I have a pigeon problem.

[ShinAkumax]

I live in the fourth floor in an apartment complex in downtown Calgary.The problem is that pigeons crap all over my patio and it's hella hard and disgusting to clean up. I'm running short of patience with these winged vermin. I'm one poop away from just poisoning the fuckers.

Help me out and give me ideas to deal with my problem or at least suggest an ideal humane way to kill the fuckers. - Gee Man

[SRKev]

Prrrrrrr....what happened to that boy?

[4Play]

Just kill them, there useless animals.

[ShinAkumax]

My cat keeps them away from the patio but since I'm the top floor and they are on the ceiling. The poop hits the edges to the of the patio

:annoy: :annoy: :annoy: :annoy: :annoy:


Damn pigeons.

Just kill them, there useless animals.

I'm not against that, just how to kill them it's the problem.

[ytwojay]

I'm not against that, just how to kill them it's the problem.
Leave bread out for them with alka-seltzer tablets inside.

[ShinAkumax]

How big of a bread? Like a whole loaf or a bun packed with the setzers? How many alka-setzers do I put inside?

[Asura]

When I moved into my new place early in the day there would be a group of Pigeons outside on my pattio throwing a party. Before I went to bed I sprinkled some rice out there. They came the next day ate it.. and never came back.

Pigeon + Rice + Water = :rofl:

[Bacardi]

yea bread with rat poison will do it to, then your city will have issues with birds dropping dead mid flight

[ShinAkumax]

As long as they die away from my patio, I don't care. Someone please answer my break size to poison ratio question.

[G1itch]

Buy a cover for the patio. They will carp the hell out of the cover but you can just clean that every other month or what ever.

A cover that you can install over you, get what I mean? Not some fucking cover you throw over.
Something where you can actually use the patio.

[EvilRyuX]

Well, I'd say break it up into a lot of little pieces, and then put it in the bread, so you can be sure that every bite they take, they take in some poison.

Pigeons have been crapping on our cars, patios, etc for years like they run the place. Fuck them. :arazz:

[ShinAkumax]

Buy a cover for the patio. They will carp the hell out of the cover but you can just clean that every other month or what ever.

A cover that you can install over you, get what I mean? Not some fucking cover you throw over.
Something where you can actually use the patio.

I'm not willing to put that kind of effort. It wouldn't be economical or practical in my case. Thanks for the idea anyways.

Well, I'd say break it up into a lot of little pieces, and then put it in the bread, so you can be sure that every bite they take, they take in some poison.

Pigeons have been crapping on our cars, patios, etc for years like they run the place. Fuck them. :arazz:

I was actually thinking of diluting the poison in water and then soaking the bread in the substance. What do you think?

[EvilRyuX]

I was actually thinking of diluting the poison in water and then soaking the bread in the substance. What do you think?

Well, if it could dilute to the point where the bread could soak up a lot of the poison, then by all means give it a shot. Nothing wrong with a little experimenting.

[Ninja Wallace]

Hey, pigeons are awesome. They just eat, sleep, crap and have sex. The American Dream.

[MOD]

americans don't go crapping all over random patios in packs at a time





...yet

[ShinAkumax]

After much thought, I've decided to pursue the Alka-Setser method. If I use poison I might also kill other birds and animals that might feed off the dead pigeons ( IE: my cat ). There are also the legal ramification of acting harshly without thinking.

If anyone has experience with the Setser method. Please post hints, details and ideas.

[DEMON_JIM]

B.B. Gun....

-DJ-

[ParryPerson.]

Trap them all and breed an army and become

Pigeon-Man.

[Dummy Account]

How big of a bread? Like a whole loaf or a bun packed with the setzers? How many alka-setzers do I put inside?

Slices with whole tabs of Alka seltzer per slice. If you get lucky you can take out about 4+ with a single slice. I'd leave out around 3-4 slices to test.

[arcticninja]

I guess asking your landlord or superintendent to call an exterminator is out of the question.

[ShinAkumax]

Did I tell you someone's been pissing on the elevator carpet? He has bigger concerns than pigeons.

[4Play]

You should keep us updated on the situatiom with pics too.

[ShinAkumax]

I will.

[The Mullah]

i hear introducing bicarbonate of soda to a pigeons diet can have explosive results

[4Play]

Sounds like that would make too much of a mess, especially if it happens on ShinAkumax's patio.

[Mixah]

I'm reading a book called "Pigeons", and I have a newfound respect for the vermin.

[Hyuga]

While not as entertaining as exploding pigeons in mid-flight, owls are a natural predator to pigeons. So if you bought a pair of wooden owls and just stuck them outside on your patio, that might just do the trick. It worked for my sister in Brooklyn.

[Rhio2k]

All you gotta do is sneak up behind the damn things and give them 1,000 years of pain. Wear gloves.

[Rod Driguez]

The Alka-Seltzer & bread crumb thing is cruel and unusual punishment. Below the line for me personally, as far as being humane.


A low power, non-lethal BB gun sounds like payback. But to be honest I doubt it would solve your problem. Too many birds. If a cat won't do it, I don't know what to tell you.