Stagnation of lungs

Jack Prescott
(Internet Published) Apr 2001

Can you hear wheezing, piping, ruttling or audible breathing from your pigeons? If you do, I can tell you that your lofting and general management is at fault. You are probably overcrowding or perhaps your ventilation system is wrong. Either the pigeon dust level is too high or the internal air quality is so polluted that your pigeons are affected with stagnation of the lungs.

The build up of phlegm causes the audible breathing and it is a very bad sign. Therefore, see to the overcrowding, clean out the loft and improve the loft air quality. Furthermore, make sure your pigeons have access to salt and calcium. Pigeons love salt and it's an essential anyway because it is a natural disinfectant. I have entered lofts and been choked by the presence of pigeon dust and the stink of mice. Friends, you cannot keep pigeons in that kind of environment. Work needs to be done.

[Internet Published Apr 2001 at http://www.tipplers.com/jack/]