Doves/Pigeons

not parrots but who's had them and what can you tell me about them? I figure the basic care is the same. do they need grit unlike parrots? and what about their personalities? There's a dove in need of a home and it got me thinking about them. They can't screech which is a total plus in my current living arrangement...could a gcc and a dove potentially be buddies or is that a no?

My friend had doves and they were friendly and handleable. They were the only birds they had, so I can't say how they'd be with parrots, but I WILL say that the noise they make can get unbelievably annoying. Not loud, obviously, but if you've ever heard their "DO dodo DOOOO," just imagine hearing it OVER and over and over again. All day. It might not be with all doves, they did have a pair. But I remember my friend complaining about it all the time.

What kind of dove? Some of them have pretty loud vocalizations. I've had diamond doves in mixed flights. Diamond doves are very docile and pretty quiet. Never tamed one so not sure how interactive they can be.

Personally, I wouldn't keep a dove w/ a GCC. Have to be pretty careful what kinds of hookbills you put with non-hookbills. The parrots can chunk a dove pretty easily.

ringneck I believe. I'm not talking about housing them together but maybe out of cage interaction together? but yeah I guess the hookbill would be an issue for that anyways...