I agree with all of ya. A chunk of my heart was still with that Senegal....
I had to go back & find out more info on it.....
such as if it liked my wife.
As you can see from the attachments, (that's my wife Judy), it liked her just fine.
Apparently this bird has been kinda picky about who it comes to. There was a woman who had just bought the other senegal and this one didn't like her at all.
The other one was quite comfortable with her though.
Turns out both of these are very young birds, still not completely weaned. Of course, the neither has been DNA'd, so their true sex is still a mystery. They're at 2 feedings a day right now, but it's about to go down to one this week. I was told they won't let them go home with any customer for at least another month or so though. She also said if we were going to purchase the bird and there were the food allergies to deal with, a month would allow plenty of time to switch the Sennie to whatever new foods with the least amount of stress to the bird.
Today's visit seemed like it was "test" day for me. The Sennie tried to find out if I was chewable and how hard it could bite me.
It thought my thumb was a good target. I rotated my hand so it couldn't get at it.
Then it started trying to pick at the skin between my fingers.
A few well timed light bounces of the hand convinced it that was a shaky course of action.
After about 15 mins, it finally decided the test was over and I had passed. I started gently stroking it's back & it relaxed to the point it's eyes started to close.
I think that went rather well.
The next hurdle is the $. As ya all know, the original outlay of $ is steep. There's the cage, toys, playstand or perch. though with a Senegal, I think a really good playstand would be a better choice.
Which brings up another point:
All the stuff ya have when you have to get out of a "hobby".
I've been given no choice; the last reaction I had after cleaning a tank was pretty severe. My Doc says the next one could be potentially life threatening. I've been using the big gloves, but accidents happen. Reluctantly I
MUST to get out of the aquaria/fishkeeping altogether. :(
I got a bunch of equipment & fish I need to sell....
You can check out the list of stuff here:
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=19347
Hmmm,
That would provide me with the majority of the funds towards it, as well as give me the room I'd need for the bigger cage if I broke down & got that Sennie.
That would leave only the hardest thing of all left to do......
come up with a name.
