Self-preservation?!?
Then explain to me why he refused food or even water, for days, unless I syringed it into him. Explain why he would not want to be around ANY other living thing for weeks. Explain why it took him so very long to be able to even be around timid birds, much less be back around adult birds with self-esteem.
You seem to be thinking about something that was overcome in a day or two. That is not the case. This fellow would literally have died of dehydration, and nearly died of starvation, before I was able to build up his belief in himself enough that he would even eat and drink on his own. He was to the point of having nearly clear watery poop, and being so weak he could not stand when I finally started getting food into him. I was there, involved, saving this bird, who had been so badly embarrassed, so badly humiliated, that he. Wanted. To. Die.
traumatic shock
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