Originally Posted by Sunnie (Post 1990595)

Brooke
One thing you need to consider. Doves are the only animal in existance who MATE FOR LIFE. Meaning the mom and dad are always together. When babies are born they BOTH take care of them. We have a LOT of doves in our yard and a lot of nests with babies. I have had them fall out of the nest in my pool and have sucessfully placed them back in the nest and the parents do not reject them. In one nest there were 2 babies just starting to fly. Ladybug barked and scared them and both flew.. One ran right into the fence and the other onto the lawn. Ladybug tried to get it so it flew again. Then we couldn't find either one again after seeing them for the last time in a yard 2 houses down. 3 days later, we walked outside and there sat both babies on the top of the fence near thier nest. Mom and Dad were nearby. Don't ask me how they got them to come hoime and how they ever got one to stay on the fence while they rounded up the other one. By the end of the day, they were both back in the nest until they got a little bigger. The one that went in the pool, I thought wasn't going to make it. I placed it back in the nest and within an hour mom and dad were both there to dry it off and clean it up. I watched thru my kitchen window and I could see them watching me. I felt like they were saying THANK YOU. They were both sittin on my roof watching me as I fished it out of the pool and placed it in the nest. Having owned birds before, I will say that it is important to stop the bleeding as they don't have a lot of blood to start with. If you have any of the powder that is used on dogs toenails to stop bleeding, try that. As soon as you can get the bleeding stopped, I would try to place it in it's nest andwatch closely to see if the parents will take care of it.

Originally Posted by marcerella02 (Post 1990381)

do you have something like Animal Control? I know here in canada they deal with all types of animals.. wild or domestic. I know it can be frustrating but dogs ARE animals.. and i know that that instinct woudl come out in Layla as scary as it is. But it seems that your husband caught her early before she could do too much damage. We have a neighbour cat that kills birds in our backyard. Yesterday a couple kids and i caught her cornering a baby bird and moved the bird to another back yard. Anyways.. sorry bella. i'm rambling. I'd call animal control or something equal to it. Or even an SPCA could probably direct you in the right direction.

Originally Posted by nvnvgirl (Post 1990572)

It doesn't really need a nest. Doves are terrible nest builders and their nests usually fall apart anyhow.....just put a small towel or something in the back of the carrier. I PM'd you with what to do. Doves are very hardy birds. Don't put any ointment on him though..they tend to "preen" that stuff off and it can get into their little lung sacs which won't be good for him.

And if he's close to being able to fly, he should be able to eat seeds and cracked corn. Baby doves get all their nutrition from the mom's "milk" which is different from most birds who regurgitate food into their babies...so if he isn't old enough to eat seed, he needs to be with his mom or he'd probably not make it. He's fully feathered though, so I'm sure he's eating seed!

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy (Post 1990845)

The bleeding has stopped...thank goodness! :( I am going to clean the wound tonight. I have NO CLUE if he is old enough to eat for sure, but just by looking at him, I would imagine that he is :confused: He's got all his feathers now...but I really have no idea to be totally honesty :confused:

Originally Posted by nvnvgirl (Post 1990947)

Not that it really matters, but doves do NOT mate for life. Parrots do. And I think there's other animal species who also mate for life. A male dove will mate with any female dove that is agreeable. And if she isn't, he'll pester her to death. I raised doves for years. And parrots and other psittacines....doves are sweet and cute but they aren't exceedingly intelligent.

Originally Posted by BabyFidgette (Post 1991576)

Pester her to death? Sounds like the average man! :lol tears

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy (Post 1994112)

Thank you all so much for all of your help and concern for this sweet little baby Dove. Sadly, it passed away yesterday :cry: My hubby and I discovered yesterday that it's wing was indeed broken....and the bone was sticking out :( I have pictures, but I will spare you all (I took these before the Dove passed away and was going to post them...but I didn't do it fast enough :() It couldn't fly and I'm sure it was in pain....so as unfortunate and sad as it is, maybe this is best. At least the poor little thing is at peace now and isn't suffering. Stuck in a pet taxi not being able to fly was no life for him/her anyway :cry: We did try, we did everything we could....but it just didn't make it :cry:

P.S. - My Peaches ended up killing another one while we were gone today :cry: I walked out in my backyard and not to be graphic, but she had already eaten most of it. I just don't know what to do with her anymore. She kills everything :cry: I know it's just instinct I guess, but we are just so sick of it. I am tired of going out there and finding dead birds, squirrels, etc. It's just sad and depressing :cry: I wish she would stop this!! But I know she never will :(

Thank you all again so much for all of your help and concern, I appreciate it greatly :hug: