Can you have a park pigeon as a pet?

Answer 1

Yes they do!

Although many people consider them unclean and pests, they make great pets for people of all ages. I have a Tame Pigeon who I raise from a two Day old chick, a Pure White Fantail called Jingles, who is a joy to own, and has allowed me to share a common intrest with some very nice people I was otherwise never have met.

Having a Pigeon as a child is great for self-esteem. A tame Pigeon will happily sit on your arm or shoulder as you walk around, will fly off when it wants, but will also always come back! To have a loyal friend who chooses to stay with you when they could just fly off is the best feeling ever.

And Pigeons are smart too! A pigeon can recognise itself in live video feeds, and in video with up to a 7 seccond delay, while a three year old human child can only do this with up to a two seccond delay. My Jingles can also press buttons on my camera and loves watching TV with me, and because he hates the sound of my Allarm clock, he wakes me up every morning only a few minutes before it goes off!

All my pigeons, both Tame and not tame, have individual characters when you get to know them. Jingles is protective but social with people, Ruby is motherly but shy, Layla is lazy and not the best mother, Nibbles is a dedicated father and is rather brave, Dakoda courts any female at every chance but will run from a fight with her mate, Ricky is nervus and seems to tip-toe around all the others. I could go on and on.

It is very relaxing tp watch your pigeon, even if it is just having a bath or gathering things for its nest (both genders do this, even when they have no mate). And the feelings you get from watching their lives just can not be described, but it is somthing that once you start, you will be almost Garenteed to keep doing it for a LONG time.

Another benifit for parents to let their children raise Pigeons, is that it is basicly almost unheard of for children who have grown up raising pigeons and continue to as Adults to engage in criminal activity as young adults, or to get into drugs or other undesirable activitys. It also encorages interaction between the older and younger generations of pigeon keepers. There are older fanciers in my pigeon club who have had very intyeresting lives and very good advice, that I would never heard if I hadnt had my intrest in Pigeons.

Answer 2

Most pigeons are kept as racing pigeons. Either way it is a nice hobby.

Answer 3

Yes a canary is a great pet; they are not too messy and they are lovable.

Answer 4

No if you get caught with one you can get a fine

You CAN have one as a pet, but you must have a permit, I believe. Pigeons have been kept as pets for hundreds of years.

Answer 5

Yes, they are good house pets. You don't have to take them for a walk. The only part is bad is that you will have to find someone you trust to take care of it when you go on vacation.

Answer 6

It Depends on the Kind of Birds you get. Birds have different personalty just like Humans do.