Can you post a picture?

 

Sounds to me like a youngster not yet of the age where his voice has broken, i.e. a 'squeaker'.

 

Hey Pigeonfriend,
His voice will change as he grows. He might not wanna feel like trying cooing now because of his ongoing health issues. Pigeons coo when they're 100%. If they're ill, sick or injured they might not feel like cooing.

His squeaks may turn into honks first before finally turning into coos.

 

At three to four weeks of age a youngster looks allot like their parents. They are one of the fastest growing birds on earth. The squeak is an indicator of age. Or just knowing it is a young bird right before weaning or right at weaning from their parents.

 

I will definitely try to post pictures - it's just that right now we are in major quarantine mode. Besides his broken wing, he also has external and internal parasites (all being treated), so I try to handle him as little as possible, since I have a pet pij.

Sometimes his squeaks are high-pitched, and sometimes they sound more hoarse, maybe a little like a frog.

Thank you for all the guesses! Wow! 3-4 weeks? His eyes are orange already though - when do their eyes change?

 

You don't really need to handle him to take a pic. A picture is really needed.

 

OK I will try for a picture tonight when I get home!

 

OK, here's a picture of Lee. His injured wing is facing you, that's why it may look a bit weird.

So, he now stopped squeaking and is honking or sounding like a duck.

With this new info and the picture, any idea how old he/she is?

 

Probably about three months old or so.

 

Wow, that young? Lee's eyes are orange, if that makes a difference.

 

No, it doesn't

 

The wrap on the wing looks like it is holding the wing at an odd angle. I needs to be held in a natural position against his body to heal properly.

 

Unfortunately, Lee's wing is not going to heal properly. As soon as I found him/her, I took Lee to a really good avian vet practice (hence the high vet bills I mentioned in another thread), but they said the wing had already started to heal incorrectly by the time I found him/her. And it was a spiral fracture in multiple places anyways (they did an x-ray), so even if it didn't already start to heal, the chances of it healing correctly, even with surgery, were really small.

So, in any case, the wing will have a permanent droop (that's why it's in that position - it was just immobilized by them to keep more damage from occurring, but it was in that odd position when I found him), which is why I am trying to find Lee a home - he/she is not a candidate for re-release. That's why our local wild rehabber place wanted to euthanize him, and that's also why I ended up having to go to the avian vets - the rehabbers wouldn't even consider taking him.

 

Gee that's too bad. He/she is pretty. Really kind of you to help him.