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Post by jrae on Jan 23, 2012 12:40:30 GMT
Anyone into pet birds? I was out buying groceries when I passed by this newly opened petshop. They had all sorts of doves in there, fantails, oriental frills, emerald doves and bleeding heart doves as well as the usual breeds for racing and all. I was wondering if taking care of doves is the same as taking care of a cockatiel? Timewise? Or do they take up more time like do they want lots of attention everyday or something like it?
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Post by floydie on Jan 23, 2012 17:51:48 GMT
No idea on doves OHs late grandad had racing pigeons but i have no idea on there care also. My mother has chooks and a parakeet  |
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Post by SueA on Jan 24, 2012 11:06:37 GMT
The only birds I've ever kept were budgies & a canary years ago. My uncle used to keep homing pigeons when I was little & I used to stand in the garden & talk to them in their coop. Not sure about fancy doves, I know people keep white doves in dovecotes in their gardens, I wouldn't think they'd make suitable 'housepets' in the same way as a cockatiel or parrot though.
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Post by Cherry on Jan 25, 2012 19:14:19 GMT
My mother was very keen of birds and people used to leave their pets with her and the blighters lived for years. Her cockies and galahs were free, but she liked some of the pretty silkies and other sorts, so a huge garden was fenced off for them. The fence was put around beautiful huge camellias and shrubs which we here would call 'exotic'. The worst cocky we had was given to Mum to be looked after and it hated me. It would chase me down the garden and nip my ankles and when I hung out the washing, it took all the pegs out.
When my Mum had to have the doctor she was in bed reading when the doctor came, and I remember him saying he could not examine her while the bird was on her shoulder.
I don't like birds in cages.
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Post by jrae on Jan 25, 2012 19:27:36 GMT
There's this guy at the office who said that if I buy doves the parents would probably never get used to their new home enough to be let out of the loft (they'd fly off and return to where they came from) but the next generation of fledglings would consider our place as home and stay around the pigeon loft even if I leave the loft doors open all day. So it probably means I would have to build a pigeon loft first and probably put fence off and put netting in a corner of the yard where their loft would be placed to avoid having the eagles here turning them into tasty snacks. Bit of a problem hubby and buddies are into falconry so we already have 4 eagles (not in cages but they have perches out back and they're allowed free rein of the garden) in here aside from the wild ones that are also out there.
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