- 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.
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