New Rehomed Senegal Parrot Question!!

[Pajarita]

Please do thorough research on birds and photoperiodism and rethink the bird's light schedule because senegals are naturally aggressive birds and an overly hormonal male is a parrot owner's nightmare!

[NathanDesnoyers]

Little update here!

Today has been.a VERY good day in improving his social skills.
Spent the whole day with him talking, whistling etc and decided that im going to glove train him until he realizes biting is NOT fun anymore.
Ive read mixed reviews about glove training and although i have a high pain tolerance, his aggression is pretty rough when hes feeling nippy.
The gloves help contain the pain and shows him that je wont get a reaction from biting.

Today he willingly stepped up to my finger on the "up up" command. Several times as i repeated the command switching fingers.

And then as i sit on my couch he whistled a little tune ive been doing to me and flew to me and perched on my head.
This tells me hes becoming more accepting of me and trusting in me does it no?

[Wolf]

I have never used a glove in this manner, I also don't ever try to fool my birds. If they bite me, then I react in a normal manner and also tell them "Bad bird, No bite" I can't conceive that they don't know when they bite enough to hurt and bleed me. Nor do I believe that they can't tell the difference between a cry of pain and just carrying on. I do not believe that they are vindictive birds that take pleasure in hurting me. They also seem to have a very well developed sense of fairness.
When Kiki, my Senegal first arrived here she was scared, half frozen, hungry and thirsty and to top that off she was hormonal and probably going through puberty at the same time. I was the one to do all of the work in taking care of her and although she originally tried to bond with my Lady and bit the crap out of me regularly, she would also fly to me and perch on my head. Then she switched and bonded to me and it still took most of the year to correct her hormonal behavior during which I was bitten frequently. These were bites that she tore out chunks of my flesh and not bite and release bites, these were bite completely through and were very painful. I have never been bitten so painfully by any other bird.
Does your bird flying to you and landing on your head signify that he is more accepting and trusting of you? I really can't say, it might, but only time will tell for sure, I hope that this is what it means, but I don't know.

[Pajarita]

Ay, my dear, using gloves with parrots is a thing of the past because it does not curtail aggression, it only causes them stress and fear (all parrots hate gloves!). Please think about this more carefully because what you do these first few months is the foundation of your future relationship with him. He is not even a sexually mature bird so it should not be difficult to get him to bond with you - you really do NOT need gloves with a hand-fed bird, all you need is to use a Tstick for stepping up until he loves/trusts you. Please reconsider because senegals are not really very forgiving birds compared to other species of parrots....