• Melon [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    My family has never bothered to name most of our birds. RIP unnamed diamond dove, now only one diamond dove survives

    (Yes I do feel terrible about having a stronger attachment to Minecraft pets than the real birds my family has had throughout the years)

    • 90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Diamond doves are beautiful birds! Did you have some sort of aviary for them or just kept them in a cage?

      • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        The bird is caged, and I am aware that it's downright evil to have a bird all by itself without anyone or anything to socialize with. I might just get a little mirror so it doesn't go insane.

        • 90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Mirrors can have some weird effects on birds, they'll get into obsessive or aggressive behaviors with them, I'd search around about that.

          That's parrot advice though, I can't say about doves.

          Really I'd just look out for a bigger cage on local marketplaces/ buy one off of Amazon and give them some simple toys. Check out r/PetDoves, there's a number of threads and examples of people's setups there.