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Morning Dove on my sidewalk?

Posted on May 20, 2011 by admin| 7 Comments

Last night my husband found a baby morning dove on our front patio. We put it back in the nest but the parent birds flew off and didn’t return until this morning. I put the baby in a box on a heating pad for the night and returned it to the nest this morning. To my surprise there was another baby on top of some bushes by my front door and one of the parents was there pretending to have a broken wing.

Later I checked on the nest and the baby I returned to the nest was on the patio again. An hour later both babies are under one of the parent birds in the middle of my sidewalk.

This isn’t a safe place. I live near an open space with snakes and many feral cats. Is there a way to get them all some place safer?
Thanks for the answers. I can’t move them to my back yard because I have two dogs. I have put up a sign asking people not to use the sidewalk up to my front door. The babies are under a bush with one of the parents. I will hope for the best.

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What can I feed a morning dove chick?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

I just found a mourning dove chick on the middle of the road. Because it followed me and I could not find a nest or parent I took it home. I have it sitting in an old bird nest in a cage and it seems to be ok for now, but what do I feed it?

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Handfeeding Nestling Morning Doves?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

I rehab for our county wildlife sanctuary. I have done alot of different types of birds, but never a morning dove. I got one yesterday. It is a nestling, but near fledgeling. They gave me a curved tip syringe to feed it with, but this method really stresses out the bird and is difficult to do. I am trying the “hole in the dixie cup” filled with slurry method. This seems to be working. Can anyone tell me what the consistancy of the slurry should be? I have it slighty more runny than what Elmer’s white glue would be. I have no idea what its supposed to be. My rehab book doesn’t say.

Also, if there is another method to try feeding it with, please let me know. I can’t hardly tell if its eating enough. I will weigh the bird today, but since I just got it yesterday, it will be hard to gauge if its eating enough or not. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
It seeems people are missing the point of the question. I don’t want to use the syringe. I am using a cup with a hole in the side that the bird puts its beak into. What consistancy should that slurry be and are there any other methods besides the syringe or cup that can be used. I can’t simply spit in the birds mouth because first of all, that’s wierd/gross and second of all morning doves to not Gape for food.

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