What do doves eat?
Most doves are seedeaters. We will not discuss fruit and vegetable-eating doves. Seedeaters can be fed finch mix, cockatiel mix, wild bird seed, and semisoft dog food (such as Ken-L-Ration s Moist and Beefy). Dog food is put in the food processor, and a tablespoon is put on the seed daily (1 teaspoon for fewer than four doves). As a special treat, doves like leafy vegetables, broccoli, cut up apples, bread crumbs, mashed hard boiled eggs, and occasionally mealworms. Fresh water and grit should always be provided. Oyster shells and chicken eggshells baked in the oven for several hours at 300 degrees Fahrenheit and crushed finely make an excellent source of calcium. Doves also like vegetables, cooked rice, leafy vegetables, peanut butter, grated cheese, and mashed hard boiled eggs. Some doves have to learn to eat other foods. Most doves will soon eat vegetables and fruit with gusto.
