You did a good job. I wouldn't let the doves on the floor even if the parents would feed them. It's dangerous: cats especillay and other animals may eat them at night, unless you know where therir nest is and make sure the parents are feeding them.
@LillyduLac I just found one that was sitting out in 95 degree weather about dead and would have died had i not of picked it up. When i got it was so thirsty that it drank water which they wont normally do. Its doing a lot better now but its really hungry and the pet stores closed right now.
it depends on how young they are, at the beginning, i was feeding them every 45mins, then every hr, then every hr and a half, and so on. Keep an eye on their crop (its on the front of their chest, it enlarges after you feed em, like a hamsters cheek) to make sure it isnt empty, when it starts to look empty its time to feed. Its pretty much impossible to tell sex when they are babies, and still hard even when grown. The males and females do sometimes have slightly different markings
no, its a baby bird formula, a powder that is available at pet stores. You simply mix it w/ warm water so you have kinda a liquidy paste to feed em (consistency of their moms milk)
I am feeding them a baby bird formula, it comes in a powder, and you mix it with warm water, you can buy it at a pet store in the bird supplies. After a while, I started to mix in some seeds with it, to try to get them used to eating seeds.
this is a quick question im on my sisters account, my names Tahlia and well this morning we found a baby dove out the front and i was wondering what do you feed them!? we have been trying to figure out if you can actually keep them, its interesting
I found a baby dove in the middle of the street. He can't fly yet. I brought him home to my back yard, and I've tried putting seeds on the ground, but he's not eating them. I want to try hand feeding like you did in this video.
Is that just bird seed in your hand, or is there a special food you use?
He must be thirsty too, and I don't want him to dehydrate; How can I get him to drink water?
i found a baby dove but i think their illegal to care for so i dont know wat i should do because if i raise them they will not no how to live in the wild and ill have to illegally keep them forever and i want to but still my parents would not like to get arrested for a minor
Cool..idk wat kind of doves those are but they definately sound like juvenile sumthings. I love birds myself...do u? Or did u just eant sumthing exciting to put on youtube?
I love all animals. Once I had to take care of these two doves, they became my babies. I watched what the other videos were of 'hand feeding' and I wanted to show how I did it b/c I had so much success, and it was much more fun and natural than feeding a dove by a eye dropper. There were still babies in this video, they hadn't even grown in all their feathers yet.
Well, we cut their tree down when they were still in the nest. This video is after having them for a week. They are still very young, I was trying to simulate a mother dove feeding them...got the tip reading online how to feed baby doves. They really like to eat like this, they always eat the most when I hand feed them.
well, we didn't know they were up there to begin with. We chopped it down though, b/c it was shading our vegetable garden...but I am taken such good care of them. They are growing up great, and come back to visit every day.
We named them Duncan and Darla. Darla flew off and stayed gone for around 3 weeks, but has now started coming back to visit almost every day. Duncan has continued to come visit every day. Today, we even had a completely wild mourning dove come on our porch with Duncan. It let us pet it, and even sit on our hand for a while, totally amazing!
there actally woodpigeons
1065chris 4 months ago
@1065chris no, they are white wing doves
lisacrome 2 months ago
You did a good job. I wouldn't let the doves on the floor even if the parents would feed them. It's dangerous: cats especillay and other animals may eat them at night, unless you know where therir nest is and make sure the parents are feeding them.
Again great job!
magda29ro 5 months ago
@LillyduLac I just found one that was sitting out in 95 degree weather about dead and would have died had i not of picked it up. When i got it was so thirsty that it drank water which they wont normally do. Its doing a lot better now but its really hungry and the pet stores closed right now.
