Birds with one foot.

kneemos

What's the deal with birds missing a foot?
Seen several with a stump where a foot should be.

Duckworth_Luas

Ask Paul McCartney.

discobeaker

I once seen a pigeon in bus aras with one leg. It looked like he had formed a second leg using a cigarette butt

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

There are four main causes.

Deformity
Predators
Tangling - In the likes of fishing line, that stops blood flow and causes amputation
Injury by catching the leg in a niche, mouse traps etc.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Diabetes

buried

Cats gonna Cat

wakka12

Would cats and other predators really just bite the foot clean off and the pigeon manages to get away? That seems unlikely, that theyd get away once caught, or that their foot would come clean off without having a lot of injuries to the rest of the body which would kill them. And their feet are so tiny with short legs, a cat would surely lunge at the breast/wing area and not one titchy claw

Charlie19

The Flamingo is just an exhibitionist that likes to show off their balancing skills.

corner of hells

Ezekiel Prickly Twilight wrote: »

There are four main causes.

Deformity
Predators
Tangling - In the likes of fishing line, that stops blood flow and causes amputation
Injury by catching the leg in a niche, mouse traps etc.

Sir ,
Normally you're a fine poster but this time you're wrong.

Pigeons lose legs from a fungal infection or a type of mite that causes legs to rot or decay.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

wakka12 wrote: »

Would cats and other predators really just bite the foot clean off and the pigeon manages to get away? That seems unlikely, that theyd get away once caught, or that their foot would come clean off without having a lot of injuries to the rest of the body which would kill them. And their feet are so tiny with short legs, a cat would surely lunge at the breast/wing area and not one titchy claw

Cats in particular will snap at a bird taking flight and many bite a leg, which breaks.

Jimmy Dags

Birds with tits or birds who fly?

buried

wakka12 wrote: »

Would cats and other predators really just bite the foot clean off and the pigeon manages to get away? That seems unlikely, that theyd get away once caught, or that their foot would come clean off without having a lot of injuries to the rest of the body which would kill them. And their feet are so tiny with short legs, a cat would surely lunge at the breast/wing area and not one titchy claw

I got a bastard tuxedo Cat and the little $hitbag likes nothing better to stalk out the poor birds. When she manages to capture one of the poor ****ers she wont eat the poor thing, she'll play with it, leave it for a few seconds so she can catch it again, but they mostly get away. But the damage has been done. Damaging their wings or more than likely their poor legs. She doesn't do it as often now, not in front of me anyways, but they are going to do it, just their nature

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

corner of hells wrote: »

Sir ,
Normally you're a fine poster but this time you're wrong.

Pigeons lose legs from a fungal infection or a type of mite that causes legs to rot or decay.

I was referring to wild birds,not feral pigeons. The OP never mentioned feral pigeons.

Cupcake_Crisis

I lost mine in the great stiletto incident of 09. It was a dark day.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jimmy Dags wrote: »

Birds with tits or birds who fly?

Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Marsh Tits, Bearded Tits.....

corner of hells

Ezekiel Prickly Twilight wrote: »

I was referring to wild birds,not feral pigeons. The OP never mentioned feral pigeons.

That's ok , I forgive you .

McMurphy

Last bird I seen with one foot was Rupaul.

Roger Hassenforder

FFS
theyre only standing on one leg, keeping the other tucked up warm.

tara73

corner of hells wrote: »

Sir ,
Normally you're a fine poster but this time you're wrong.

Pigeons lose legs from a fungal infection or a type of mite that causes legs to rot or decay.

funnily enough, I always wondered about this too because you see pigeons with lost feets a lot and I found it always disturbing and the poor birds.

I also thought it must be some kind of illness and not predators causing this. Do you have a back up or link for the fungal infection theory, couldn't find anything on the web...

Your Face

Its a well known scam.

Lorelli!

Not a bird but one of my neighbours owns this small happy scraggy looking dog and he got out a few weeks ago.

He is missing one of his back legs but he was legging it around like there was no tomorrow. I didnt even notice until he went to mark his territory against a tree. I was surprised that he still lifts the one back leg he has left to do it!! I thought fair play to him.

greenspurs

Jimmy Dags wrote: »

Birds with tits or birds who fly?

But there are tits that are birds , that fly too .......

johnayo

I thought this was going to about copperfacejacks😪

Roger Hassenforder

johnayo wrote: »

I thought this was going to about copperfacejacks😪

that's the 'legless birds' thread you're looking for.

Ezekiel Prickly Twilight

Ezekiel Prickly Twilight wrote: »

There are four main causes.

Deformity
Predators
Tangling - In the likes of fishing line, that stops blood flow and causes amputation
Injury by catching the leg in a niche, mouse traps etc.

Hungry commuters in Connolly trying to catch them? I've seen a few pigeons in there missing legs.

Esel

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Hungry commuters in Connolly trying to catch them? I've seen a few pigeons in there missing legs.

Gicknaws.

Capt'n Midnight

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Diabetes

That's because of all the junk food pigeons eat.

Cee-Jay-Cee

We have a 3 legged cat.

Vincent Vega

This just got mentioned on Late Late show.

Tefral

I think its because they stand in their own **** and that rots their feet.

Kuva

The green netting that comes on the fat balls, you should take it off and wherever you feed them - don't stick to the one spot cuz the turds build up, move feeders around or if over stones hose the place down sometimes.

Tuco88

Landmines! More specially the German Schu-mine 42 (Shoe-mine), also known as the Schützenmine 42.

Fecking crafty Germans with their wooden mines. De legging our birds when will the maddness stop...

Capt'n Midnight

Kuva wrote: »

The green netting that comes on the fat balls, you should take it off and wherever you feed them - don't stick to the one spot cuz the turds build up, move feeders around or if over stones hose the place down sometimes.

But there's a fortune to be made in guano.