Loryn,
Looking at the pics, just get the bird a cage with a stand. Fred just might stop some screaming. Most birds don?t like to be on ground level.
A few years ago, a beautiful white bird flew into my sliding glass window. I had (have) no clue about birds and it was just laying there. I had no cage, so I used my tennis ball collector basket (not sure what you call it) and put a mirror and water in it for the bird. My cat was really pissed off that one bathroom was shut off to him and the bird was making noise. The next day I went to the pet store to buy food and asked where I could drop him/her off since it appeared to have a broken wing.
All the vets around here wouldn?t even see the bird. I think they all said what breed and my simple response was I don?t know, it was pure white but kind-of green since it shitting a lot. The pet store was quite helpful telling me to get the bird hanging in the air and gave me a number for a bird refuge center. I did remove a hanging plant and place the tennis cage with the bird and told myself I would deal with the shit later. The bird was quiet and my cat was normal.
The refuge center did call a couple days later that they would take the bird an access it. A 1.5 hour drive to drop off the bird, and I felt so stupid that I saved a Pigeon?oh well; at least it has a nice environment to live its life since they took it.
Good luck with Fred, I am pretty sure once he is settled in his new home the screaming will stop.
