From Michael Himself:
"Truman Updates:
1) Truman is doing just fine like nothing even happened. He is uninjured, strong, and in good spirits. He's not emaciated by any means and happily participated in a routine training session this evening. When I found him, he was surprisingly boisterous and fine. The only toll I saw on him was a heavy tiredness in his eyes. He got plenty of rest back home.
2) I would like to thank everyone that has helped in this ordeal including my brother, family, friends, volunteers who came to help search, news media, the local community, Kili, Santina, Ronen, everyone who shared and offered support online, and most of all Vaughn Lloyd who not only found Truman but made sure I got him back! I could not have done it without all of you and it means everything to me. I had to do everything I could but I did not have the strength to accomplish what I did if it weren't for all the support boosting me to push harder than I physically could. Santina was a good sport about getting wholy neglected for two days. Kili was out there with me all day searching, calling, and motivating me to go on.
3) I want to thank Truman for coming back with me. He not only has free flight but he also has free will. I could not MAKE him come back with me. But he made the choice to and that is very important to me. I am not keeping Truman against his will. I offer him as much freedom as I can safely allow.
4) I not only found Truman but also made many new friends. I am amazed how many people that I didn't know showed their support whether moral or physical. The community has been very supportive as well. I did not ask for people's help here on facebook but you guys did it anyway and shared Truman's missing flier with over 35,000 people! This helped get the word out and played a role in Truman's finder learning about my search. I also met a man, Ronen, who also happens to have 3 flighted parrots in the city. We'll be keeping in touch and taking our parrots out on harnesses together. He was a major help today during the rush to get Truman home. He has posted some photos/videos he took during the recovery on his page:
https://www.facebook.com/SonnyMushy5) Truman has never had his wings clipped and never will. Although it was his wings that led him away from me, it was also his wings that kept him alive while he was gone. I don't want to get in a clipped vs flighted debate right now and will address this issue more later. But I do want to mention that Kili/Truman will not be freefying outside any time soon. This isn't because they aren't capable nor that I don't trust them. But that I had a miraculous (and unforeseen) save and would not want to have to rely on it again. Had I found Truman quickly and easily in my local community myself, I probably would laugh it off and still take the chance. But I can not rely on or burden the community like this again so I will take my good fortune with humility and stick to reliable safety measures like a harness for the foreseeable future.
6) I will be writing up the full story of the entire chain of events and what happened in coming days.
7) I will be writing a short book, "The Parrot Wizard's Guide to Finding Your Lost Parrot" which will be a collection of all the things I tried, learned, and that have been suggested to me to help anyone else that ever loses their bird get it back as well. This will be made available for FREE to the community as a thank you for all your generosity and to help others in a similar position.
Once again thank you thank you thank you! Words cannot express the relief, happiness, and gratefulness that I feel."
