Flying rats

[Andy]

I have lived in this apartment for awhile and have never had pigeons. This year I have two lovebirds (har har) who have decided that my deck would be a great hangout. I'm hoping there won't be mini rats to follow. At first I thought it was cool as I don't mind them much. I looked at my balcony floor today and I have a fair sized balcony, and all over there is elephant dung sized pigeon poop! mg:I was thinking "ah, no biggy how bad could it possibly get..."

Ok. Aside from getting a big fake owl does anyone have any tips on how I can get rid of them? No killing. My cat is a mouser/bird muncher, but I think they are a little big. lol
I think I heard once that you could put cayan pepper or something...I don't know. Any suggestions?

 

[Cat Dancer]

OH my goodness. mg: I think the big owl is a good idea. Is that against the regulations where you live?

 

[Andy]

It's against my regulations. lol I don't want a big owl on my railing. lol

 

[Cat Dancer]

LOL. Well, I can't blame you for that. Hmm, I'm not sure.

 

[Cat Dancer]

How to Scare Away Pigeons | eHow.com

 

[Andy]

Thanks CD, there are a couple there that I may try. The fake snakes wouldn't be bad either. I guess if all else fails I am home all the time so I could just walk over and "BOO" every 20 minutes or so. lol My neighbours suspicions that I'm a little :crazy: will finally be confirmed.

 

[Banned]

Personally I think you should train them. Skinner trained pigeons to do some cool stuff. Maybe if you make them work they won't want to hang out with you anymore.

YouTube - Operant conditioning

 

[Andy]

lol I could try that but if they asked for a pay cheque they will soon figure out that apartments on this side of the street pay squat.
I did that in high school psych. I had mice though and a friend and I used a maze to train them.

 

[Cat Dancer]

Ohh, I like the making them work idea.

 

[Cat Dancer]

Or could you litter box train them or maybe put diapers on them? LOL.

 

[Andy]

I could give them little brooms to clean up their mess on my deck. lol

I could do that too. These pigeons are starting to get to high maintenance.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Or could you litter box train them or maybe put diapers on them? LOL.

YouTube - Pigeon Diaper

 

[Cat Dancer]

Oh wow. I had no idea there was such a thing. LOL. How weird is that? :lol: I'm a little freaked out.

 

[Andy]

lol Nothing surprises me anymore. At the beginning of that video it looked like the bird was corked...lol I was going to say "That's a little drastic!"

 

[Banned]

Oh ya...I can barely keep them in stock in my store (ok, just kidding).

But...there really is something for everything these days, isn't there?

I still say make them work. They'll be gone in no time.

 

[Andy]

lol I think I should just yell Boo at them every 20 minutes. I have nothing better to do, it will give my life some purpose. lol

 

[David Baxter PhD]

When my sons were young, I was living in an apartment and had pigeons. I just bought them water guns and told them it was their job to hang out and squirt the pigeons whenever they tried to alight on the balcony.

 

[Banned]

Or spray them with a water bottle...you'll be multi-tasking - keeping the pigeons away and cleaning your balcony.

 

[Andy]

That's what I need to do then. Hire the pigeons to sweep there mess up and then hire some kids to squirt them (after the pigeons have swept up of course).
Or I could get a BB gun. lol J/K

 

[Banned]

I was going to recommend little shock collars for them, but then I decided that was just wrong.