I rescue and foster animals in my area. Today I got a white dove and I have no previous experience with these. It was given to me in a small cage. I was informed that it was female and that its wings had been clipped before. Can someone please get me started caring for this dove? She's mine now, at least until I can find her permanent placement. Please and thank you.
for feed, you can use a wildbird seed mix with the most variety as possible. They like black oil sunflowers and safflower if you can find some with that in it. You can also opt for laying pellets, or mix the two together for more variety and nutrition. They do need grit. Crushed granite and oystershell is best, the granite helping with digestion and the shells for calcium. For doves, chick grit may be a more comfortable size, but for pigeons chicken grit may not be too big.
