we don’t see doves/pigeons around my house often, if at all. this sweet thing showed up this past weekend and would constantly fly around the house almost as if he was trying to find a way in. most recently he’s gotten very comfortable in our garage and doesn’t seem interested in leaving.. i’ve looked up some info so from what I can tell there’s no tag and obviously idk yet if he’s microchipped. what should we do if he decided to stick around?

"So there is baby dove in our balcony, it fell out of the nest and for 1 week it's here and it's parents are coming regularly to feed it. But today it is behaving unusually, it keeps flipping and laying on its back. Can someone help me?" I posted this yesterday, I'm attaching a picture. Kindly help

hi! ive been interested in getting a dove for a very very very long time, and I was wanting to look at some. where could I adopt one in abq nm?

So I found an abandoned laughing dove egg that was in an abandoned nest (I used to see the mother a few days ago but she stopped coming completely) so I used the candling method to see if it was fertile and it did have veins. Unfortunately since this was unplanned all I could do was provide it with a small container and I filled it with cotton and placed it on top. I don’t have any heat mats, incubators or any special devices. What are the chances I could hatch it? I placed it in a warm spot in my house without any direct or indirect sun and now I’m sitting here wondering if there’s any chance

Hey! I’m picking up a breeding pair of ringneck doves tomorrow and while I’ve done quite a lot of research on them I’m still a bit confused on some aspects of their diet

1. Will a cockatiel seed mix be okay? Should I add anything into it, or will it be fine as is?
2. GRIT! What am I looking for in a grit?? What brands are recommended? I’m in Canada (BC) with very little options for nearby shops so I’d love to be able to find something online easier.
3. Should doves be offered fresh foods? Veggies, sprouts? Mealworms?

Any advice or resources recommendations are so appreciated

Summary: We’re having issues with the aggressive nature of our doves and need to know how to mitigate it.

Background: my mother and sister bought doves from someone. (I wasn’t neither involved nor consulted about this decision.) We were told that the female isn’t conditioned to lay eggs properly so the previous owner would swap the eggs with fake ones.

We started doing so but then stopped. Most eggs she laid ended up cracked. We would be amused with their amusing attempts at building a nest. The female would lay eggs and abandon them.

Then, something happened. The male started building a nest in earnest and we found the female in it. She wouldn’t move about like she used to. She laid eggs and sat on them. Then, lo and behold, the egg hatched with a viable baby bird. The parent doves took care of it. The baby began to grow, and we were so excited.

That is, until one day the male dove began pecking at the child’s head. The child almost went bald. So, we separated the child.

Then the parent doves began raising twins. Once the twins started sitting on their own, we got a big cage for all of them, but we had to remove the parent doves to another cage because the male dove began fighting with other doves. The twins and older child dove remained in the big cage. The twins were inseparable.

The situation remained peaceful until today, when the twins were fighting on and off most of the day. We thought they were playing until we found one dead on the bottom of the cage. The dead twin had some eye issues and didn’t make normal sounds. There is plenty of water and food.

So…what do we do? How do we stop the doves from attacking each other? Have separate cages for each of them? I also don’t know if siblings will mate and what impact that may have on offspring.

Hi there! My dove has had a pretty bad molt on his back feathers and I noticed he had a reasonable sized bump on his lower back when preening. It’s near his tail and only noticeable when he preens. I thought maybe this was an ingrown feather? No clue though. Would be nice for some input! Thank you :)

I'm thinking of naming this baby dinky. Unless you guys have name suggestions. Hes 6 days old today, I've been hand feeding him and i think hes growning nicely.

Hold birb gently like a ice cream, do not consume.

I'm raising a fledgling white winged dove right now, and it was already very tame when I got it from someone else. Probably too tame to fully release into the wild. But there is a convenient family of mourning doves in my garden. Do you think the mourning doves will be able to help my white winged dove get used to the wild if I do a soft release? Or will the fact they aren't the same species prevent it?

Just, how important is it to release rescued doves near other doves of the same species?

ETA: I would've taken it to a wildlife rehabber, but they're all really full right now cause we just had a hurricane

This guy was hanging out in a parking lot for about a week. I know they can find their way home, but since it stuck around for so long, I figured it was lost. (There’s also a huge storm coming tonight).

I have called a few rescues and an avian vet (waiting for a few to get back to me). Most don’t take doves.

I bought some millet and cockatiel food (the store didn’t have pigeon/dove feed and I read that it should be fine, but I have only fed the millet so far. The brand is Sunseed: Cockatiel & Lovebird Diet).

It has pooped, eaten millet & drank. It appears healthy and could fly a short distance. It is covered in mites & lice, though. The tag on its leg is black and only has “055” on it (no other numbers or letters).

What other steps should I take to find its home? (Should I let it go where I found it?). Is the food I bought okay for now? Thank you so much.

Hey, I am looking for advice regarding our new ring dove,

we just brought her home and I was wondering what the best technique is for her to acclimate to her new home, should I handle her often so she gets used to us or should I leave her for a couples of days in the cage before ?

Any and all other tips are welcome! Thank you !

This is kinda a continuation of my other post about the sound she made lol. The farm owner who i got it from said she's a dove, but 'dove' and 'pigeon' are both the same word in my language, so i very well could've gotten it wrong..However, she does look like a dove though? She usually has a really long and slim neck aswell. And her tails really long:)

I don't really know much about doves/pigeons, i got her almost a month ago and i admit, i hadn't really done much other research besides about the cage they need, and food they eat

I was so scared of poop but had to take the picture

I’ll be going to netherlands for three weeks and my pet dove will stay at home with my grandma. Would he miss me? I’ll FaceTime him everyday and make sure that my grandma lets him out. Also he’ll be at home so he wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. Is it okay? I’m very sad that ım leaving him.

I’m looking to get a dove (thinking of mourning dove) and there’s no place near me so my only option is to buy online. Has anyone gotten a bird from LBFS (Legit birds for Sale) and if so, how is it?

Also, when getting doves from online, how much does shipping usually cost?