Senegal Parrot Comparison for Senegal Parrot Owners

[lzver]

Chantal1955, Widget and Pippa are such cuties Not to take anything away from any other birds, but Senegals are beautiful birds

[Brittanyv326]

2010 post:
Name: Sade (say-dee)
Gender: Female. This is the vets assumption from feeling her hips. She also matches all descriptions I've seen of females being compared to males.
Current Age - 4.5 months
Age at which you acquired - 4 months
Eye color - Grayish.
Weight - 127 grams
Favorite Foods - Pellets, blueberries, & broccoli
Temperament - Shy but sweet, curious, playful. Loves to climb.





UPDATED 2013:
Gender: still not DNA tested - hope she's a girl
Current Age: 3 years, 4 months
Age at which you acquired: 4 months
Eye color - whitish gray (has not really darkened)
Weight: 152 g (She is flighted now, so has acquired a lot more muscle. Also recently decided/discovered she's also overweight, so we've been working on that! Vet said healthy weight was 147g for her)
Favorite foods: still on zupreem pellets, loves nutriberries, blueberries, grapes, papaya, she refuses to eat most greens
Temperament: We've gone through a lot of rough times to be honest! She hated my boyfriend for the first 8 months, he was unable to touch her. Then, she decided she loved him and hated me for a while. Now we are balanced and she flies to both of us, very rarely bites, and loves us BOTH! She will step up from our hand to a female stranger and will whistle and smooch for a female as well. Males will be ripped apart if they try to touch her, lol. She was VERY shy and nervous about new things/people/places for a long time, but I think being flighted has changed that. She is pretty confident with her environment and is open to exploring, doesn't take long to try a new perch, toy, counter top, surface. Most times, she just wants to be where we are and is content with being pet or just napping on our arms.







This one's a video, if you click it. It's her in her travel cage on the porch getting some sun and she decided for once not to be camera shy! The first noise you hear is a phone camera shutter since she sees me recording, then some smooches, wolf whistle.. You can tell which are me & which are her. She doesn't talk, but these are her favorite noises to do.

[RudysMom]

Pepper
Male, DNA sexed
Sub Species unknown
8 months old
6 months old at purchase
Greyish Black Eyes
Minimum 110g, Maximum 120g, and Typical Weight 115 or 116
Favorite Foods: apple, strawberries, papaya and grapes
Temperament curious , playful , active, not a one person bird so far , does not like the other birds very aggresive towards other birds

[RudysMom]

oops forgot the pics
This is Pepper

[pchela]

Pepper looks like he has some attitude! I guess that's the norm for our little Senegals though...

[RudysMom]

that picture was took when we first adopted him and o yes he surely did have an attitude and he was a good biter lol but he has calmed down and relaxed now so now he is a pretty mellow

[Marnie]

Marnie - DNA sexed female
10mos old when purchased, now 13mos old
Favorite foods - apple seeds, pistachios, carrots, snow peas, dandelions&flowers, wheat pita
with peanut butter, eggs, and a taste of whatever we are having.
Eye color - still grey
Personality - loves to be petted (by anyone) and talked to, loves me, will bite anyone else,
not afraid of my dogs and will walk among them, likes to be silly and act like a clown swinging
upside down on her chain, gets mad at her toys, and is just a joy to have around.
(I don't like it when she regurgitates her food for me or flings it, ewww.)
good pics showing her green "V" on her chest and how low it is compared to males.



and here is a pic i just took to show her eye color...

[Brittanyv326]

Beautiful bird, Marnie! Is her vest solid orange the way it looks? I'm wondering if Sade's will change. Right now it's yellow with orange on top, just looks like someone rubbed Cheetos on her chest.

P.S. Despite what everyone said when you posted about that perch in the photo, I have to say I really like it and I wish I could find one like it. Looks like she loves it!

[Marnie]

yes i think her vest is primarily orange, but she has a lot of yellow, especially around the edges.
thank you for your nice comments
i will have to post a pic of the new perch i made for her today. its a couple branches stuck in a christmas tree stand.
i'll post when i get home from work tonight.....
here it is

[Brittanyv326]

WOW that is awesome!!! I think I totally have to do that now! lol I've been trying to think of a base for a branch perch, going through ideas for buckets with sand, even storage boxes, but this is THE idea! Thanks for sharing!