Best way to get rid of pigeons

keith


Joined: 03/04/2007
Posts: 272

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 20:44

Does anyone have any ideas a part from a shot gun to get rid of pigeons from our site they are a big problem anyone else had the problem and solved it.



Cheers Keith

sweep


Joined: 11/10/2007
Posts: 241

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 20:46

birds of prey are ideal they use them a lot in blighty in areas were they cannot use rifles (trained ones that is)

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 20:48

Net them then eat them, pigeon pie, delicious!



Richard

gingernut



Joined: 30/08/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 20:58

i brought a big plastic owl from england and put it on the roof as it is supposed to scare them off but they sit on its head

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 21:08

Msg 4

That wasn't the owl Hans has just rescued? It must have come to life!



Richard

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 21:12

Get yourself a catapult from Mr. Pound, that will do the trick.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 21:19

Better still, borrow my bazooka!



Richard

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
25/03/2010 22:29

Try the local council for advice also in the local paper their is an advert from a company which use spikes which help deter pigeons .!!!

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 07:47

We put up the spikes and they made a nest in them

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 09:02

i could sing to them that would move them on

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 09:05

Msg 6 he would have to be a good shot as he lives in Hull )

mersin10



Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 94

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 09:10

someone must be feeding them, pigeons breed year round if there is food available.

compass


Joined: 27/02/2009
Posts: 208

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 09:35

Mersin10



They certainly do get fed, every day in town centre and down by the water front in particular.



Then about an hour or so before dusk they arrive back with us to settle onto the roofs for the night, after they have a drink from the pool of course.



They always leave a little something for us though, how thoughtful of them............Dirty Bast***s!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Compass

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 10:02

So has any one had the spikes and forund this has helped ? other than batgirl ?

gingernut



Joined: 30/08/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 10:13

i think the spikes only work on the likes of windowcills . on a roof they will just land behind them

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 10:24

I have a plug-in thing which is used to keep insects, spiders etc away. I used to live iin a house which had lots of pigeons and once, by mistake, I switched it onto the ultra-sonic option and the pigeons went mad and all flew away!! I felt so bad about it that I never did it again!! My cats don't like the ultra-sonic either.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 10:35

I happen to know someone who happens to know a TC friend who has an air gun plus telescope for sale (400 TL).

Mertbalin



Joined: 09/07/2009
Posts: 171

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 10:44

hi,



we used to have same problem in my previous apartment, they bought a special liquid, looks like a glue, and sprayed it on the roof, near the water tanks etc, it really worked.



they told me that they got it from the south.



good luck

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 11:15

Firstly a gun is no good. Even if you have a licence and join the hunting Federation - both prerequisites for shooting anything living - the hunting season applies to pigeons and it is finished now for this year.

It may sound stupid but the best way I have found is to blow up and pop a paper bag just as they are coming in to settle for the night. Find the right bag and you get a good loud bang and with a bit of vigilance for a week they soon find somewhere else to settle for the night. Labour intensive but it works.

millzer


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 978

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 11:28

Get the MC to extract herself from said office chair and go stand out in the grounds, that'll be enough to scare the s*** out of 'em

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
26/03/2010 15:17

We bought 2 fake wooden snakes from Mr. Pound in Girne, put them onto our rooftop terrace they work a treat.

stevie-d