Every year hordes of pigeons deface hundreds of millions of dollars worth of otherwise beautiful buildings and other valuable structures.  Their noise, mess, and health hazards are a decided menace to certain parts of our environment.

This year, an estimated 150,000 Americans will contract the common cold or flu-like disease, histoplasmosis.  The blame can be placed directly on the fungus bearing droppings associated with infestations of pigeons.  Skin tests by the National Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta indicate that more than 30-million living Americans have had the disease.  A closely related serious disease, cryptococcosis, also stems from the droppings of pigeons.   Salmonella Typhimurium, the most frequent cause of Salmonella poisoning in man, is also present on one pigeon of every 50 studied by the Public Health Service.

Mites found on pigeons will infest upholstered furniture, bedding and even humans.  In storage warehouses, pigeons will cause severe damage to equipment and materials.  Utility companies report heavy damage to circuits and equipment.   Communities report water and food contamination.

The pigeon is familiar to everyone throughout the United States.  Pigeons subsist on garbage, various grains and/or other food materials provided for them intentionally or unintentionally. The average adult pigeon consumes about one pound of food per week

Eight to twelve days after mating the female lays one or two eggs.  Approximately eighteen days later the eggs hatch.  The young leave the nest in four to six weeks.  More eggs are laid before the young leave the nest.  Breeding occurs during all seasons but peak reproduction is in the spring and fall.  Wild pigeons can live for up to fifteen years, however in an urban environment few live for more than four years.  Pigeons are creatures of habit and tend to feed, nest, and roost in the same places routinely.

The key to pigeon control is to break their feeding and roosting habits.   All freightening devices such as rubber snakes, ceramic owls, balloons, etc. fail to accomplish this on a long-term basis.  While short term relocation may occur the pigeons soon become accustomed to these items and quickly return.  An Avicide, which is a flock reactant, must be employed in order to accomplish long term dispersal of a pigeon population.

Pigeon control costs will vary with the size and shape of the structure, and of course the size of the pigeon population present.  Average price ranges would be from $185.00 to $600.00 for the initial corrective service, and from $55.00 to $185.00 for monthly maintenance.  Results are guaranteed so long as control programs are in place.   Call our office today for a no obligation price quotation.  The cost of the treatment is usually less than the continuing cleaning costs associated with roosting pigeons.