Ringneck Dove Questions
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Lithium
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Ringneck Dove Questions
I'm thinking about adding a pair of Ringneck Doves to my flock and I have a few questions. What size cage would be best? What do I feed them? Are they relatively easy to breed?
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DanteD716
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Re: Ringneck Dove Questions
I have seen them kept in in 30x18 breeding cages but they are sometimes too tall. If you had a cage roughly 30x1830 that would be good. They spend alot of time on the ground and prefer platform perches from what I have read. You can by a dove blend at any petstore, and you can offer fresh greens and eggfood. They breed readily in captivityLithium wrote: I'm thinking about adding a pair of Ringneck Doves to my flock and I have a few questions. What size cage would be best? What do I feed them? Are they relatively easy to breed?
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Re: Ringneck Dove Questions
DanteD716 wrote:I have seen them kept in in 30x18 breeding cages but they are sometimes too tall. If you had a cage roughly 30x1830 that would be good. They spend alot of time on the ground and prefer platform perches from what I have read. You can by a dove blend at any petstore, and you can offer fresh greens and eggfood. They breed readily in captivityLithium wrote: I'm thinking about adding a pair of Ringneck Doves to my flock and I have a few questions. What size cage would be best? What do I feed them? Are they relatively easy to breed?
ringnecks can live very long also..............I had one for 24 years.......
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2 society finch, Mop Top and Coco
3 orange cheeks
14 zebra finch, Chipp, The Baby, Olivia, Chase, Buffy, Big Boy, Patches, Ghost, BC, 3 babies in a nest, 2 unnamed females
2 Gold breasted,
1 masked black rump, Mask
2 silverbills, Cinnimon and Spice
1 male betta
3 dogs, Blake, Bella and Brandy
SANDY
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Re: Ringneck Dove Questions
Okay, thanks. And I read something about needing to providing grit somewhere, is this true?
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DanteD716
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Re: Ringneck Dove Questions
I believe it is very beneficial, because doves do not remove the hulls of their seeds, and fruit helps them digest their food. You can use ABBA mineral grit, I offer it to all my finchesLithium wrote: Okay, thanks. And I read something about needing to providing grit somewhere, is this true?
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Re: Ringneck Dove Questions
Okay. How do you sex them?
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now that my friend, is something I dont even knowLithium wrote: Okay. How do you sex them?
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