After the incident, Lucky was also taken from the aviary for some TLC in his own private suite, for some good nutrition, warmth, rest, and relaxation. What surprised me, however, was that after being handled a few times, he completely got over his innate fear of me, that which all normal finches have of humans generally, and after just a few days he began hopping right onto my hands and coming out of the cage to sit on my hand and sing to me! Finding himself unable to get where he wanted to go, he picked up very quickly that I could become his new set of wings so to speak.
So while I don't know if he'll stay the same when those beautiful wings DO come back in, I seem to be currently in the possession of a spontaneously tame finch who has decided I'm not so bad after all.
This came after just holding him for a few moments once - actually, while I was clipping his nails before bringing him to the new cage. Unlike before, he seemed to find he had no immediate reflex-driven mode of escape like he did when flighted, and in just that instance, prevented from following his instinct, he realized I wasn't actually going to hurt him. Just a day later he hopped onto my finger as if he'd always been tame and he is at this point completely comfortable with my hand in the cage or right next to him. I'm both flattered but also quite surprised it could be as simple as that to get a tame finch, but this little guy speaks for himself!
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