Hello Deanna. I am new to forums in general and only signed in because I have fallen in love with Pionus parrots, specifically, as I have been researching parrot breeds. I have a bad-tempered, rather elderly Senegal...my first parrot (not counting budgies) and a rescue. I absolutely love him and he dotes on me...it's a real love-fest. But with everyone else...pure, unadulterated nastiness. I would like to add a sweeter bird to my little family (four small dogs, two well-behaved and bird-terrorized cats---the Senegal has certainly taught them manners).
I am looking everywhere for a Pionus--a Blue-headed or a Maximillian. I can't find a single rescue org with any Pionus except one White-capped, the only one I don't find that attractive. I live in new England and I am leary of having a bird shipped...I don't know, it seems like it could really traumatize a bird. But maybe not--what do you think?
You have a Senegal, don't you? What is his/her temperment like? What do you think of the idea of introducing another bird to mine (at a distance, of course)? He is old for a Senagal--a bit over thirty, I was told.
