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Extremely Unusually Behavior from my Sennie

Postby WallieTHEsennie » Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:11 pm

I have a year and a half old male senegal parrot named Wallie. Wallie is a very sociable senegal parrot who gets along with just about everyone who enters and lives in my home (immediate family and friends). Initially Wallie would bite frequently, either to get ones attention or because he may have felt threatened by someone in the house. He is well past this stage and in fact is very friendly with his "human flock" and bites only on rare occasion.

I will try to get some better video to possibly post a greater sense of his recent behavior. For about 2 months now, Wallie ALWAYS reacts to seeing my father in a certain way. Whenever my father comes home from work or enters the living room and Wallie takes notice of his presence, Wallie will stop what he is doing and begin to yell/squawk at my father. Now i mean yell as if he is a T-Rex dinosaur and is trying to intimidate all and whomever is around. At first i read up on certain parrot behavior and thought it may have meant that Wallie felt as though my father was a threat and could cause harm to his flock and he was trying to push/scare my father away. But in reality i believe my parrot LOVES my father. As well as the initial yelling/squawking, wallie flies and jumps on my fathers head. It's gotten to the point where my father comes home from work and puts a baseball cap on so he doesn't have to be startled by Wallie flying and jumping onto his head.

After the initial 5-15 minutes of squawking, and harassment of my father Wallie tends to be very calm and follows my father around the house and is attached to him at the hip (in a good way). My father has to indeed bring him into my room and close the door behind him to make sure he doesn't fly back to him to hang out. Has anyone ever experienced such a situation? Any ideas? Suggestions? I will try and get better video of the action because it is really difficult to explain. Thanks guys. :senegal:
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Re: Extremely Unusually Behavior from my Sennie

Postby Kenny » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:16 am

We experience the exact same thing with Puppy, our Senegal.
Instead of a father it is my SO that Puppy stalks around the house.

FWIW the first two years I had Puppy my SO did not go near him since he was afraid of the beak.
Then one day he just suddenly picked up Puppy and now the parrot is obsessed with him.
They both enjoy each other's company immensely.

Sometimes my SO is just not in the mood to hang out with the bird.
Then I have to entertain Puppy who gets all squawky, like this, because he knows his favorite human is in the house.

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I don't have a solution really except my SO now spends an hour or two with the bird every evening, which calms the bird down.
Puppy strongly prefers him when everyone is home but when my SO is at work Puppy is fine and still very affectionate with me.
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Re: Extremely Unusually Behavior from my Sennie

Postby WallieTHEsennie » Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:57 pm

Thank you for your reply. I am glad to see that Wallie is not the only diamond in the rough. Very amusing how showing little to no attention attracts all birds and humans (lol just a theory). I hope like to get a good vid of Wallie in action when my father is around.
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Re: Extremely Unusually Behavior from my Sennie

Postby Michael » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:58 pm

Velcro parrot! :lol:
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