Pigeon Rescue Melbourne

Squidge is looking for a home 🏡

Meet Squidge 🕊️
Squidge is a gentle, soulful little companion with a love for calm energy and beautiful sounds. She adores new age music Enya and Enigma are favourites and will loaf near the speaker, pecking at it when the song ends or softly cooing along to the ones she likes.

Shy but deeply social, Squidge wants to be near you without being rushed. She’s happiest watching you cook, loafing nearby during TV time, or observing from a high perch where she can quietly bond at her own pace. She responds warmly to voices, greeting you with morning coos and sometimes singing happily while she eats.

Highly treat-motivated, Squidge will gently take food from your fingers and is learning to step confidently onto hands especially if sunflower seeds are involved. (She loves them so much her feathers tremble with excitement!) Once perched on you, she’s calm, trusting, and content to preen and relax.

Though sensitive and a little skittish, Squidge is incredibly affectionate on her terms. She enjoys marching along chair backs at eye level to preen you or attempt to nest in your hair, loafs on windowsills like a cat to watch the world go by, and forgives brief handling after a few minutes.

Curious but cautious, she approaches new experiences slowly and thoughtfully, taking time afterward to settle and ground herself.

Squidge has been DNA tested and confirmed female. She isn’t suited to free flight, but would thrive in a secure indoor home, predator proof outdoor aviary, or safe indoor/outdoor setup. She would be most happy with a partner or in a flock environment.

Apply for adoption using the form below 👇
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefXVUJLWe3v_M-ZJwjfLEu4g9skQTiMHXGaTzngJG6lnP5tQ/viewform?usp=header

IMPORTANT
CLOSED FOR INTAKES

Pigeon Rescue Melbourne will be closed for all intakes from the 3rd of January til the 1st of February.
This is to let us focus on the already overflowing number of birds already in care, work with more foster carers and adopters.

If you find a bird needing assistance please reach out to these groups:
-Pigeon Rescue Contacts Australia Wild(Facebook group)
-Doves and Pigeons Australia(Facebook group)
-Freckle's Fellowship Pigeon Rescue(Rescue)
-Peanut's Pigeon Project(Rescue Ballarat area only)
-Lost & Found Racing Pigeons Victoria(For tagged birds)

All information including links to forms for adoption and foster caring applications can be found in the below Linktree 🔗

Adoption, Foster and donation information:
https://shorturl.at/DoKKS

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.

Footy is looking for a home 🏡

You ever look at man on bumble and think “I can fix him?”

Hold up. We have a pigeon that’ll fulfil that need, but cost you significantly less in therapy.

Meet Footy.

He is:�- Missing a leg�- Half-scalped�- Mildly traumatised

Unlike your tinder fling, Footy won’t make you listen to a 3 hour monologue about the podcast he’s definitely starting. All Footy wants is a safe, indoor home with a person who has the time, patience, and love to help him regain his confidence.

Can you be that person?

If you want to add this special little guy to your family, apply for adoption using the form below 👇
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefXVUJLWe3v_M-ZJwjfLEu4g9skQTiMHXGaTzngJG6lnP5tQ/viewform?usp=header

Goth Queen is looking for a home 🏡

Appropriately named? Maybe not, this lovely bird is suspiciously male in behaviour and isn't afraid to show off with a fanned tail and a peep in his step.
A near pure white pigeon with the faintest if black cheek patches, Goth queen is sure to stand out in a crowd.

Could Goth Queen be your next flock friend? Apply for adoption using the form below 👇
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefXVUJLWe3v_M-ZJwjfLEu4g9skQTiMHXGaTzngJG6lnP5tQ/viewform?usp=header