Tel me about it! My Senegal Sidney has been an ongoing adventure in learning patience. He was in a similar situation as Junior when I adopted him. Spent the first 5 years of his life with very little interaction sitting in his cage on a porch in south Florida until I adopted him in 2013. Like Junior, he is a great companion even with his stubborn & willful personality. His cuddle times are some of the best I've had with any of my birds.
His eyes match his feather color perfectly.
Absolutely. When i hear about other folks and their interactions and what he and I get about doing.. I wouldn't trade give him up. He loves to put his neck against my face, totally fluffs up for me. Shows me and fluffs his area above his tail (which reminds me of a lobster)... does his waddle dance and head bobs... Yea he requires more patience initially first thing in morning but then becomes his normal self... My only issue is... he is a baby when it comes to simple things. I grabbed a soft wood file (nail file) to see if I could do his beak, and the mere touching of his beak sends him into freak out land... He's lucky he doesn't get trimmed and cleaned by a bird tech with their dremils! I GRAZED his beak with a soft nail file and he flipped out...
If there was anything that I would modify about Sid if it was possible is his reaction to certain objects. He has anger management issues, I suppose. His first impulse is to attack. If the object has any negative impression with him it becomes an enemy forever more. Unfortunately this includes the spray bottle that I would like to use to mist him occasionally. Not long after I adopted him I tried to introduce him to it. But he went insane as soon as I sprayed a mist over top him to let it drift down. He went into a full attack mode. He jumped at the bottle and latched on biting anything that he could. Ever since that day if he even sees a spray bottle he wants to attack. If I tried to nail file his beak I'm sure I would end up bloody. His beak hurts! I'd rather get bitten by my two larger blue crowns any day. If I had a choice.
"Know Thy Parrot" hopefully these are few. Salty, while much milder (and smaller) then the hot 3 'zons, still has a temper, and needs to be profusely apologized to for transgressions or look out!
and he can be a little love bug
(when he wants)
Seems that Sennies have perfect timing with laughing. And some other noises. Sid will always make me bust out laughing when he laughs at something with timing that almost makes it seem like he knows what he was laughing at. Also, if something negative happens he makes a fart noise. Always a source of laughter for me.Ha, yeah Senegal parrots are a lot of fun, my sennie does have a little bit of that negative reaction towards new things especially the spray bottle like Jamesc was saying, I find it helps if you can teach them “touch/target” I started this with a target stick but if he was scared of something I would get him to go over and touch it then he would get a treat relating that item with treats! You could try that with the nail file? Any way as much work as they are they totally make it up too us! Percy is a comedian always laughing at the perfect time
