Dealing with a single pigeon can be a very
tiresome task since it is scared and will run
away from anything that moves. In addition, it
might be in an unfamiliar territory and thus
cannot plan its escape quickly. While this seems
to increase your chances of catching it, it
makes it even more difficult. This is because
you cannot predict what its next move will be
and its haphazard movement in the enclosed space
could leave very many things damage.
What do you do when you are faced with such a
situation?
Switch on the light
This is the first thing that you should do since
there is no way that you can hunt in the dark.
Furthermore, the pigeon can see better than you
in the dark and this means that without the
light, you do not stand a chance against it.
Try not to scare it
Many people pick up clothes and cushions from
their chairs and try to throw them at the
helpless bird. If you do this, you make it more
frightened and this makes it even harder for it
to stick on one spot. Just move slowly if you
have to.
Close all doors that lead to the interior of the
house
If you are in the kitchen, you should try to
close all the doors that can lead the bird
further into the house. This will mean that the
bird cannot fly further into the house’s
interior as this would make it harder to track
it and also increase its room of movement. If
you are in a room with access to the outside,
like a window or a door, you should open it.
In the case that you are in a room that has
tightly grilled windows or with no access to the
outside, you should try to open a door that
reads to a room with outside access. If you are
in the store, and the grills on the walls leave
so narrow spaces that the bird cannot fly
through them, then you should open the door to
the kitchen or to another room with access to
the outside.
Lead the Bird Outside
If there is a window or a door that has outside
access and it is open, then you should try to
scare the bird towards that direction and it
will fly right out, especially if it is during
the day. If you have to lead it to another room
first, then do it and shut the door behind you,
then repeat the above steps appropriately.
It is imperative to note that cats and pigeons
are not the best of friends. This means that if
you have a cat, it will come running into the
room and start chasing the pigeon. While it may
catch it eventually, the loss of damage might be
massive and you may also have to deal with a few
bloodstains. If you have a cat, make sure that
it doesn’t get into the same room with the bird.
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