I came home a couple hours ago from work and found one of my White Winged Doves had passed. His name was Gnocchi. I named him this because when I first rescued him as a baby, he took a little longer to get used to me feeding him crop milk formula, as compared to my other dove who caught on quick. When I'd try to feed him he would do this dramatic head wiggle thing away from my hand that was very noodle like. So I thought I'd name him a noodle name. But he also looked like a potato. So Gnocchi he became.

Hes only 2 years old, at most. I'm not sure what happened. No outward signs of trauma. It looked like he loafed at the floor of his cage and just died there. I don't know.

I recently had to separate him from my other, Stevie, cuz of bullying (Gnocchi was bullying Stevie, who still has a big bald patch where feathers were pulled out). This was over a month ago. So now I'm paranoid over Stevie and watching his/her every move...

No clue what happened. After a really sh!tty day in general where everything wanted to go wrong, this was the rotten cherry on top...

sorry for the terrible picture. was wondering if anyone could guess baby's age based on the feathers. this photo is from today, my mom found the baby on thursday while i was on vacation, but we dont know when it hatched. any advice also appreciated. (baby is to the right of the adult dove btw. that's dad.)

Are all doves this sweet?! We just got Cookie this week and she(?) is an absolute sweetheart angel bird. So gentle and calm and curious. She’s still a bit nervous, but I’m excited to see how her personality comes out as she gets more settled.

And she does this little honk after she coos. It might just be the cutest thing I’ve ever heard.

I have this dove and it is about 4 months old, how to know the gender?

What fruit would be good for diamond doves?

Hey everyone! I just purchased a diaper for my Ringneck dove from Fanzy pants & when I tried it on him he had a hard time flying and kind of stumbled around. Has anyone had this issue?

I've always wondered why whenever he sees something he's intimidated by, he tends to tilt his head down and look straight on. It kinda looks like a frown but I don't know if it's intentional 🤷

Does anyone have tags on their doves? How can you tell if they may be too tight? I can’t tell if mine is just getting used to it or it’s too tight.

I found an egg on the ground and I decided to incubate it. I expected it to be a bird that I would just feed insects or dog food, but today it hatched into a baby dove. I know that they are fed crop milk for the first 3-ish days but I don't know how to replicate it. Any tips or recipes for Pigeon milk?

I'm curious about it 🫣

I was in a farmers market today and they had a bird store. there was only one dove in the entire store and it was so calm and quiet. I wanted to take him home so bad but wanted to do a little more research. are they affectionate? do they like to be held? are they noisy? are they easy to care for? I've never had a bird and I'm curious. any advice or experiences to share?

I needed to come here and share this because it feels like nobody understands how heartbreaking these things things are until they've actually owned a dove.

So I was scrolling on tiktok and came across a video that a mutual had reposted of some kid (user:masonsmith67) with what looked like a fledgling collared dove on his lap. It then cut to a clip of him chasing it with the camera, to the point that it got scared and flew into a wall. It fell about five foot to the floor, and the kid didn't even flinch.

I checked his account to see the next video was some gif of a pidgeon with the text "big bird ball lover passed away the next day after he hit the wall, rip big booty lover" so yeah, future psychopath in the making.

It hurt even more because at first I saw the poor thing and immediately commented all excited how I have one too and love them so much, then rewatched the video and realised he'd essentially murdered it :/

hello guys, I've had one of my doves for a month and a half now, and the other for a couple of weeks. I'm having trouble connecting with them. My first dove, Miffy, used to be more interested in spending time with me, she would like to be in my vicinity even if she wasnt actually standing on me, but now that i have my new dove BMO, she isnt interested in being around me as much. similarly, BMO was pretty sweet and would perch on my fingers and enjoy being pet, sometimes he would even land on my head, but i feel like as the 2 started to bond, theyre not interested in me at all. it has even started to become a struggle getting them into their cage at night, i used to just have them perch on my fingers then bring them to their cage, but now i have to grab them as if i try to carry them to their cage on my fingers they fly away and act bratty lol. i started trying to feed them seeds from my hand, which was successful with miffy yesterday, but i honestly want more of a companionship with them. id like to be able to pet them and stuff. is it too early on for a relationship yet, or are they not going to be interested in me now that they have each other? what sorts of things can i do to bond with them?

Hey all! I just saw my female dove jump on top of my male multiple times and sort of chase him around while bobbing her head. She’s laid eggs so I know she’s a female (unless it really is switched and I got it wrong) …. Does anyone have any thoughts?