I just caught a Laughing dove today, it fell off a tree it cant be more than 2 weeks old and i would like to keep it, i have a Senegal and a Love bird, i want to house the laughing dove with the love. How Safe would it be, do you think they can leave together peacefully.
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No. Love birds are not nice to other species of birds. Also the Dove is wild so it may carrie diseases. I don't know how long you would need to separate it from your pet fids but maybe someone else can tell you more about that. 
Otherwise, you could just get a cockatiel cage and have him in there. But it may still need to be fed and that is not easy at all. I owned and raised a baby stellers jay for a while and he wasn't too hard to feed but it was a little hard for me to show him how to drink water..
Otherwise, you could just get a cockatiel cage and have him in there. But it may still need to be fed and that is not easy at all. I owned and raised a baby stellers jay for a while and he wasn't too hard to feed but it was a little hard for me to show him how to drink water..- Thread Starter
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For now it is separated from my other birds, but due to space i wanted to have the two of them in the same cage since i already have 2 cages with birds in them and am also getting 2 African greys soon.
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Different species should never be housed together. Sorry. If you want to keep him, you will need a new cage. Same goes for the african greys. Birds need their own space. Good luck.
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No. I would not house any birds together except mated pairs or budgies in a large aviary. Each bird needs his or her own home (cage). If they get along, they can have supervised interaction time outside of their cages (that, of course would take time to see how they like each other). If you are unable to provide his/her own cage, then perhaps you can locate a local wildlife rehab who will be willing to take the bird, rehabilitate and release back to nature
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Oh NO!!! Please do do that - your lovie will kill the dove! Definitely should be housed separately and supervised when out of cage.
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NO! The lovebird will kill the dove, most likely within an hour. As we said the last time you asked about housing different species togehter DONT DO IT. Especially when one is a parrot and one is not!
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I agree with the posters above who said that the lovebird will kill the dove. Heck, our love bird almost killed ME!
First of all the dove is a baby and needs to be fed by hand. Your best bet is to ask a vet. There are formulas available for different species of baby birds . I've done it with a Robin (I bought worms at the tackle shop and ground them up, added a bit of bottled water and fed them to her with a syringe). She grew up to ride on my son's bike! Finally she weaned herself from us and lived in a tree in our front yard, but whenever my son rode his bike, she flew onto his handlebar. Eventually she left to live "a life of her own".
If you want to keep this dove, please get her a cage. If you can't hand feed her until she is able to take care of herself, please take her to your wildlife rescue. They will take care of her.
First of all the dove is a baby and needs to be fed by hand. Your best bet is to ask a vet. There are formulas available for different species of baby birds . I've done it with a Robin (I bought worms at the tackle shop and ground them up, added a bit of bottled water and fed them to her with a syringe). She grew up to ride on my son's bike! Finally she weaned herself from us and lived in a tree in our front yard, but whenever my son rode his bike, she flew onto his handlebar. Eventually she left to live "a life of her own".
If you want to keep this dove, please get her a cage. If you can't hand feed her until she is able to take care of herself, please take her to your wildlife rescue. They will take care of her.
If your going to keep it, and they are nice birds, give it a good bath. Homemade de-wormer should also be done. It's gentle on the system.
Wild birds will almost always have mites, which can easily pass to other birds such as your parrots. Regardless if they are in separate cages. Your taking a risk here, but if your keep it, I would very soon bath all birds you have thoroughly. Theres many good home made gentle but effective remedies to use.
Second parrots prefer their privacy, and it's good to let them have their own cage, My Grey and Amazon play nicely together, but every once in a blue moon they piss each other off and have to separate them.
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Are those perches rebar???
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Perhaps you can find something a bit more 'suitable'...preferably made of wood?
Are those perches rebar???
Awwwww ummmm...Tell me that's a temporary cage. I see weld/ solder bulges around the cage there....Ahhh That's incredibly toxic and lethal to
a bird should he ingest that.
Tell me your parrots aren't in home made cages like that....
Dude...Don't treat a bird like that with rusty perches and solder welded cage.... Come on man... be sensible here.
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I'm all for the safety of birds, but keep in mind that it's probably quite difficult to find quality cages for sale in Nigeria. We don't know anything about teflondon's situation.
Like I always say, 'If you're gonna give advice, try to be nice!'
Teflondon, good luck with your dove! Like the others suggested, I'm sure he'd appreciate some branch perches. They do wonders for the feet!
Like I always say, 'If you're gonna give advice, try to be nice!'
Teflondon, good luck with your dove! Like the others suggested, I'm sure he'd appreciate some branch perches. They do wonders for the feet!
That's true....but still an accident waiting to happen. Branch perches would be better...and the welds/solder balls there will have to some how be trimmed down.
Good luck with that....Nice dove.
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We're not just talking cage(s) here. How difficult can it be to place WOOD in the 'enclosures' rather than rebar???
Ohhh good....you had people worried here. As bird lovers that we are on this site you can surely understand our concerns.
Good luck with your bird....nice looking one as well.
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