Hi everyone! What does it mean when your dove stretches out its wing? my girl has been doing it a lot the last few days. We went to the vet today and the vet didn’t really have much to say about it, to be honest I didn’t really like her. Her other vet who retired was a lot better 🥹

Hello! Apologies, first time poster here! I’ve been following this Reddit for a bit as I enjoyed seeing you all’s dovey tales. However, as my own one year dove, Pichi’s, behaviour concerned me recently, I thought I would step up and try asking you all for an opinion/advice. (Disclaimer: I still consider myself a noob birdo parent. Long time cat owner, my first experience with a bird has started with Pichi last year!)

So, a few days back my dove started this adorable action of ‘bugging out’ and twirling in the same space. Found it cute at that time and recorded it, but having seen her repeat it a lot more in the past few days, I started wondering if I should be worrying over this adorably confused seeming twirls. So my question here is, is this normal for doves, or…. ought I be getting worried and be considering it as some warning sign for an underlying problem?

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I just tested positive for Covid and I'm afraid I could give it to my pigeon and dove. What safety measurement can I put to avoid transferring Covid to my birds?

My dove is relatively young (although we are unsure of how old she is exactly and whether or not it is even a she). However, lately we’ve been having the trouble of putting her to bed. She has free range of my house completely and since we’ve gotten her she usually decides “alright I’m done here” and flies into her cage to rest which signals me to put the cover over her cage. Lately, however, she hasn’t. In fact, she’s gotten more energetic as the night goes on and will often get antsy and start pitter pattering all along the floor of her cage once we do put her in.

How do I make her cage more comfortable? Is there a reason for the sudden change? What time do your doves usually start “sleeping”?

I'm planning on getting some doves soon. I have this spare bird cage I used for some parakeets but i was wondering if it would work for 2 or more doves? Roughly how many doves could I have in my 27.5x20.5x31 cage? Im planning on having them out of the cage for at lease half the day or more. Any help will be appreciated!!

was wondering if yall could show your doves setups for inspiration :) Olive and Prince for tax

While I was walking on the street, I saw one bird attacking another one, the victim was smaller and crying shyly, I fended off the attacker and got a hold of the little one. It seems to me the poor baby had already giving up since it didn't try to flee when I grabbed it.

I brought it home but I know nothing about taking care of doves. I set a shoebox up with water, food and a sort of bed/nest made out of natural fibers. The food is a piece of banana, granola and other small seeds, I crushed them a bit with my fingers so its easier for it to swallow.

So far its been sleeping. It doesn't eat on its own, I interrupted its sleep to put a bit of banana on my finger and it seemed to like it, then I also sprinkled in crushed seeds and vegan protein powder (we are working on its revenge).

It seems to be ok after the attack and not bleeding (visibly at least). I was afraid maybe its eyes were damaged or something but all seems good. So far it has tried to fly only once (not enough room for that here), later we buddied up and has been chill ever since.

What should I do to take care of it? I leave home for most of the day, I'm going to let it roam free in my room with my windows closed but I don't know if I should release it. Please share with me some advice.

Bonus: Why do birds of the same species attack young birds?

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My Thumbelina adores everything soft and cushioned. She loves to sleep on me in bed and I was hoping to give her something comfy to sleep in her aviary when I'm not there or at night.

I was wondering if some of you have used similar things? -Hanging hammocks for rats/ferrets for exemple. I was planning on spreading out to make it flatter and more flat. -Bed (For guinea pig or other, like tiny dog bed) on a shelf. Maybe I would use velcro to keep it from falling.

• Other ideas??

I'm aware it would have to be cleaned often, but is there any health risk to using beds for your dove?

My diamond doves have a soft padded large flat nest they love to cuddle in, but Thumbelina is much more of a princess and would need more cushioning !

I've seen some other posts on here about buying their birds a heat lamp for the winter and I wanted to know if it'd help them. My house is about 65f at night and I feel like that might be a little cold.

photo for bird tax. he has only taken a proper bath once, when he followed me to the shower. since then however much I try, he doesn't want to bathe except sometimes pecking at his water bowl and splashing water everywhere. also doesn't like the spray bottle.

Wanted to know what this means, because ever since he learnt to fly he's been doing this. He's generally free to fly all over my room, but I like to put him in a cage with no top at night that contains his food and water, just incase he needs it.

Despite this, every morning I wake up to him sat on the pillows behind my head, just watching. I never hear him approach, he just appears there. Then once I wake up, he hops onto my chest and loafs for an hour or two for cuddles. Anyone know why he's doing this?