does any one keep mourning doves as pets

[laughingdog]

noooo.. im actually still fairly young (early thirties), just that he was still disputing it for some reason. i think the fox crosses were due to them messing with genes so much, which also made them look very mongrel dog like in every other way, but the sizes suddenly being med dog sizes ans shapes, was what was leading to that conclusion (everything else they thought could be made just by the breeding for fur and tameness, course i would think size might be added bonus, though dogs are already used alot in fur trade). you can breed dolphins with killer whales and alot of others than just those few theyre finding, though a blue whale no... im guessing (i honestly know nothing about dolphins, orchas, porposes, whales etc, ect what com across in hybrid things, aside from maybe basics).

 

[laughingdog]

an another note, the young mourning doves are all over me by my place, or could just be ones from adults my neighbors shot.. but they are super friendly, one this morning landing right next to me and a dumped off kitty. i went and shooed it up into a tree as the mower guy was coming by, and it didnt seem to know to move, and almost got chopped up. i thought if it needs to do some growing still like i think (its tiny), just putting in with my doves and theyll feed it like theyve been doing through cage i think, as theyre going through more food, and "kissing" with one or more through bars at times.

 

[Pops2]

fur farmed foxes are MUCH bigger than wild stock, it was part of the breeding criteria they get as big as the small southwestern coyotes. but no dogs used to do that just decades of selective breeding.

all the dolphinXwhale, have been crosses with dolphins that are called whales, primarily pilot whales but also the false killer whale. for the record the true killer whale or orca is also technichally a dolphin despite the whatle name. so again all very closely related species w/ tons of genetic commonality.
i guess now might be a good time to point out i am well studied on wildlife due to working toward a degree in wildlife management & just a plain interest in the subject.

 

[deerman]

Wow i know i posted a few thing about rabbits........THIS SECTION is for pigeon and doves.......think these subjects need move to another area

 

[Sami's Mommy]

cottontails are rabbits. they are born naked. but they are distantly related to eurasian rabbits, so distant in fact that they can not interbreed.
jack rabbits are hares.

Actually they can interbreed. It is just a myth that they can't I have had it happen before in my own rabbits, and with the scrambles in iowa people ditch their scramble bunnies and the outside of town always ends up with a bunch of spotted bunnies the next year

 

[laughingdog]

Neat. so then if the more common taken over types of cottentails spread around, that are able to interbreed with domestic European rabbits that some observe, are not native as some saying.. then can say the most common cotton tail is infact feral import that obvoiusly was brought over for sport ect like was my original point shot down?

 

[ms epic6]

yes i have had four mourning doves which i was able to reintroduce into the wild. these animals are very social so they need a lot of attention and care. i have only kept one of my mourning doves as a pet because she didnt really want to leave us. the thing is with mourning doves is sometimes they start to get aggressive and lonely so i decided to get my dove a friend, an other little dove and it actually made her more friendly but, sometimes birds dont get along. i had all got my doves from the wild because of their parents dying or other stuff and these doves are harder to raise becuase they are wild. so i suggest you get a domestic pet but meanwhile just try your best with your dove

 

[InvalidUser18]

I don't have any because its illegal in most/all of the USA to own native migratory birds w/o special permits, I don't have the extra time for the classes or the money to mantain the permits.

A wildlife plce might know but I bet they are like all other grain eating doves.

(not only grain that's just a nickname, but grain as in pigeons opposed to fruit like diamond doves)

The only restrictions are on imported doves. Doves that can be bought in the US from a breeder is fine. You can find any info on restrictions on your city/county/state agricultural website.