Well it was Time for Grey grey's check up so I decided to take Pierre in to my vet. She never seen a bird in a while so traumatized by hands. She only had a couple that were like this.
The vocalization is a cry of extreme fear. Not your typical awk awk... This is a bit unusual for a 20 yr. old bird. They normally put their head down if not wanting to step up or simply walk away. And like she said, he's not being aggressive he's being scared for his life with the hands.
There is also dried blood under feathers around beak, nostril. And a bit tender. And has a swollen wing. This was within last 2 weeks.
And to clarify, this is not anything that happened with or at Chelsea"s...she hadn't had the bird but a day. This happened at rescue, and before.
Even Prior owners possibly.
Pierre hasn't crash landed at my house, besides, his wings are clipped and nails trimmed too short. Vet said … you want my honest opinion??
He was either intentionally hit, or accidentally hit. The vet , myself and wife are agreeing on first one. We're pretty positive on it.
I've dealt with many types of parrots in my life time, Nearly 30 parrots, as I myself had a private rescue and rehomed birds to proper homes. I have never seen
a bird this traumatized by hands. And vet has seen similar in a couple badly treated birds. But again said, Pierre has a lot of potential to
over come this. because he's not aggressive. Doesn't show the will to attack, and is calm if you keep hands away.
Whats done is done, I can't change that or dwell on it, The key now is focusing on what I can do to change that and get his trust back
with hands. He's a lovely bird, and intend on giving him and the care and love he needs to help over come what ever happened.
So, my suspected offense...he's been badly handled to point of sheer traumatizing and even pain which caused bleeding... probably happened far more than once.
But as I said, I'm in no way going to ever give up on him, heck no. He needs his confidence rebuilt, his trust regained
and yea that'll take time, big deal It's going to be fun. I'm getting his confidence back up by offering him treats from hand.
He wants to take it, some times he will, but slowly and cautiously then hurries back away from hand. Other times he will cry if hand is too close.
So.....that's where we stand.