A poorly pigeon

[Buster121]

had to dispose of my hen the going light tablet did not work

Such a shame George

[Ted]

I have a 4 year old cock he started going light and looked like he might not make it I put him in nest box and syringed him with a good product for paratyphoid for 7 days he is now back to normal I never treated this year in the winter for the first time in about ten years I will this year I hope this will help ted

[Anthony webster]

Unfortunately this pigeon died yesterday. This was 2 weeks since his last race. Although initially I thought he may have picked up something from the baskets from the last race I don’t think he did. It was a couple of days after the last race that he started to look not right. I think if it had been sickness or disease he would either have recovered or died much sooner. My feeling is that he had some sort of organ failure. It wasn’t respiratory as his breathing was fine and his throat clear. Such a shame as I did like him.

You say he returned early next morning after a hot race ,
Your pigeon had asosodosis pal it's caused through extreme exercise in heat once this happens to a horse ,dog ,pigeon there never any good afterwards, bi carb soda ,epsom salts brilliant for this but we have give dogs 3 blood transfusions took there blood again n blood count is good but they still under perform,,
Imagine nice thin blood it moves around the body easy ,Imagine blood as thick as sludge that's what there blood is like after asosdosis , normally high protein food ,not 100 percent fit and hot weather combine these 3 things together and this happens,
The pigeon is dead now but in future u see this epsom salts n bi carb in water and also in Bath water hot hand bath 4,5 days running sorts this out but they won't ever race how they really could off ok.

[Andy]

Unfortunately this pigeon died yesterday. This was 2 weeks since his last race. Although initially I thought he may have picked up something from the baskets from the last race I don’t think he did. It was a couple of days after the last race that he started to look not right. I think if it had been sickness or disease he would either have recovered or died much sooner. My feeling is that he had some sort of organ failure. It wasn’t respiratory as his breathing was fine and his throat clear. Such a shame as I did like him.

You say he returned early next morning after a hot race ,
Your pigeon had asosodosis pal it's caused through extreme exercise in heat once this happens to a horse ,dog ,pigeon there never any good afterwards, bi carb soda ,epsom salts brilliant for this but we have give dogs 3 blood transfusions took there blood again n blood count is good but they still under perform,,
Imagine nice thin blood it moves around the body easy ,Imagine blood as thick as sludge that's what there blood is like after asosdosis , normally high protein food ,not 100 percent fit and hot weather combine these 3 things together and this happens,
The pigeon is dead now but in future u see this epsom salts n bi carb in water and also in Bath water hot hand bath 4,5 days running sorts this out but they won't ever race how they really could off ok.

Thank you very much for that information Anthony.

[Trev]

I have a 4 year old cock he started going light and looked like he might not make it I put him in nest box and syringed him with a good product for paratyphoid for 7 days he is now back to normal I never treated this year in the winter for the first time in about ten years I will this year I hope this will help ted

Good to hear that your bird has recovered ok Ted, hopefully he will be ok now.

[Trev]

Unfortunately this pigeon died yesterday. This was 2 weeks since his last race. Although initially I thought he may have picked up something from the baskets from the last race I don’t think he did. It was a couple of days after the last race that he started to look not right. I think if it had been sickness or disease he would either have recovered or died much sooner. My feeling is that he had some sort of organ failure. It wasn’t respiratory as his breathing was fine and his throat clear. Such a shame as I did like him.

You say he returned early next morning after a hot race ,
Your pigeon had asosodosis pal it's caused through extreme exercise in heat once this happens to a horse ,dog ,pigeon there never any good afterwards, bi carb soda ,epsom salts brilliant for this but we have give dogs 3 blood transfusions took there blood again n blood count is good but they still under perform,,
Imagine nice thin blood it moves around the body easy ,Imagine blood as thick as sludge that's what there blood is like after asosdosis , normally high protein food ,not 100 percent fit and hot weather combine these 3 things together and this happens,
The pigeon is dead now but in future u see this epsom salts n bi carb in water and also in Bath water hot hand bath 4,5 days running sorts this out but they won't ever race how they really could off ok.

Good advice and information there Anthony, thanks for sharing.
Not something I've ever thought of in pigeons but it certainly would explain why a good and consistent pigeon suddenly stops performing after just one tough race !!!