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Ringneck Dove Training

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Question
I Have Two Ringneck doves and i need help in taming them. and while taming is it good to Clip wings? I Really need help if you can't help can you refer me to someone who Can?
-marc-

Answer
Hi, Marc.  Thanks for posting!

I doubt you will have any success trying to tame your ringneck doves.  Doves/pigeons are wild birds.  In order to try and tame them, you have to start when they are just babies, and then it only works sometimes.  Handfeeding them when they are babies helps this process.  In addition, since birds prefer other birds to humans and you have 2 doves, neither of them probably have much desire to be friends with you because they have each other.  

With parrots, it helps to clip wings when trying to tame them.  However, I've never seen this work well with doves/pigeons.  Doves/pigeons need their wing flight feathers for the exercise they require.  Hopefully, you have them housed in an aviary type setup where they can fly, bathe in the rain, and sit in the sunshine.  

Come back with any questions.

Chrys