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Old November 9th, 2009  
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Any Dove Owners

I found a pair of doves on Craigslist. I'm contemplating providing them with a forever home with me.

Does anyone here have any experience with doves? I'd love any information or helpful tips you can provide. Also, anything I need to know that might mean doves wouldn't be happy in my home.

Thanks everyone.
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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A lot would depend on what type of doves they are. The main thing would be to provide them with sufficient space to fly. Would you be keeping them inside or outside?
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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Inside in a cage 48 long, x 30 wide x 36 high.

They are ringneck doves, hand tamed, and they'd be out daily for affection and bonding.
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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He BB!
Thats what i was thinking too, Doves generally do better in aviaries... Are you gonna clip their wings? or are you gonna let them fly around?
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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They'll be kept in a very large cage and then allowed to fly around when I'm in their with them.
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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haha cool!
that must be cool.... what room are you gonna keep them in?
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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It is not a good idea to clip a dove's wings. That would reduce them to walking on the floor. Hookbills can have their wings clipped because they can climb and hold on with their feet and beak. The doves don't have the same shape feet and cannot use their beaks that way.

Ringneck doves are one of the larger species of doves. The 4 foot long cage should be fine since they will have free flight time out of the cage. Put their perches on either end of the cage leaving the middle relatively clear for flying room. Are they a bonded pair (male and female)? Are you going to let them breed? If so, you will need to read up on how to handfeed doves. They have a completely different style of feeding their young than the parrot family. A syringe wouldn't work. They feed from their parent's pouch. It isn't too difficult to replicate, it is just a bit messy. I hand raised a couple of young wild doves that a friend found blown out of a tree in their yard. I have also raised a baby pigeon (which is in the same family as the doves).
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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Tony-They'll be in the 3rd bedroom. I'm turning it into a "peaceful relaxation room". What's more peaceful than doves?

Gremlin-I didn't ask about a bonded pair. If they are a bonded pair, then I won't get them. I don't like to re-home animals so I don't want to be responsible for babies.

I haven't replied to the ad yet. I'm wanting to make sure I can house them properly. I found the cage already, I've been web-surfing birds that need forever homes.

I'm glad that you brought up that wing-clipping isn't good for them. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I need to know these things.

Check you out Gremlin, you're like a bird and a goldfish specialist. I really appreciate you posting and I may be bugging you in the future with any other questions I come up with if that's okay with you.
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Old November 9th, 2009  
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That's perfectly fine with me. I love animals. Our house is the neighborhood park/zoo. If anyone finds a lost or injured animal, domestic or wild, they bring them to me. That's how I've learned a lot. I've successfully raised or nursed back to health or cared for in one way or another, pigeons, mockingbirds, sparrows, doves (inca and white wing), parakeets, cockatiels, lovebirds (for my sister - 3 more babies just hatched this last week!), rosy bourkes parakeets (for my brother), canaries, kittens (they were in our woodpile and the mother disappeared), and of course, caterpillars (swallowtail and sphinx moth), geckos, lizards, and the occasional snake and toad.

Even if they are a bonded pair, you do not have to let them raise babies. You can let the female lay her eggs (3-5) and sit on the for a couple of days then take them out. If she won't stop laying, then you can either get or make dummy eggs for her to sit on. I usually poke a hole in each end of the egg and "blow" the contents. Then you wash it and you can put it back under Momma. She won't really know the difference, will think she has a full nest and stop laying and start sitting. Then she can sit until she loses interest. You won't have to worry about the eggs hatching and the little babies. We used to do that with our cockatiels in the winter. Winter babies don't always do as well and often will have handicaps from being chilled in the egg/nest.

Wing clipping is fine for hookbills if done properly. It is just that doves do not walk around or climb like hookbills do, so clipping their wings would handicap them too much.
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