Hello again

Hello again  i haven`t been on here now for a month , reason being i`ve been quite ill with pneumonia and for the last month have been in and out of hospital having x-rays and scans and blood tests ect , seen the consultant today and there is a big improvement but he still wants me to go back in next week to have some bits taken off me for biopsy   
I havent been anywhere near my pigeons untill today and i wore a mask  , my son has been looking after them for me , i don`t have many as i am only just starting up and was gutted to think that the pigeons might be the cause of my illness , i asked the consultant today if it could be the birds and he said a big NO    and i don`t have to get rid of them
so as you can imagine i was very happy and as soon as i got home i went to see them and they were looking good ,the last time i seen them they were still moulting.
However all this has got me thinking now about pigeon lung ect and i am going to wear a mask at least most of the time when scraping out ect
just glad i can keep my pigeons:D     

Cheers andy:cheers:  

sorry to hear of your health issues andy and I hope they get resolved very soon ....yes we should all wear a mask in the loft but many of us don't ,glad to hear you can still keep the pigeons atb to you

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear of your health issues andy and I hope they get resolved very soon ....yes we should all wear a mask in the loft but many of us don't ,glad to hear you can still keep the pigeons atb to you

Cheers Darren , yes mate i agree about the wearing of masks , this type of illness makes you feel like crap i have never felt so ill , just glad to hear it off the doc today that it wasn`t the birds that made me ill, he said it was a normal pneumonia but still wants to do a biopsy to rule out other nasty things.

Cheers andy.

sorry to hear you've been so ill mate brilliant news you can keep the birds

Rene A wrote:

sorry to hear you've been so ill mate brilliant news you can keep the birds

Yes it is "Brilliant news". Re Andy & his health    & the pigeons also. S**t happens in life, as we all know & I'm just glad for you Andy your getting on top of your problems/issues etc.
Small steps thou !!!!!!  . 

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear of your health issues andy and I hope they get resolved very soon ....yes we should all wear a mask in the loft but many of us don't ,glad to hear you can still keep the pigeons atb to you

good news you can keep the pigeons most doctors just jump on that you keep pigeons

Cheers lads , yes it is good news that i can keep my pigeons   , i was gutted at the thought of having to get rid of them , funny thing is i think my last post on here was about ventilation in a loft and two days later i could hardly breath myself   this whole episode has got me thinking again about ventilation but not just for the birds health but the fanciers health as well , i`m rethinking my loft i will be building to try and put a couple of aviarys in the design which will be great in the summer and on dry days.

ATB
andy.

a flight will be of great benefit andy I have wire doors on all of my lofts and flights apart from 1 loft which only has the wire doors ...the birds have access all day but are shut in at night  

northern monkey wrote:

Cheers lads , yes it is good news that i can keep my pigeons   , i was gutted at the thought of having to get rid of them , funny thing is i think my last post on here was about ventilation in a loft and two days later i could hardly breath myself   this whole episode has got me thinking again about ventilation but not just for the birds health but the fanciers health as well , i`m rethinking my loft i will be building to try and put a couple of aviarys in the design which will be great in the summer and on dry days.

ATB
andy.

Avairy's are good Andy "Fresh air & sun" Both cheap    so you should bottle them both if you can  . Concrete floor if on the ground or if raised etc I would use metal grills type of thing for the base. Either way        I think they are worth there weight in gold.