The thin file a diamond dove usually has
Most diamond doves arrive with almost no paperwork, so a house move is less about updating stacks of forms and more about creating the record that should exist. If your dove is registered with a vet, update the address and phone number there first. Then write down the basics in one place: where and when you got the dove, its approximate age, its colour form, whether it wears a leg band and what the band says, and whether it lives alone or as part of a pair. A dove rehomed or boarded later in life is far easier to place accurately when that single page exists and carries your current address.
Breeder, aviary, and pair records worth correcting
If your diamond dove came from a breeder or an aviary, any record they hold may still list the address you lived at when you collected the bird. Let them know the new address if you stay in touch for advice, replacement birds, or pairing help, especially if your dove is one half of a bonded pair whose mate's origin is recorded too. Note which bird is which in a pair — diamond doves look nearly identical, so record the small differences, a band colour, a tail marking, or a habit, beside each name. That written distinction becomes valuable the day one dove needs a vet visit and the other stays home.
A sitter sheet written for a quiet, ground-feeding bird
Rewrite the care instructions a sitter would follow at the new address, because diamond doves are easily unsettled and a stranger needs specifics. Include the seed mix and where grit and cuttlebone sit in the cage, the shallow bath routine, and a warning that this dove startles upward when frightened and should never be grabbed from above. Put the new address, your mobile number, and the nearest vet who sees birds at the top of the sheet. Say where the cage now stands in the new home and which room stays quiet in the evening, since a dove's rest depends on that placement more than most birds.
Emergency details for a very small escaped bird
Refresh the emergency contact list kept near the cage: your number, a household backup, a bird-friendly vet near the new address, and a neighbour who knows the dove exists. An escaped diamond dove is small, fast, and easily mistaken for a wild bird, so write a clear description — size, soft grey colouring, the white-spotted wings that give the species its name — and keep a recent photo with the sheet. Tell immediate neighbours a pet dove lives at your new address; a dove found fluttering in a garden two streets away only comes home if someone nearby connects it to you.
Giving a paperless dove a lasting record
Because a diamond dove generates so little paperwork, the record you assemble after this move may be the only one it ever has. Put the vet details, origin notes, pair description, care sheet, and emergency contacts together, check that each page shows the new address, and keep a photo of the dove at the front. Review the set whenever the dove's circumstances change — a new mate, a new vet, another move. Keeping that modest bundle in KinsLe as a Pet Passport means your diamond dove's identity and care needs are written down properly, not held in memory alone.