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labby
Egg
Joined: 12 Nov 2005
Posts: 3
Location: DORSET,ENGLAND |
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hi, i have thought about giving up on breeding them and to try and start taming but every time i put my hand in they both go to bite me and i have been bitten twice before.i have found out the hard way that a senegal bite hurts alot. im not sure how to stop them biting as much as they let me hand feed them nuts and fruit but when i go to pick them up they just go mad at me and then try to bite.is there any way to try and stop this and are they ok to be seperated as when i done this last time the female one was always calling for him? |
Monday November 14, 2005 6:01 pm |
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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10102
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Please please don't work with them inside the cage. If their wings are clipped, you can take them to a neutral room. (Or one of them would be better) then train them to step onto a stick.
A cage is quite hard to have them stepping up, as they're usually different in behavior there! |
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Wednesday November 16, 2005 10:12 am |
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Greg Sujecki
Experienced flier
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 1650
Location: Australia,Melbourne |
Agree with Sue,all training should be done outside their cage,otherwise they feel you are invading there space..for there cage is there home were they can relax and feel comfortable to be themselves"so to speak' all my Cockatiel training is done outside there avairies even though there is plenty of space  plus it get's your parrot to concentrate on you without distraction or feeling l want to be at home in my cage...hope this helps  |
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Wednesday November 16, 2005 1:07 pm |
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Parfie
Fledgeling
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
Posts: 387
Location: Prineville, Oregon, USA |
I have also heard that once a senegal reverts back to wild status, it is very hard to re-tame them. My friend Aleta had a male she tried to re-tame and her being a parrot owner for over 20 years couldn't do it. After about 6 months she gave up and I bought him a hen. She was the sweetest thing - Shadow. So.... I definately would not do it in their cage... seperate them....clip their wings, and see if you can do it in a nuetral room like the others suggested.
I guess I also have a question here... do you want them to breed or want them as pets? MOST cannot have both situations in the same birds. Just food for thought. |
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Wednesday November 16, 2005 9:35 pm |
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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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I am not sure if this is true in every case? A friend of mine had a Senegal who used to really attack her. When she started working with him, he became tame, he even went with her on her bike! |
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Thursday November 17, 2005 9:16 am |
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Parfie
Fledgeling
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
Posts: 387
Location: Prineville, Oregon, USA |
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Never say Never with bird and their behaviors because what MOST applies to, someone always knows of an exception So....that being said, I had heard from multiple sources this was tried by several and failed. I used Aleta's experience because I know her and how she works with her birds.....however Sue has a different experience with someone she knows. Does anyone know of a bonded pair being tamed down and allowed to live in the same cage/produce? I'm not real sure of labby's goal here??
For the record if it's not hazardous to the bird's psyche or health, I'm all for anyone trying ANYTHING they can for a parrot to have a better life. Taming, Breeding whatever it takes for THAT bird to have a better life!
I do apologize for not being clearer, because I thought I said most - I really try to say most whenever I talk about anything that I am giving an opinion on, because there are very few rules in life or birds or anything else that have a NO EXCEPTION clause! For God's Sake even Murder has 'exception' clauses.. or the 'humane society' puts animals down, and that's 'humane'?  I will try to be more clear, thanks for sharing that you know someone that succeeded Sue, as usual, you hear something new every day Learning is great! Thanks! |
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Thursday November 17, 2005 6:45 pm |
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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10102
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Hey Parfie, don't apologize!
Sorry if I sounded like a 'miss knows it better'.. It was not my intention. I reread my post and I surely sounded like one! |
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Sunday November 20, 2005 11:31 am |
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