Hi guys I have two ringneck doves and I think they are a couple right now and they are always cooing and breeding. I don't know what should I do because they want to make a nest on my chair lol and I don't know what kind of things should I provide them. I know about calcium and stuff like that just to keep them fine but I'm worried because I don't know how to proceed.

If you have any advice just let me know because I'm new with the ringneck doves 🥹🥹 and a pic of em just to let you meet them :D

My 4 months old collared dove occasionally throws up dry seeds and sometimes nothing comes out and it’s just aggressive gagging. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence but I notice this happens when I’m eating something and playfully offer it to her. I am only OFFERING it. When the food gets close to her she immediately throw up?? every time she throws up it’s when I get my food close to her. So far this has happened with a banana (3 times), cheese toast, even a box of juice???? I’m so confused and cant find an answer anywhere. The thrown up seeds are just dry and her poops look normal. no behavior change. please help because I’m so confused 😭😭😭

I have to keep my dove in my room at all time because of my cats in the house. I’d like some enrichment advice to help keep my bird from becoming bored. Any help is appreciated!

I was at work and I saw a dove on the ground its head was trembling. Almost like shivering but it was quaking. Any reason why? Other than that it acted normal.

As the title says, my lonely male ringneck (Lancel) has decided he's in love with our elderly cat. She's not too enthusiastic about all his attention. Does anyone have any tips for swaying his affection elsewhere?

For context he lost his mate a few years ago and chose not to adopt another. We recently moved and since we changed places, he seems to view the cat in a very new and unexpected way. She hisses and, when she's had enough, swats at him. He only has free range time when supervised, but I would love for us to get back to peaceful coexisting.

Thanks!

Now I can finally let him fly around 😂

She's the fourth baby from our surprise couple and I honestly couldn't be happier to have baby doves in the house on a semi regular basis!

My dove has been flying off balanced recently, and I noticed some primary wing feathers and tail feathers missing. This is after a molt, so I'm wondering if it's normal or not? He flies off balanced and has crashed (not seriously) a few times.

i heard beech is good but it is expensive (in my country, idk how in other countries)

here's my doves setup, is there anything I should add or remove?

cut my birds nail too much!! what do I do? he kicked and I got too close am I a bad owner how do I stop the bleeding

My family just got our first pet birds, two ringneck doves. They were a bonded pair and we think they are male and female (they haven't been sexed). They are attached the hip and absolute sweethearts but I'm a little concerned about nesting/laying eggs

Is there any way to prevent them from mating? Should I provide a place for them to nest? How can I support my girl if she does lay eggs? (I've heard it can be stressful for them)

Them having babies is not my concern as the petstore we bought them from takes fertile eggs to feed to their egg eating snakes. I'm more worried about their wellbeing. ANY help is welcome 🙏🙏🙏

Just out of curiosity LOL. I say mine smells like a muted scent of cinnamon

my boy and his lil feather boobs 😭 he really is the sweetest thing ever

Hey there!

I’m glad I found this subreddit! I have a 16 year-old albino ring neck dove, Gwen. She has been by far the easiest critter I’ve ever had. As she’s gotten older, I’ve gotten her some flat stoops to perch on, and she prefers those by far to the perching rods she’s had.

However, this means she lies in her poop a lot . She’s getting large green stains on her side. She’s always provided with a drink dish/bath with water to bathe., but that doesn’t get the stains out. I keep a scraper nearby to clean off the stoops at least once a day to try to keep her from laying in her poop, but doves make dove decisions.

How would I go about cleaning or at least lightning these deep stains? Also, on another post, I saw something about Zupreme foods? Should I add that into her diet? She’s been on a seed blend her entire life with some snacks (like shredded cheese, her favorite) and occasional additions of calcium eggshell powder stuff.

Thank you!

this is chesssquirt my ringneck dove! he's disabled and can't walk too good so he frequently steps in his poop and thus i give him a bath at least one or twice a day. after the bath he gets a little cold (i typically give him warm baths). is there a good heating pad or lamp i can get for him? Any recommendations?

i want to make sure my little guy is as cozy as possible! and i also know heat does wanders for pain (he's not in a lot of pain but i imagine the messed up femur hurts at least a little).

I have two diamond dove couples and one of the hens occasionally lays just one egg per clutch. At first, I was horrified that's she's egg-bound (it happened to her once before, due to infection), then I thought she just broke one by accident but it keeps happening and I was never able to find any broken eggs. She's 3 years old and looks completely fine, in fact, she is the chonkiest in the flock and her eggs are larger than the other hen's. Is this common?

I have quite a few questions. I’ve had Marble since early 2017. After 2ish years she’s been fully bonded to me.

I feel bad cuz I have a full time job, and I can only really have her out and hang out with her for the few hours I’m awake when I get home and the weekends. I’ve been thinking about getting her a friend for the longest time, but I’m curious about several things.

1.) Can female doves be cohabitated? I don’t wanna deal with the issues of breeding and having babies >.< I know with some bird species same sex pairs can be happy together but idk how it works with doves.

2.) Would I potentially taint the bond I have with her if she had another dove? I cherish our bond and I don’t wanna risk it being ruined and have her possibly reject me and not wanna be near me anymore if she has another dove to dote on. Is that something that can happen? Or could the opposite happen? Where she doesn’t wanna be around another dove and still wants to be with me.

3.) I just want her to not be lonely anymore when I’m at work or too busy to spend time with her, but I have all these factors I’ve been thinking about and I wanna know, any advice is appreciated!!

I had quite a scare with my dove today and realized it might be necessary to get him used to being handled/held, or to find a way to do it safely in case of an emergency. So I am asking for advice from other dove owners please! My bird is very tame and will sit on my shoulder, come when I call him and play/peck at my fingers regularly, but he will not allow me to touch him at all. That usually completely fine with me, but today he got a piece of string tangled around his feet when I wasn't home (my mom was watching him and didn't see it immediately). I wrapped him in a towel like I usually do with my other birds for nail trims, and he was struggling so much that I was scared I might accidentally hurt him! Managed to get him to hold still long enough to get the string off, but he was so stressed when I released him that I was sure something was very wrong. He was panting, he was holding his wings very low and kind of away from his body, and he seemed like he was going into shock! I double checked that he wasn't injured, gave him some water and put him in a dark carrier for a little while, and now, 15 minutes later, he is back to normal aside from a few ruffled feathers. Is there any way I can get him more comfortable with handling so that if I need to hold him in an emergency it won't stress him (or me honestly!) out this much again? Or does anyone have advice for ways to hold him if I need to check his feet, wings etc? I don't want to cause him unnecessary stress by doing it more often, but I was very worried today that his little heart would stop! Any advice would be appreciated.