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hi
i found a baby rock dove on side of my office so i just took it at my home b'cos it can not fly yet. but now i dont know how to care baby dove.
so i want know what they eat and which kind of atmospear they like.so i can care upto it can fly and manage itself.
The kind of care she needs is really dependent on how old she is. If she can't fly yet I will assume that she is quite young and will need to be hand fed.
Here are some guidelines for figuring this out (without a picture of more information I really can only give you some guideline's though)
Baby doves start getting pin feathers at around 1-2 weeks of age and are fully feathered at 2-3 weeks, and they are weaned at 21-28 days old (approx).
This is a link on allexperts.com that goes into a lot of details that you will find helpful. Just cut and paste it into your browser.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Birds-General-2349/care-baby-dove.htm
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