And with it took the family ring necked dove. I watched him slowly die. I couldn't believe what was happening. He was a sturdy little fella who spoke his mind when someone got near his territory. It seemed like his normal behavior. Sit on the second floor of his cage and then when he wanted to eat jump and go to the ground. I didn't appreciate him eating off the ground so I tried to put him on the first floor where his food and water was. He fell off. That was when I knew something was wrong. I looked at him and tried to see what was wrong. Without being an expert though I wouldn't know. I thought something was stuck in his bum hole so I tried to get as much of his poo out with the flat end of a toothpick gently. That wasn't the problem. He slowly lost his strength. I just laid him back in his cage on the ground and watched him. I don't know if he looked back at me but he just slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing. Makes me wonder now as to why he died. Maybe he was unhappy, maybe he starved cause he was always on the second floor. I don't know but it makes me sad to have watched him die this way...