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shirin
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Remeber my last baby dove? Well I hadn't found a suitable home for her to adopt her out, and her and KeeshMeesh were gtting along so great that I figured I would just keep her, but......  She has turned out to be a he  and today KeeshMeesh realised it, and they've started fighting  This is terrible, now there's no way I can keep him  |
Tuesday May 22, 2007 11:23 pm |
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jletaz
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Shirin,
I read another post of yours where you said how male doves will fight. I had no idea how territorial doves were!
I am so sorry to hear that now that you are attached to the little bird, you can't keep him!
Good luck finding a good home for him  ...how about just getting another cage?
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Wednesday May 23, 2007 2:33 am |
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shirin
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oh, well him and KeeshMeesh don't live in cages  They have the whole apartment. It's not so bad now, like earlier today they started hitting eachother and I had to put them in seperate rooms, but then later they were preening eachother again and being affectionate. But once the baby reaches sexual maturity, it'll be almost impossible to have them in the same room together. Like KeeshMeesh and his Dad can't be in the same room or they will kill eachother. |
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Wednesday May 23, 2007 3:23 am |
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jletaz
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quote:
Originally posted by shirin
oh, well him and KeeshMeesh don't live in cages They have the whole apartment. It's not so bad now, like earlier today they started hitting eachother and I had to put them in seperate rooms, but then later they were preening eachother again and being affectionate. But once the baby reaches sexual maturity, it'll be almost impossible to have them in the same room together. Like KeeshMeesh and his Dad can't be in the same room or they will kill eachother.
Aw, that's too bad about the males...I mean, it is normal in the wild, but in your house it does present problems when you want to keep them all! How do you deal with the pooping in the house?
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Wednesday May 23, 2007 3:42 am |
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Cheeta
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awww, poor baby... I was hoping that world war three wouldn't break out at your house so soon.  may be they might have the occasional tiff? I think I'm just dreaming here huh... I'm so sorry that they are already starting to fight. |
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Wednesday May 23, 2007 4:46 pm |
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shirin
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quote:
Originally posted by jletaz
How do you deal with the pooping in the house?
Julie
Well, when I'm not home, they're in the laundry room, which is not carpeted or anything, so I just vaccume the room when I get home. And if I'm home I just pick up after them. Their poop is not messy at all like parrots, it's a lot dier and more solid, like little raisins  |
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Wednesday May 23, 2007 7:43 pm |
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shirin
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheeta
awww, poor baby... I was hoping that world war three wouldn't break out at your house so soon. may be they might have the occasional tiff? I think I'm just dreaming here huh... I'm so sorry that they are already starting to fight.
I know I'm disappointed too. |
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Wednesday May 23, 2007 7:45 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
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Oh nooo.. I'm so sorry to hear that he turned out to be a boy.. Why can boys not live peacefully together?
Can't you find him a home with a good friend, so that you can visit him often? |
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Thursday May 24, 2007 8:26 pm |
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shirin
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yeah right, none of my friends like birds |
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Thursday May 24, 2007 10:11 pm |
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jletaz
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quote:
Originally posted by shirin
yeah right, none of my friends like birds
Yeah, I know the feeling ... my only 'bird people' friends at this time live out of state or online.
My local friends don't dislike birds, but they don't have any interest in getting one, and for sure they can't relate to how bird crazed I am They can't quite understand why I'm like this That's okay, at least they don't judge me for it.
Everyone likes mammals... but when you are bird crazy it makes you look like a freak!
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Friday May 25, 2007 3:46 am |
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Cheeta
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I am lucky that I have two workmates that loves birds. but I guess only one of them will probably ever take in a bird though. The ohter one just loves bird watching, which is nice too as he tells me all the different birds in different areas.
My parents loves animals of all kinds which is nice coz they bird sits and animal sits all my animals when I go away. They have furred, feathered and scaled pets.  |
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Friday May 25, 2007 4:46 am |
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shirin
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Well my closest friend doesn't like any pets not even mammals. Not that she doesn't like animals, but she doesn't like the responsibilty of cleaning after animals and the smell. Once she had to babysit her sister's cat, and she was so miserable and hated every minute of it
And all my other friends like dogs or cats. The only person I know locally that loves birds as much as I do is my sister. We grew up in a house full of birds, so I guess it makes sense |
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Friday May 25, 2007 1:12 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
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Originally posted by jletaz
Everyone likes mammals... but when you are bird crazy it makes you look like a freak!
How recognizable! Funny to read that you're suffering too. Poor bird people..
Years ago I was on a yahoogroup (Dutch one) One of the members had lost her bird to PBFD and she was crying behind the counter. (She was working in a supermarket) Customers asked her what was wrong. She didn't get much compassion. 'Oh it's just a bird' one said!  |
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