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Some of you may remember Noddy's story, I am totally inexperienced with doves and pigeons, never owned any, I found Noddy about a while back and he's not the healthiest of birds, he weighs 64 grams and he should be 90-120 grams being a Senegal dove. He currently has a companion, an adolescent dove I found with her wing mauled (Bonnie) but as she is so miserable in a cage I will be releasing her as soon as she can fly.
Now my question is: would a canary be a good companion for Noddy? He's blind, his eyes are totally deflated, apparently he had an infection and though we gave him antibiotics he never recovered. He's small and doesn't move around much and is very docile, can't eat on his own (can't see the bowls etc). He loves canary and little bird sounds as I play bird sounds for him and he's very attracted to sounds. A male canary would provide a lot of sound stimulation and might keep him occupied. I hate keeping anything in a cage but Noddy seems to be doomed to live in captivity all his life as he would be unable to fend for himself. What are your opinions?
By the way thank you all so much for this forum, I have learnt a lot here! Special thanks to Philodice for her invaluable book which she has so kindly sent to me.
Now my question is: would a canary be a good companion for Noddy? He's blind, his eyes are totally deflated, apparently he had an infection and though we gave him antibiotics he never recovered. He's small and doesn't move around much and is very docile, can't eat on his own (can't see the bowls etc). He loves canary and little bird sounds as I play bird sounds for him and he's very attracted to sounds. A male canary would provide a lot of sound stimulation and might keep him occupied. I hate keeping anything in a cage but Noddy seems to be doomed to live in captivity all his life as he would be unable to fend for himself. What are your opinions?
By the way thank you all so much for this forum, I have learnt a lot here! Special thanks to Philodice for her invaluable book which she has so kindly sent to me.