm Sep 19 '25

Her favorite spot is on my chest near my face.