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Dove will not settle down at night!My dove sleeps in a large 35" wire dog crate at night She is a little over 6 months old now, I think.. For the past several nights, she has been waking me up every 3 hours squirming all over her perch. I wake up to the sounds of her stumbling all over like she is trying to get comfortable, but if I don't turn the light on right away, she will eventually leap or fall off the perch and crash all over the place until I turn the light on and tuck her back in. If I turn the light on before she jumps off her perch, then she will settle down and I can turn the light off again and get another 3 hours of sleep.
This is slowly driving me insane. Does anyone have any advice on what to do? Last edited by Seijun; 25th November 2010 at 08:51 PM. 
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How high is the 'Crate'?
Is this a sick or injured Dove? Or?
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The exact dimensions of the crate are:
35.5" long 24.5" wide 27" tall She is a pet, hand-raised. Up until this week has always slept just fine.
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Do you have a night light on for her...this always works for my birds. Is it possible mice are getting into her cage and scaring her?
Dawn
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I suspect you have a mouse who is probably trying to feast on the grain you have for your dove because mice will eat anythng to survive. If it is the dog crate I am thinking about it has just enough room where a mouse can make its way through and scaring your dove. Perhaps enclosing your cage with 1/4 or 1/2 inch hardware cloth around with wire would eliminate the entry of the critter. Insure that the wire is secures on the outer side of the cage and snip off the ends close to avoid the bird and yourself from getting poked.As Phil asked, how high is the crate? If it is too low, that would also provide easy access for the mouse. Take the seed out at night as well.
Regards from Tooterville! 
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I don't think it's a mouse... The cage is at the foot of my bed. There have never been any mouse droppings in her cage or in my room. She will fidget around for about a minute on her perch before jumping off. When I turn the light on, she just looks confused, not afraid as if something has scared her.
She did sleep all through this last night without a problem! I had been thinking about the night light but didn't have one handy. I have a cloth cover on the roof of her cage for at night so I pulled that half-way back and opened the window blinds so moonlight from outside could get in. Maybe this will be enough light from now on to solve the problem. The crate is about 6" off the floor. I can't put it any higher currently. But like I said, I don't think it could be a mouse. No mouse droppings. Last edited by Seijun; 26th November 2010 at 09:46 AM.
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I bet it was the light too. K & K are around 5 months and when I used to keep them in the back bathroom and turn the light off at night it was comepletely dark and they made lots of noise. I had to move them out of that bathroom since it shares a wall with my neighbor
 and put them in the living room. There is a street light outside so when I open the balcony blinds that room has a little light. No more noise at night! They only start to coo when they here my voice in the morning now.
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She slept through the night again! So strange that she would be fine sleeping in total darkness for the first 6 months and then suddenly decide she can't anymore..
She will "coo" in the morning also, although cooing isn't really the right term for it. What she does is crow--at the top of her lungs--until I start moving. She has figured out that doing this tends to get me up faster, because I don't want her to wake up the people upstairs!
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 Smart girl you have there.
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Maybe she hears things you don't; like the furnace coming on?...you could try to add white noise, or a sound machine (ocean waves). That's how I keep my dogs from barking at every little sound at night.
I have a 24/7 cooer - He took a bit of time to get used to. It was almost like clockwork, every hour on the hour - really annoying at 2am! He has passed his cooing at all hours of the day/night to his offspring, oddly enough, now, I can't sleep without the cooing!!!
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That's funny. I did wake up to her crowing once at 3 or 4 in the morning. She never coos--only crows, screams, or squawk-hoots (like a coo but with a really sore/scratching throat sound mixed in).
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Find a way to allow her to Night-Roost up HIGH somewhere.
They HATE being kept just off the floor or down low...Doves are Birds who would never, ever be near the Ground at night. Just let her perch on whatever High Shelves or Curtain rods or something, or put something up high just for her, for her to Night Roost on.
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Is it ok for her to roost out of the cage? My concern has been that being loose in my room there would be a lot more for her to hurt herself on if she panicked during the night. Also, she likes to get on my bed and I am very afraid that if she landed on the bed while I was asleep I might roll over on her!
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K & K have free run of the apartment and they like to sleep in the same room as me. Even though their "bird condo" is in the living room, if they get the chance they will sleep in the bedroom with me. They started out perching on the top of the door or open closet door. Occationally they will take a nap on the bed but not all night. I don't think you have to worry about her getting hurt. I doubt she will fly around much once the lights are off. The one big down side to letting them sleep out of the cage at night is the poopy mess that will be waiting for you in the morning
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Yeah.. I hate having carpet.
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