In a long round about way I had a similar experience.
I had a piece of my house blow off from some high winds one day, it covered up part of the bottom side of the rafters that covers my front porch, about 3 months later some pigeons moved in. I didn’t think much of it. Figured they would lay eggs and move on. Boy was I wrong.... they took over. Another 6 months go by, and I have a new born (days old) and a very hormonal wife. I walk in the living room and my wife is sitting there crying. Just balling her eyes out. She says a pigeon fell from the next and broke its leg. I look out the window and sure as s***, there’s a pigeon, two broke legs and it’s fluttering around while it’s pigeon friends are sitting next to it watching. So I think we’ll i know pigeons have diseases and being that we have a new born I don’t want any part of this... I posted on the community website and a nice girl came and picked up the pigeon to bring it to the vet. I assume they put it down. No sense in reviving a pigeon. 1 week later. My wife is in our bedroom and hears fluttering at the window. Pulls back the curtain and the pigeon is sticking its head through the cracked window!!! I had the screens out for an ac machine... that was the last straw. I pulled all the vinyl siding off the covered porch and all the vinyl bottom pieces. There was still one pigeon that just would not leave. I had to push it out with a broom. Once I had him out, I pushed him into the driveway and into some shade under my Silverado. Scooped up about ten pounds of pigeon s***, filled a weed sprayer with a gallon of bleach and the rest water. Went to town on the rafters down the front porch. Did that twice. Let it dry. Pressure washed everything. Noticed that after awhile the pigeon was gone. Figured it got the point and flew off.
About a week goes by, I notice at work there’s some pigeon s*** under my truck underneath the spare tire. I think that’s weird and go on with my business. A day goes by and I head out to work a see about ten pigeon s***s under my truck on the street. Same place, under the spare tire. I get a closer look, and there it was, a pigeon sitting on top of my spare tire and under my bed.... at this point I’ve put about 150 miles on my truck. That little guy must of had a scary ride for awhile...
Still to this day pigeons try to get back into the rafters but I’ve blocked it off with wood.
I had a piece of my house blow off from some high winds one day, it covered up part of the bottom side of the rafters that covers my front porch, about 3 months later some pigeons moved in. I didn’t think much of it. Figured they would lay eggs and move on. Boy was I wrong.... they took over. Another 6 months go by, and I have a new born (days old) and a very hormonal wife. I walk in the living room and my wife is sitting there crying. Just balling her eyes out. She says a pigeon fell from the next and broke its leg. I look out the window and sure as s***, there’s a pigeon, two broke legs and it’s fluttering around while it’s pigeon friends are sitting next to it watching. So I think we’ll i know pigeons have diseases and being that we have a new born I don’t want any part of this... I posted on the community website and a nice girl came and picked up the pigeon to bring it to the vet. I assume they put it down. No sense in reviving a pigeon. 1 week later. My wife is in our bedroom and hears fluttering at the window. Pulls back the curtain and the pigeon is sticking its head through the cracked window!!! I had the screens out for an ac machine... that was the last straw. I pulled all the vinyl siding off the covered porch and all the vinyl bottom pieces. There was still one pigeon that just would not leave. I had to push it out with a broom. Once I had him out, I pushed him into the driveway and into some shade under my Silverado. Scooped up about ten pounds of pigeon s***, filled a weed sprayer with a gallon of bleach and the rest water. Went to town on the rafters down the front porch. Did that twice. Let it dry. Pressure washed everything. Noticed that after awhile the pigeon was gone. Figured it got the point and flew off.
About a week goes by, I notice at work there’s some pigeon s*** under my truck underneath the spare tire. I think that’s weird and go on with my business. A day goes by and I head out to work a see about ten pigeon s***s under my truck on the street. Same place, under the spare tire. I get a closer look, and there it was, a pigeon sitting on top of my spare tire and under my bed.... at this point I’ve put about 150 miles on my truck. That little guy must of had a scary ride for awhile...
Still to this day pigeons try to get back into the rafters but I’ve blocked it off with wood.
