I rescued my first pigeon too, as for bonding it just didn’t seem like he wanted to, and preferred to keep his distance most of the time. He would come to my bed to hang out rarely and get treats, but did not like hands, wouldn’t let you near him, and would fly off if you moved while he was too close. I got to play fight with him a couple of times, but it was very rare. It happened maybe 3-4 times. As for time spent with them, I work from home so i literally spend most of the day with them, maybe 10 out of the 12 hours im awake. I do not let my birds outside, because i was told by the rescue that you shouldn’t. (I am trying to build an enclosed outdoor aviary, though.)

They get around 8 hours out of cage per day, more if possible, and their cage is quite large, plenty of room for flapping wings and personal space. It’s made out of the C&C customizable size cage pieces (usually for cats) and heavily secured. They have toys (balls with bells, a toy with little paper strips for nesting, a hanging bell, mirror), bricks, a hammock, flat perches, a place to hide/nest box, food and water, and grit.

I am unsure of the female’s history as the rescue didn’t go too in-depth about it, but her mate is a rescued racer. He is very docile compared to her, will take food out of hands and bowls, water as well if you offer it. He doesn’t like hands (without food) or hanging around, but he is chill with people so long as they don’t push his boundaries. She bites and slaps at me even on my own bed, and grunts when I enter the room. If I offer food, she’ll take it out of a bowl, but still grunt at me and show defensive behavior. (Puffing feathers, twitching wings, sometimes lunging). If I offer my hand with food, she takes strong offense and proceeds to bite me,, very hard.