How To Care For Baby Dove Birds. Keep the Bird Warm While youre working to get help for the animal keep him or her warm and quiet by placing a heating pad on the lowest setting under half of the box or placing a small hot water bottle inside the box. Ad Search Baby Dove Care.
832006 The baby is a pretty good size about the size of a golf ball and has started developing feathers. We never observed the mother coming back to her baby. She never came back that I saw.
Do not use fresh grass because that could make the baby bird cold You can also use a basket with a handle then hang the basket from a nearby tree branch.
Where you found the bird. 9262018 If the bird is a fledgling baby bird and is in the open Chrans says you can gently nudge it toward a nearby area with hiding places like bushes or shrubs but no farther than an 8-foot radius from where it starts. Ad Search Baby Dove Care. 2112021 To begin feeding place one hand slightly over and around the baby with two fingers around its head.