Is my dove sick?

[GoldenBlossoms]

I noticed this morning her poops look more black/green when they are normally white. Is she sick?

She free flies the house and has a spot she loves so I put paper towels under her to catch what dhe drops. And the color worries me.

 

[Qwerty3159]

Those are very healthy and normal looking pigeon/dove droppings.

I’m a bit more concerned about your description of them normally being white. The white part of the droppings is urates, equivalent to human urine in a semi-solid form, while the dark part is the actual feces. A color range of brown to dark green to black is normal and can depend on diet (my pigeons have black feces when they eat a lot of sunflower seed and dark green feces when they’re eating a lot of peas). If the droppings were totally white that would mean they were mostly urates with very little food passing through.

 

[GoldenBlossoms]

Those are very healthy and normal looking pigeon/dove droppings.

I’m a bit more concerned about your description of them normally being white. The white part of the droppings is urates, equivalent to human urine in a semi-solid form, while the dark part is the actual feces. A color range of brown to dark green to black is normal and can depend on diet (my pigeons have black feces when they eat a lot of sunflower seed and dark green feces when they’re eating a lot of peas). If the droppings were totally white that would mean they were mostly urates with very little food passing through.

Sorry, I mostly meant she had white mixed with with dark green but the black seemed new with like no white so I was worried but I did just start giving her sunflower seeds something she didn't seem to like before and now loves. But if she is healthy I'm very happy. Her behavior never changed.

 

[Qwerty3159]

No need to be sorry! The sunflower seeds are definitely what caused the color of the droppings to darken. Sunflower seeds are great in small amounts but don’t feed too many - they’re very fatty! I mix a small amount in with my regular feed throughout the year and then give them much more when they’re molting.