Wynn (original)(Southampton,UK) (2023) 绘画 由 Elodie M. Richard

« After releasing Pidge the Bald Neck Pigeon I really missed having a pigeon living with me so I started to look around to rescue one.
I found Wynn on a pet rehoming site. I arranged to go and see the pigeons his owner was trying to rehome.
Around 30 pigeons were being kept in a tiny shed. Wynn and a couple other babies were left on the floor to fend for themselves.
Wynn was is the worst state, he was caked in poop and so tiny. I had to get him out of there.
I took him home and cleaned him up. The previous owner had said he was able to eat for himself and he was around 4 weeks old. He couldn’t eat by himself and I’d say he was more around 2-3 week’s development wise. I hand fed him, he really become like my baby. Owning him was like a dream come true, I didn’t think anything could go wrong, I thought he would be ok now he was with me. On his third night with me Wynn seemed unwell, I sat up with him. at around 2am he had a seizure and died, this was very traumatic. His head bent completely around, all I could do was gently hold him and try to stop him hurting himself. The seizure lasted around 10-15 minutes. It broke my heart losing him.
I spoke to the man I rescued him from the next day, he said the other babies he had and the ones that had been adopted too had died. I think he knew they were unwell.
I’m glad Wynn didn’t die in the bottom of a cold shed covered in poop. He died, warm clean and loved. His death was due to the deplorable conditions he’d been kept in for the first couple of weeks of his short life. He was underdeveloped and malnourished, I think his immune system was very weak. He was kept like this because his previous owner sees pigeons as commodities, something to breed and show off but not really care about.
He wasn’t with me long but he made a big impact. He liked to nestle into my cupped hand and half close his eye so he could watch me. He was very vocal with the cutest little squeak. »

Lee lives in Southampton, UK.

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