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What do baby doves eat?

It fell into the front yard and has a broken leg (we wrapped her leg between 2 ice cream sticks). A guy at a pet shop said she should eat crushed corn but she didn't touch it. Can she eat cake crumbles or buiscuits? Or rice?
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BlueVeins · 26-30
Doves eat seeds and insects. Cake and biscuits may hurt his tummy.
LovesJazz2 · 56-60, F
Use the rubber end of an eye dropper and fill with chicken baby food formula or hard boiled egg mixed with a little water. Let the baby stick his bill into the rubber end and he will eat that way.
LovesJazz2 · 56-60, F
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suchaslife · F
For tiny babies, use the rubber end of an eye dropper and fill with chicken baby food formula or hard boiled egg mixed with a little water. Let the baby stick his bill into the rubber end and he will eat that way.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
Go to a bird vet and get some 'bird barf' feed. You mix it with water and use a syringe to squirt it down the birds' throat. Done it many times. Takes patience.
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Jackaloftheazuresand · 31-35, M
doves prefer flax seeds, presumably this gets half processed by the parent and regurgitated so um crush it with a little water and offer from a dropper, bonus points if you use a bird like puppet with the dropper coming out of the throat
SW-User
I have no idea about your question, but it's very nice of you to take care of it.
http://www.eastvalleywildlife.org/DoveCentral.html
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JupiterDreams · 31-35
Aww, that's so sweet of you.
If it won’t eat on its own, try an eye dropper to mimic mama feeding mouth to mouth.

Success · 26-30, F
Plain sunflower seeds

 
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