DOVE BIRD

Description:

Doves are found in each a part of the world; the exception being the Antarctic. the popular diamond dove is native to Australia, and therefore the equally widespread ring-necked dove is native to continent. Doves and pigeons occur worldwide, however the best selection is within the geographic region and archipelago. 

Care & Feeding:

Doves have totally different housing desires than parrots. Doves are unable to climb up the cage bars like parrots ca; instead they move concerning by flying back and forth, that makes a large cage a crucial feature. supply a spread of perch designs and of variable diameters, which is able to facilitate promote smart foot health in your dove. Doves additionally would like opportunities for bathing.

Doves, not like parrots, would like grit in their diet as a result of they eat their seeds whole. give many forms of grit, furthermore as a metal supplement, particularly throughout breeding. it’s tempting to breed these birds year-around, doing thus can leave the birds in associate exhausted and weakened state. Most aviculturists advise resting them for a number of months when each 2 or 3 clutches. once well-tended to, ring-necked doves will live for quite 10 years.

Personality & Behaviour:

Doves, for the foremost half, are inactive pets. Forcing interaction may result in alarming the bird, or worse, inflicting a broken wing. Some doves, however, will be hand-tamed. Doves are quite social with others of their kind and that they will be acquainted with taking food from your hand. With a dove, you wish got to worry concerning “the massive, dangerous bite” a parrot can be capable of.

Speech & Sound:

If you decide to stay doves be ready for constant let out. whereas they can not screech sort of a parrot, their let out is fairly constant. Some individuals get pleasure from the pigeon’s coo and notice it relaxing; others, however, won’t get pleasure from the constant let out sound.

Health & Common Conditions:

Doves are liable to red mites, that hide throughout the day and are available out at night time to go after the bird’s blood, and doves housed outdoors are liable to roundworms, tapeworms and alternative worm species. Canker, a respiratory disorder that shows as a swelling within the dove’s throat and a bum wanting growth round the mouth, will be fatal if not treated. those that keep pigeons ought to wash their hands when handling, feeding or improvement the dove’s housing as a result of doves will transfer Chlamydia and enteric (bacterial infections) to individuals. Overall, doves are typically healthy birds.