hello!!

hiya my name is kaye i recently became the owner of harry my senegal parrot. Hes not had the best start to life i actually met him when i went to buy someones sofas and in the corner of the living room was harry in a very small cage with no toys and his cage was stinking, instead of offering to buy the sofa i said i will give you the money for the parrot, from what i have found out he has had quite a few homes and hes only about 12 months old so understandbly he is unsure of people will try and bite you if you try to smooth him. Since he has been with me he has changed into a lovely big cage and has lots of toys which he was very scared of wouldnt go anywhere near them but hes slowly getting use to them will give them odd pushes with his beak.! I have however had him on my lap (with a towel) hardly holding him and stroked his head and neck and he started to fall asleep and when i let him go he walked on my leg for awhile before flying off.. When im in the room he follows my every move and shows off when my partner is not in the room, its ashame hes had such a horrible start as he is a lovely boy i expect he will never bee 100% and might always have a nip in him but as long as he's happy and healthy than thats all that matters..
Would love to get to know other people on here and share stories and experiences so i can be the best owner possible and let harry have a long life.. i have looked after my friends miliatry macaw but harry is my 1st parrot that i own! look forward to hearing from you all x

and diana sent me here!!

Hi Kaye, pleased you found the forum.
Hope you can send us some pics of Harry soon

Hello and welcome to the forum.
Senegals can be such fun loving birds and it`s so lovely to hear you have taken him on.
It sounds like the poor fella has had a bad start but it`s amazing how, in time, they are so forgiving.

Our Macaws are all rescued and our Severe Macaw Harley suffered abuse being dragged out of the cage by his neck, and then the next owner shutting him away.
We`ve had Harley 3 years now and he`s very bonded to me, he has learnt to trust me and has no issues with my hands being near him now.
He does nip sometimes but I think that goes for most birds, rescues or not.

I`ve never kept Senegals but I have a close friend who does, well 2 actually and they are absolutely adorable.

Scarlett x

thats sounds horrible, poor harley!! just cant understand why/how people can be so cruel..! i hope he will forgive in time hes change quite abit in the time we have had him and seems very happy, hes even starting to know when hes coming out the cage and gets ready.. i do everything for him from the feeding to the cleaning and he watches me but the whole family talk to him, and i have noticed he does like to watch my kids playing. we had been talking about getting some sort of parrot for ages before we had him we were just in the right place at the time, and glad the girl accepted my money! will never need a new home now thats for sure!! just ashame i will never know anything about his past...

My Sennies love dunking pieces of fruit or biscuit in their drinking water! does Harry do this!!! they are doing it right now with an unsalted crisp.

no havent seen him do that.. he is just chucking nuts/seeds around at the mo doesnt want to come out!!

hello and welcome good for you saveing the senny i have 9 senny's and they are all full of caracter.

Hi Kaye

We rescued a sennie and gave him a reason to live after his owner had died, he now has a lovely home with kasuku on here!

He's still very cage bound as the original owner didn;t let him out of the cage for at least 9 years that we know of.

he is with another sennie now that is the cuddiest of birds, not in the smae cage but you never know in the future what will happen!

Gorgeous little birdies, very friendly, very angry looking

I hope Harry has found his niche in life the poor little baby! I don't know how people can be so nonchalant about birds feelings! He does sound as though he's settleing down and relaxing though doesnt he?

Hello there and welcome to the forum!!

hello and welcome

thanks every1 i think hes settling nicely for the amount of time just hope theirs room for more. I cant get over what good jumpers they are he jumps everywhere in his cage with no help from his wings! diana mention a few fruit options so i got him a pomeranet (sorry im not very good at spelling) hes still picking out the apple at the moment but im sure when my back is turnt he will try it..
will put some pictures up of him later and show you all what a lovely boy he is!! well if i do say so mysef..lol..

Are you hoping to offer a home to another bird in the near future then Kaye?

You never know someone on here may be able to help in due course.

Really looking forward to seeing his photo.

Hello and welcome!

Well done you, for taking him out of an enviroment that seems just horrid!! Im sure he will come on in leaps and bounds now that he has a new secure home!

And yes, our Sennie LOVE dunking his food in the water, making pellet soup for a start and then fruit and veg go the same way. We solved a bit of the problem by putting his waterbowl on the other side of the cage, and not next to his foodbowl. He still carry things over every now and then though, but not the pellets which makes things a lot easier

Sazu loves his fruit; apples, pear, orange, grapes, bananas all go the same way.. down to the bottom of the cage to forage around with later! lol. He's nuts about..err.. nuts however!

And yep, Sazu loves jumping too, they are great to watch aren't they! Looking forward to seeing photos of him!

Best of luck, Im sure you both have many lovely years to look forward to!

/Nina