As I mentioned in another thread, I found a pij with a broken wing that required some major vet care. He/she is now recovering in my bathroom (the only place I could quarantine him), while I look for a new home for him.
Anyways, I noticed that this pij does not coo. When he is alarmed (mainly, when I try to pick him up to give him medication), he SQUEAKS (yes, squeaks) and runs away.
He does look smaller (his beak is grey, no white part on it), but he looks like a pigeon, not one of the squabs - in other words, visually, he is just a little bit of a smaller pigeon with thinner feet.
Does anyone have any idea what age he/she is? I am just curious? I assume squeaking means young (unless it means something else), but he doesn't really look distinctly like a baby to me. By the way, his eyes are orange, not grey (really young ones have grey ones, right?)
Anyways, I noticed that this pij does not coo. When he is alarmed (mainly, when I try to pick him up to give him medication), he SQUEAKS (yes, squeaks) and runs away.
He does look smaller (his beak is grey, no white part on it), but he looks like a pigeon, not one of the squabs - in other words, visually, he is just a little bit of a smaller pigeon with thinner feet.
Does anyone have any idea what age he/she is? I am just curious? I assume squeaking means young (unless it means something else), but he doesn't really look distinctly like a baby to me. By the way, his eyes are orange, not grey (really young ones have grey ones, right?)
