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Helen - 2009-06-01
I just adopted 2 Diamond Doves and could not find a store that sells dove food!
I love them and I want to give them the best care! Can anyone answer my questions (I have a lot of them :)
What kind of food would you recommend for the Diamond doves?
I also do not know what is is "grit and cuttlebone" that they recommend here and were can I get it?
Do Diamond doves need a "shower"?
How long do they live?
Thank you, hope someone will be able to help me!
Helen

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Anonymous - 2012-05-30
The diamonds are too small for reg dove food so I recomend using parakeet mix with egg protien.
Loyda Carlson - 2012-09-23
Hello I thought I could help. I've been studying about diamond doves for a while now and I am also a proud owner of a pair. The food that is highly recommended for diamond doves would be finch seeds. Diamond Doves swallow their seeds whole and you wouldn't want to feed them a food that you would feed a cockatiel for example it would be too big. Also because they swallow their seeds whole you need to provide them with 'grit' which helps them digest the seeds better. It's very important. Grit is Oyster shells broken down into tiny little fragments. You can find the finch seed at your regular pet shops, the grit you can find online on Amazon or at a bird store. Diamond doves also love to eat fruits and vegetables. DO NOT FEED THEM AVOCADO OR TOMATOES for the are EXTREMELY POISONOUS TO THEM! My Diamond Doves love fresh spinach, cilantro, broccoli, anything green. becareful not to feed them too much lettuce for it will make their droppings very runny. If you're going to offer them the greenest ones, carrots would have to be shredded . They also love fruits. For treats offer them bread, millet spray one for each bird in the cage, hard boiled eggs with the shell which would have to be crushed down to tiny fragments for them. Cuttlebones offers great vitamins and minerals calcium etc. it also helps to keep their beaks trimmed. You can find these at Walmart along with pet shops as well. Diamond doves love to bathe at least mine do, so provide them with a bird bath so that they can bathe just becareful not to make the water too steep because they can drown. Just a little is sufficient enough for them to do what they have to do. Diamond Doves usually live for 10-15 years depending on the care that they receive. Good Luck I hope this helps out if you have anymore questions please feel free to write to me and I will be more than happy to help out as much as I can.

Meghan - 2007-04-11
My family owns a male Hawk Head and they are truly amazing. Price actually ranges from $2500 to $5000 for them. Great birds but very high strung. Do not give sunflower seeds in any kind of bird food mixture.

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Carol - 2012-01-16
I do agree that they are very high strung but will have to disagree with your price range for a hand-fed Hawkhead chick. They can be costly as up to 5000 but the lowest price that I found was 1300. It really depends on where you go to inquire them, as you will get to those up price ranges depending on where you live and whether you buy them from a pet store.
Charlie Roche - 2012-01-17
Prices, to the best of my knowledge start at $1300 purchased hand fed and directly from a breeder. They are truly amazing and just about my favorite.

levisantony - 2009-10-23
I have a good pair of blue masks. They lay eggs, hatch them, but the babies died... What to do?

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saeed from pakistan - 2010-03-08
Where are you from, what is the weather of your country, I think a temperature problem,
levis - 2012-11-21
Am from India, I dont think itz becz od the weather conditions , since my birds in other cages r having a lot f babies and no problem for them... Will it be due to lack of vitamin??

nicky - 2012-11-27
I really enjoy your website I found a lot of good info on here . I have a question though , my dove doesn't seem to want to take a bath for some reason . I tried a few different size of bowls , a water sprayer that you would use for your hair and she just doesn't like it . She will get out of it or walk away and what temperature should the water be , cold , lukewarm?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-28
Room temperature to luke warm. Some birds do not like bathing - they just don't. You can just spritz them down a few times a week by spritzing water over their head. I have one that will only bathe and in her water bowl every time she hears the vacumn running. I have one that pitches a fit so bad - I had one that would turn the faucets in the kitchen sink on and bathe herself. They are so different but many just do not like it. A quick few spritzes over the top of head works and they usually get used to it.

Anonymous - 2012-11-27
I have a pair of diamond doves I bought from a Local pet store. The day after I got them I noticed A egg the mother dove never set on the egg for a couple days Then she began to. She now has totally come off the egg and does not set on it. Can someone tell Me if that's normal? It has only been 13 days since she layed it and she has been away from it for 2 days now.

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-27
Most parrots do not actively incubate or sit the eggs until all the eggs are laid. Diamond doves usually lay two eggs and so she didn't bother sitting the one egg. However they normally hatch after 13 - 15 days and so mom sorta is bored or realizes egg is infertile. You can just toss it out. It takes a couple of clutches for a pair to really figure out what they are doing. Learning experience for all.
Anonymous - 2012-11-27
I went to toss it out and the egg has a piece missing. I can see the baby but mom is not responding to it . Can I do anything to help it?

Christine - 2012-11-06
My white male parakeet loves green stuff...salad leaves, chard leaves, beet greens, parsley and especially cilantro. He looks hilarious sometimes, with a green face! It all has to be organic, though, they can't handle pesticides, etc. Have a healthy bird!

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-27
Try giving him about a 2 inch piece of speghetti with the sauce on it. That is hysterical.

Caryn Williams - 2012-11-26
Hi, I have a five year old lsc. He is my baby boy and I love him to pieces!! He's very spoiled! We just got another one (4month old) we have two large cages so they can see each other. Do you think they will get along? The 5 year old is a male. Can two birds of the same sex get along together? We will DNA test the baby soon.

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-26
Sure - two same (or different) birds of the same sex will get along. If they are a different sex - they can easily pair bond - keep them in separate cages. People have had good luck with their cockatoos - even if they pair bond - going back to being pets even if they do nest. Good luck and have fun - enjoy them both.

Wendy Scott - 2011-08-11
I'm getting my 1st Derby baby tomorrow. He's about 3 months old and I'm so excited!

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Charlie Roche - 2011-08-12
Congratulations
Lisa Reiser - 2011-11-05
I just got my son his Derbyan for his 21st birthday. What a beautiful bird and so docile. He is 7 months old.
william, - 2012-11-25
Hello, I bought a Derbyan baby parrot and supposedly it is a female dna. But someone told me that if the beak is red it is a male. Do you know when they are born if females beaks are black and the male is red, any suggestions? thanks William
Clarice Brough - 2012-11-25
Nice... you've got a wonderful bird!. On your questions about beak color, as you can see above in the description section, the juveniles all have a beak that is an orangish-red. So unless the beak stays red, you've got a girl:)

katie - 2012-11-23
Hi i bought my baby IRN 2 weeks ago and he has attached to me, he is quiet with everyone but me. he sits on me staring at me and snuggling with me but screaming the whole time, even after he has fed. what can i do to make him more calm in my presence?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-24
I don't really have a clue but this is what I would think. Your IRN is calling you - as if he were calling to his mate. Answer him in a similar sound. Sounds nuts.

I call my human every morning and I call her every night around 11 pm. Until she answers me, I continue to make a lot of noise. She answers me in my call and then I know the world is OK. I am a Palm and i can make a lot of racket - even bang my door open and closed. When my human calls me back - I stop making noise.

shahid MEhmood - 2012-11-21
Hi, I have one pair of Peach face Lutino lovebirds I have purchase in novembr. I want to know in which month they lay eggs. i am in pakistan. in which month the season will starts. Please tel me.

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Clarice Brough - 2012-11-22
Lovebirds kept outdoors will generally breed in the spring. The Peachface is one of the hardier species and starts around mid-April, while some of the other species start later in May. However if kept indoors, they could breed year round but they do need a break, producing about 3 clutches a year is safest.

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