HAND feeding baby doves

wild baby doves eating out of my hand

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Pets & Animals

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• bird
• baby
• dove
• feeding
• eating
• hand
• lubbock

[1065chris]

there actally woodpigeons

[lisacrome]

@1065chris no, they are white wing doves

[lisacrome]

sometimes when they got real excited but they are too young to hurt you

[awesome1R]

how often did u use to feed your baby dove?

and how can u tell if its a boy or a girl!?

[lisacrome]

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

[94navin]

what is that seeds

[lisacrome]

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)

[magda29ro]

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!

[MasterXxploder]

@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.

[wintersoren]

Awwww I miss feeding my ducks and they would peck me for their food.

[millgiass]

Don't they peck your hands doing that?