Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Pigeons! featuring Bird Tricks | Pet Pigeon 

I adore doves. My bedroom window, on the second story of the house I grew up in as a child, had a flower box on it. One year, the sweetest mother dove made a nest in it and laid her egg there. A lot of animals gravitated to me as a child for whatever reason, and this dove was no different. She was completely trusting of me, never flew away when I went and put my face up against the window to just watch her, and eventually she allowed me to gently pet her through a part of the broken screen on my window that pulled away from the edges enough to fit my hand through. However, if anyone else entered my room she would fly away. I was the only one she would allow near. I’d sit there for a long time each day just talking to her, and she so sweetly seemed to listen intently and coo. Eventually her egg hatched and it was incredible to see that baby dove grow and develop from hatching to leaving the nest, and to see the mother dove, whom I fittingly named “love”, care for her baby so well. Even after her baby hatched, she was still fully trusting of me, and still welcomed my gentle little pets. Once her baby was old enough to leave the nest, she eventually left as well, but she’d still visit my window box from time to time, and her and her baby (even after it had grown and was no longer always with the mother) always stuck around our house, in our tress or perching themselves on our deck (and it wasn’t for food, as we never fed them). I had grown to know them so well that it was easy to recognize them from the other random doves. We moved when I was 10, well over a year at least after she had first made her nest, and they were still around. That was the last time I saw them, but even 18 years later, I still fondly think about that dove from time to time. And I agree wholeheartedly, their coos have nothing to do with the feeling of mourning. Their coos have always brought me peace, and ever since then, every time I hear a dove coo, it puts me right back to the memories of being a child sitting by my windowsill, enjoying the company of a very special friend.

I’ve never had both at the same time but I imagine well behaved smaller parrots would probably be fine, as long as they don’t have nutcracker beaks like one or two species can

They both see me kinda as their annoying chaperone who provides food and is generally harmless 😅

@@FioreCiliegia what a cute lil dynamic, how have they been?

That’s so exciting! How is having a pigeon? I’m getting one next month

@@mysteriousriptides3596 They are WONDERFUL pets!!

How is your pigeon doing? What is their name and breed and personality? 😍 I really really really want a pigeon but as I’m still a teenager, I have to get my parents’ permission, and they just refuse to even listen :( do you know how I could convince them?

They like shredded paper toys the best! Or any kind of foraging toy where they can pull out pieces. They also like little bells and mirrors, which are fine for pigeons but are avoided with parrots!

Consistent lighting schedules and a good calcium supplement! My one girl was laying every two weeks for awhile and scared the heck out of me. I have UVB lights on a timer to keep lighting schedules consistent year round and i found that it cut down on her production. Also not touching her anywhere but her head/neck, and leaving her eggs in until she gives up on them (which it sounds like you’ve been doing) Some parrot vets unfamiliar with pigeons don’t know, but the bird birth control shot is extremely dangerous and very often fatal for pigeons. Thankfully I knew this ahead of my appointments with a new avian vet, had I not, they may have accidentally killed her. Remember they’re built for frequent, fast reproduction so as long as you’re giving a good calcium/multivitamin supplement, a good diet, and she’s keeping weight on, she should be alright!

I have linked a care guide in the description! Are you in the United States? Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue ships all over the US with overnight shipping! Many pet pigeon owners get their pigeons this way. They are also linked in the description ❤️

@@MaddieSmith thank you!