A fledgeling Eurasian Collared Dove was just sitting on my car last night. What was I supposed to do? Not pick it up and take it inside to be my new pet? They're invasive here so I'm not going to just let it back out. I've gotten a 30x18" cage, a natural branch perch, dove specific food and a tray full of grit sand and seed.

What else should I get to make Eclair a very happy dove?

Here’s some context behind the twins. A maintenance worker found two baby doves outside of the building in a box no nest no mother in sight it was just left out. He brought them to me since I have rescued a pigeon before (I still have the pigeon) first thing I noticed it that it’s pretty small to be 3 weeks but their feathers are grown in as if they were 3 weeks. Their crop was full so Im guessing someone took them but is now giving them up. Waited till their crop was empty but they are still refusing to eat tried the finger method, did not work. They seem weak but they are slightly able to walk. Also one of the dove is extremely agressive ( pecks really hard )I could understand since I’m just a total stranger. the other Dover is extremely quite though I haven’t ever head it cry or anything. I’m just praying that the previous ppl who had the doves didn’t do any harm to them. But I’ve been putting them in a little confinement box to keep them warm with heat they’ve slept but haven’t eat. The aggressive dove has been crying nonstop while the other one has been silent. Was thinking of using a feeding tube I need suggestions.

There is a young female ringneck dove at a local shelter that I was looking into adopting. She is oh so sweet. But after doing some research, it sounds like female doves will end up spending most of their lives laying eggs.

I’ve been reading that it’s a couple days of laying, about 3 weeks of sitting on them and then maybe a week/days off before the cycle begins again. Is this an accurate account of what I should expect with a young female dove?

I was really hoping she could be a daily companion pet as I work from home, but this constant egg laying/protecting cycle makes me think she would be better off with someone with an aviary?

I was caring for a mother and her nest, she successfully raised two squabs then came back for a second clutch. I think something happened and after three days of not seeing her I decided to candle the egg and it's alive. I have an emergency incubator going which is just a candle warmer and a coffee mug with nesting inside and it is working! My worry is I would like any an all advice on raising a squab successfully and also if anyone here has left a candle warmer on indefinitely if that's a major fire risk or not. I have supplies coming from Amazon and I will be purchasing handfeeding formula before the egg hatches but I'm still so nervous.

twice he has come to sit on my head…

I'm curious of everyone on here with pet doves. Do you feel males or females make a better pet? Any reason why one or the other?

So this is my dove when I first found him he couldn't eat by himself and couldn't fly was very cold and hungry and mostly weak but I managed to make him survive fortunately :3

So I was just chilling and eating my cake it's flavorless only plain cake then I left the plate on the table I went to get water and come back found my laughing dove was in the plate and had some of the cake so I am really worried it will cause my dove any harm so does anyone know if it will have effect or no??

So in these past few days I have been noticing that my dove's behavior is changing somehow she is a laughing dove between 3-4 months old and she was really quite and quit playful too suddenly she became kinda aggressive she keeps biting me whenever I try to approach her and she flies and follows my mom all over the house which she never did before she also started to like bowing up and down to my budgies and pants often too I found her when she was a baby dove so pls if anyone knows why she behaves like this let me know and thx!

So guys I have found my dove from 3 months ago in my school it was still a baby and had gold feathers and she was really sick and small I searched for her nest everywhere couldn't find one so I thought about taking her to a vet and yup she was sick and then it grew up under my care but this is the first dove I have ever had and idk if she is a female or he is a male and also I am not sure exactly how old is it so if anyone knows these informations pls tell me and thx!<3

So I thought I had two male doves. When I got the second dove, the owner wasn't sure of the gender, but as long as I don't have anything for them to nest in, it should be alright. Apparently not, lol.

I've had Archimedes (~9 months) since January and Ludwig (~6 months) since April. Archimedes the past week has been trying to build a nest but it was literally two pieces of hay put around Ludwig on a shallow shelf. Literally enough space for only one of them to walk it unless they made a line. And then Ludwig lays the egg in the food bowl? Is that what they see as the nest?

I'd like to keep the egg in case it is fertile, so how can I move Ludwig to an actual nest without upsetting her?

Finally, how do I prevent more eggs? There's nothing for them to nest in besides the food bowl. I don't want to move the food bowl off the ground because Ludwig has a splayed leg (She was already fully featherd when I got her, nothing much I could do). She doesn't perch on the edge of the bowl like Archimedes does, she either sits next to the bowl and eats or is in the bowl to eat if it's not topped off. So if I moved it off the ground, she'd have to sit in the bowl to eat and I don't want her to see it as a nest.

Is this normal? So the female will coo, and I guess that means "please sit on the eggs for me, I have to shit" and then the male will coo for a little bit but he won't budge.

So when he does go to the nest, she will wing flick and stand up, ready for him to take over. But he just stands there. If she takes the opportunity to leave and go poop while he's in the nest, for some reason he will immediately follow her and just perch next to her while she she makes a elephant poo. She realizes he's not on the nest and she rushes over to sit on the eggs.

I feel bad that her mate is potentially too young, how do I teach him?

First time dove owner, I’m learning new thing about how to take care of him every day, so please no hate. I’d like to know if there is anything I can do to add to his cage or change. Thank you!

Well, more updates on Johnny, he's not doing great...he's currently being housed and monitored at the hospital, but vet has informed us he might have liver problems and a bone infection in his left leg, which was causing him all of his discomfort. He's currently on opiods and antibiotics.

If possible, please help donate or share his GoFundMe...it has been a stressful two months of vet visits and it's been a very difficult time. Vet bills are piling up and I don't know what else to do. Thank you so much...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-johnny-urgent-vet-care-needed?utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash_ai&utm_content=amp9v2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

I will update soon but he most likely will be there for another two days.

My dove Pinky’s around 2 months old now and I heard an odd unfamiliar coo from the cage, it could’ve been Alley but it was higher pitch, but not a squeak either