Hello all! I'm new to the boards.
I have a senegal named Simone that my wife and I adopted. She is 2 years old, and we've had her since January. Simone is female and she fell in love with my wife at first sight. At first, Simone, would have nothing to do with me. I would sit from afar and talk to her sweetly. Things progressed and she allowed me to scratch behind her head. Then she allowed me to hold her, scratch her neck. She regurgitated food for me and enjoyed being carried around the house. All of this started happening at the beginning of March. Coincidentally, she would now only allow my wife to pick her up for short periods of time. Their relationship had changed, they bird had fallen in love with me. A few weeks ago, that came to a halt. One day when I woke up, I went down to Simone and she was very afraid of me. She would flap her wings and try to bite if I got near her. She would start backing up and try to hide behind her cage. Very fast respirations, mouth open. If I continued to approach she would fly/fall from her cage (her wings are clipped). With continual fluttering of wings, she sometimes damaged a feather or two (twice now, a blood feather). In fear of her injuring herself, I do not approach her anymore. I sit from a comfortable distance and speak sweetly to her. She does let me approach with a treat, then quickly retreats with treat in beak. She will also let me pick her up to place her back on her cage if she falls.
She has fallen back in love with my wife again. My wife can hold her, cuddle her, scratch her neck and carry her around the house. I am happy for my wife, but can't understand the sudden change in Simone. I had done nothing to hurt the her, and nothing unusual happened the night before the change. Her cage did not move, neither did anything in it.
Is this normal for a Senegal? Could this be something hormonal? Or is this just her changing her favorite person as I have read previously about?
Thanks for the insight, I miss my 'Simoney Baloney'
Tony