Hello there. I have 2 Senegal birds. First allow me to introduce Mercy who was hatched on 1/21/14. I bought him from a pet store, had him sexed. He is a male and we brought him home at 3 weeks of age. He is strongly bonded to both my husband and myself and is 9 months old today.
2 days ago we brought home a Senegal from a rescue whose history, gender and age are unknown. We are fostering this one with the intention of adopting. There is a strong and deep "V" on the chest so I'm assuming this is a male. Until we adopt we won't have this one sexed. I will refer to Zazu as male for now.
The reason I joined this forum is because this bird has drawn blood on me twice in 2 days! He acts as though my husband has been there from day 1. I'm assuming that he may have abandonment issues and only God knows how many times this lil guy has been re homed. The rescue said he was there twice and it is assumed he is between 4 and 6 years old.
I am in this for the long haul and would be so very grateful for any advice on how I can respectfully earn his trust. It is clear to me that he is brilliant and calculating. I do know that while at the rescue he had to be caged since he bit people there. It was also very loud there with much bigger breed birds in a small square feet home. Although the conditions are super clean and the lady who runs the rescue is in it for the right reasons. I'm trying to find out more about who and why he was relinquished. Any advice will be a treasure. He does seem to be an angry bird at this point. I do know that it was a woman who relinquished him.