The Ramsey Loft

A small hobby aviary specializing in raising and rescuing pigeons.
Researching cognitive/social development with in the loft and integration into a human flock.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

She's developed a wet sneeze. Gargling yesterday, none today.
So we'll use the otoscope to check her nose and throat for obstruction and then see if we can turn anything up on a throat swab.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Red 8/19/26
14 Weeks Old
2 Week Quarantine
Racing Homer
Pied Ash Red Dark Check Hen
Initial PMV Vaccination Administered 8/12/26
Initial Paratyphoid Vaccination Administered 8/12/26
Reserved for adoption by Cobbles' rescuer once she's healed.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Arrived 8/5/26 too weak and severely emaciated to dip or vaccinate.
Placed on a high fat and protein recovery diet.
Weight is fluctuating, but 291g. today!
Lice dip 2 down, 1 more to go.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Cheeto 8/18/26
5th Gotcha Day
Feral
Blue dark check cock
Aprox. DOB: 3/18/21
Self Rescue
Adopted from Little Indiana Loft
Arrived 8/18/21
Failed therapy prospect.
Permanent house pet.
PMV Booster Administered 10/19/25
Paratyphoid Booster Administered 4/19/26

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

There is a tooth mark on the inside of the wing, and what looks to be a claw mark in the right breast.
I suspect this was a cat bite, by the spacing.
X-rays on the 10th confirmed that the wing is broken in 6-7 places, but that we can probably splint instead of amputation.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Cobbles 8/14/26
1 Week Quarantine
3 Years Old
Feral
Blue Check
Initial PMV Vaccine Administered 8/14/26
Initial Paratyphoid Vaccine Administered 8/14/26
Returning to the Rescuer once healed

Arrived 8/7/26 with a suspected broken left wing, too thin and weak to vaccinate.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Placed on high fat and protein recovery diet.
She's gained 62g. since arrival!
Lice dip 1 down, 2 more to go.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Red 8/12/26
13 Weeks Old
1 Week Quarantine
Racing Homer
Pied Ash Red Dark check
Initial PMV Vaccination Administered 8/12/26
Initial Paratyphoid Vaccination Administered 8/12/26

Arrived 8/5/26 too weak and severely emaciated to dip or vaccinate.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

I suspect this was a cat bite, by the spacing.

Cobbles is thin, weak, and too shocky to safely vaccinate just yet.

I'm going to put them on the high protein and fat recovery diet and will vaccinate next week.

They have an appointment with Dr. Mayer for an x-ray on the 10th.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Cobbles 8/7/26
Arrival Day
3 Years Old
Feral
Blue Check
Returning to the Rescuer once healed

Arrived 8/7/26 with a suspected broken left wing.
There is a tooth mark on the inside of the wing, and what looks to be a claw mark in the right breast.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

I'm going to put them on a high protein and fat recovery diet and give them a week to bulk back up before attempting any medications.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Red 8/5/26
Arrival Day
12 Weeks Old
Racing Homer
Pied Ash Red Dark check

Arrived 8/5/26 weak and severely emaciated.
Very low number of lice, but too weak to risk dipping or vaccines yet.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

His direction work is decent, but he will still occasionally try to launch.

He would do best in a loft, but may adapt to being a house bird, if he is allowed to bond to a human social hen.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Pants 8/4/26
5th Gotcha Day
NPA 19 8 BS 1865
Tippler
Pied grizzle Ash Red cock
Arrived 8/4/21
PMV Booster 10/19/25
Paratyphoid Booster 4/19/26
Strict Hatch Control Required
Fee: $25
Includes his harness.

Shipping is available within the continental US at the client's expense.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

He's very well crate trained and we are working on a bedtime routine.

Pants is very skittish and does not like to use the harness, but we are working on that. He's tolerant of show hold, and is fairly easy to harness, but much prefers to walk on his own than be carried.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

He is excellently crate trained, usually returning of his own volition, after it's clean.

He doesn't like harness work, but he is at least growing more tolerant of it.

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Teasel 7/31/26
Observation Period Ended
RH/PT/ODC/STRH x COF/RH/FB/GH
Pied Indigo T-Pattern
Sired by Nettle out of Suki 11/22/21
Bred by The Ramsey Loft
PMV Booster administered 10/19/25
Paratyphoid Booster administered 4/19/26

[The Ramsey Loft @DSmith40]

Teasel is a very flighty, wary bird, who will only come to sit with people while Diamond is on them.
I don't have high hopes for him attaching to anyone other than her, but wherever she goes, he will follow.