Hello,
I have a mummy collard dove nested by my bedroom window with her chick who is about a week old now.
We have watched mummy and daddy dove patiently incubate and change over regularly. Daddy dove is normally on our fence or in the garden as we have ducks and chickens.
However, I found out today that next doors cat caught and ate a collard dove in the last couple of days. I cannot see and have not seen daddy dove in the last couple of days.
I have been thinking of ways to prop a food dish near mummy so she can survive with baby. (They are nestled on a satellite dish bracket).
Do you have any other advice on what to do please?
Maybe best nutrition or how to keep her calm. We have recently many animals in our garden and raised many ducklings of our own and do want this mummy and baby to be at risk.
Many thanks
J