How to Raise Domestic Tangerine Doves

Tangerine Ringneck doves are one of the most common types of domestic doves raised and kept as pets due to just how hardy and easy to care for they are. As pets, Tangerine Ringneck Doves are known for having a gentle temperament and sweet nature. Up until the 1950s, Ringneck Doves were only blond or white. When other colors were created through breeding, one of the first colors was the Tangerine Ringneck dove but there are now over 40 colors.

Things You'll Need

  • Cage
  • Water bowls
  • Food dish
  • Food
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Instructions

    • 1

      Provide your Tangerine Dove with a suitable size cage to keep it in. A large cockatiel cage works well but your dove will need time outside the cage as well.

    • 2

      Keep a large bowl, filled with water, in the cage so the dove can take a bath. Tangerine Doves love to be clean and give themselves baths often.

    • 3

      Keep fresh drinking water available in the cage at all times. Change the water out daily.

    • 4

      Place a food dish in the cage and feed your dove every day. Feed your Tangerine Dove a dove or pigeon seed mixture.

    • 5

      Supplement the dove's diet with greens rich in minerals and vitamins such as endive, spinach, chickweed, clover, watercress and lettuce.

    • 6

      Have grit available at all times. Doves swallow their food whole and grit helps grind up the food.

    • 7

      Give your Tangerine Dove treats often. Treats include, bread, cornmeal and various fruits such as berries, apples and pears.

    • 8

      Give your dove a lot of attention and work with it daily to get it accustomed to being handled in and out of its cage.