MasterXxploder 5 months ago
Awwww I miss feeding my ducks and they would peck me for their food.
wintersoren 8 months ago
sometimes when they got real excited but they are too young to hurt you
lisacrome 8 months ago
Don't they peck your hands doing that?
millgiass 9 months ago
how often did u use to feed your baby dove?
and how can u tell if its a boy or a girl!?
awesome1R 1 year ago
it depends on how young they are, at the beginning, i was feeding them every 45mins, then every hr, then every hr and a half, and so on. Keep an eye on their crop (its on the front of their chest, it enlarges after you feed em, like a hamsters cheek) to make sure it isnt empty, when it starts to look empty its time to feed. Its pretty much impossible to tell sex when they are babies, and still hard even when grown. The males and females do sometimes have slightly different markings
lisacrome 1 year ago
nice teaching Video !!!
abraham7055 1 year ago
what is that seeds
94navin 1 year ago
no, its a baby bird formula, a powder that is available at pet stores. You simply mix it w/ warm water so you have kinda a liquidy paste to feed em (consistency of their moms milk)
lisacrome 1 year ago
lol
i used to have to take care of one since it's mother left it.
now they're back to have more babies
ihatestoopidvideos 1 year ago
what r u feeding them?
awesome1R 1 year ago
I am feeding them a baby bird formula, it comes in a powder, and you mix it with warm water, you can buy it at a pet store in the bird supplies. After a while, I started to mix in some seeds with it, to try to get them used to eating seeds.
lisacrome 1 year ago
Neat. I've got one of these guys sitting on my shoulder as I type this. Great tailed grackles kicked mine out of its nest.
I fed mine out of a small paper cup with a hole in the bottom of it.
varnonzero 2 years ago
this is a quick question im on my sisters account, my names Tahlia and well this morning we found a baby dove out the front and i was wondering what do you feed them!? we have been trying to figure out if you can actually keep them, its interesting
oXoSims4LifeoXo 2 years ago
They eat a variety of seeds. You can google more for specific seeds they eat.
AdmiralCecil 2 years ago
I found a baby dove in the middle of the street. He can't fly yet. I brought him home to my back yard, and I've tried putting seeds on the ground, but he's not eating them. I want to try hand feeding like you did in this video.
Is that just bird seed in your hand, or is there a special food you use?
He must be thirsty too, and I don't want him to dehydrate; How can I get him to drink water?
Thanks for the video and any help =)
asampeck 2 years ago
i found a baby dove but i think their illegal to care for so i dont know wat i should do because if i raise them they will not no how to live in the wild and ill have to illegally keep them forever and i want to but still my parents would not like to get arrested for a minor
hotpink2215 2 years ago
Cool..idk wat kind of doves those are but they definately sound like juvenile sumthings. I love birds myself...do u? Or did u just eant sumthing exciting to put on youtube?
iheartsinging240 3 years ago
I love all animals. Once I had to take care of these two doves, they became my babies. I watched what the other videos were of 'hand feeding' and I wanted to show how I did it b/c I had so much success, and it was much more fun and natural than feeding a dove by a eye dropper. There were still babies in this video, they hadn't even grown in all their feathers yet.
lisacrome 3 years ago
Do you know what kind of doves are those?
sexilexi3313 3 years ago
They are white wing doves
lisacrome 3 years ago
@lisacrome Ah! Like the Fleetwood Mac song!
ushie57 1 year ago
wow that is amazing, how did u get them to do that?
r they urs?
foushiax 3 years ago
Well, we cut their tree down when they were still in the nest. This video is after having them for a week. They are still very young, I was trying to simulate a mother dove feeding them...got the tip reading online how to feed baby doves. They really like to eat like this, they always eat the most when I hand feed them.
lisacrome 3 years ago
you choped their tree down? why?
doggarrs 3 years ago
well, we didn't know they were up there to begin with. We chopped it down though, b/c it was shading our vegetable garden...but I am taken such good care of them. They are growing up great, and come back to visit every day.
lisacrome 3 years ago
Yes, they are kinda mine...I'm raising them outside though, so they are still wild free birds.
lisacrome 3 years ago
this is great.
a couple of pigeons nested in my balcony, and had eggs, now thier son is nesting in my balcony too.
i call them mine although they r wild as urs.
all the best to u and them.
please keep us posted on them.
foushiax 3 years ago
We named them Duncan and Darla. Darla flew off and stayed gone for around 3 weeks, but has now started coming back to visit almost every day. Duncan has continued to come visit every day. Today, we even had a completely wild mourning dove come on our porch with Duncan. It let us pet it, and even sit on our hand for a while, totally amazing!
lisacrome 3 years ago