I guess I'm bitten... in more than one way

[Buteo]

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.

[jimpierce7]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh how cute!!!! My Senie was perch/potty trained before we even brought her home because of all the visiting I did untill she was weened.

[Quito's Qage]

LOL! I knew you'd go back!! What a sweet little Sennie, who could resist?

[Dustin]

I knew the avian cupid shot you with a Sennie arrow!

Keep us updated on the "progress"

[Irish]

Apparently you have to be a registered member to see your aquaria posting, Buteo. All I got was the box to enter my username and password....

Prolly just as well. I keep thinking I should rehome my 100 gallon freshwater aquarium, as Z hates cleaning it, and I can't....

[Buteo]

Didn't realize you folks couldn't read that post without membership.

Here's what it says:

Due to increasingly worse allergic reactions, I have no choice but to get out of the hobby.
I've already got rid of the biggest tank we had (never even got the chance to set it up) and a 55 gallon.

Here's what's left:

Tank 1
1- 90gallon tank with glass top, single tube light hood &
stand (light honey oak),
1 Fluval 404 & 1 AC110 filters,
1 CoraLife Turbo Twist X3 UVS,
1 400W heater with guard,
1 electronic thermometer,
1 large bell deco,
1 small tree stump deco,
a full length background paper,
1 large net.
Substrata:
half is 1/4"-1/2" neutral tone rounded gravel,
the other half is 2"-5" light to dark rounded river rocks.
Also one 1-3/4" thick, 9" long triangular slab of black slate & 6 colored glass eggs.
Plants:
5 fake plants (only 2 left in tank due to Rajah the Oscar pulling them out.)
Occupants:
1 medium Tiger Oscar (Rajah)
2 Ornate Bichir (Cheetah & Jag)
{Cheetah has recovered completely & both get along fine so long as temp stays under 80F.}
1 medium large Common Pleco (Hoover)

Tank 2
23 gallon (Long) with glass top and Coralife FW dual T5 tube light bar.
1 Fluval 104 filter & 1 AC30,
1 AA low voltage UVS,
1 200W heater with guard,
1 electronic thermometer,
2 medium chunks of Mopani driftwood,
12" ghost house tube.
1 medium net.
Pellet CO2 setup (not used anymore)
Substrata:
1/4"-1/2" neutral tone rounded gravel
Plants:
4 small fake plants,
4 real Amazon Sword plants (1 medium, 3 small)
3 large growths of Cabomba.
((This tank is great for growing Cabomba!))
Occupants:
1 Senegal Bichir (Puma)
1 BGK (Sparky)
1 L190 (Tux)
1 male Ancistrus SP3 (Sweeper)
1 Synodontis sp3 (Spots)
3 small clown loaches (Curly Larry & Moe)
2 Vampire shrimp (Vlad & Lilith)
a few Ghost shrimp are still lurking around too.

Tank 3
10 gallon with full black lid & single mini Fluorescent light.
Penguin 100 & AC 20 filters
50W submersible heater with guard,
A small "coral bound trio of barrels" deco,
1 small fine mesh net.
Substrata:
1/4"-1/2" neutral tone rounded gravel,
3-3" rounded stones and a 3.5" square slab of slate.
Plants:
1 small fake amazon sword.
2 sections of real Cabomba.
Occupants:
4 female/1 male Pineapple swordtails
2 female Sunburst Platy,
1 male Twin Black Bar Platy
(a dozen various platy & sword babies)
1 L018 Golden Nugget (Klondike) 2"
1 male Ancistrus SP5 (Lacey)3"
1 flower shrimp (Tulip)

Tank 4
10 gallon with glass top plus full black lid & compact Florescent bulbs.
Penguin 100 filter
100W non-submersible HOB heater,
a small "sea turtle on coral" deco,
Substrata:
1/4"-1/2" neutral tone rounded gravel.
2 "3 rounded stones.
Plants:
2 sections of real Cabomba (1 anchored, 1 floating) & Duckweed.
Occupants:
1 female Ancistrus SP4 (Goldilocks)2.75"
1 small medium mesh net.

Other items:
Books & Magazines:
1 - The Guide to Owning Oscars, by Richard F Stratton.
1 - Guide to the Healthy Aquarium, by Dr. Neville Carrington.
a few issues of Aquarium fish & Aquarium USA 2006 annual.
5 other various sized fake plants,
Foods (freeze dried shrimp cubes, algae discs, pellet & sinking sticks),
100 Meal worms
approx 1.25L of Big Al's water conditioner,
remainder of FW Master test kit,
brand new filter hose & tube cleaning brush set,
1- 25' python cleaning hose (attaches to sink)
1- 6' python cleaning hose (gravity fed type)
C-cell battery powered tank vac.
each tank has a veggie clip.

The age of the various equipment is 9 months or less.
The first one to show up with $700 CDN, takes it all.
It's a great deal for anyone in the Toronto/Hamilton/Niagara falls area of Southern Ontario.
The email is sc0repio(AT)mountaincable.net.
Just replace the (AT) with an @ - I used it to foil email searchbots.

My daughter is upset about it, but fully agrees with our decision.
She says "If it's a choice of my Daddy getting sick or us keeping our fish, I'd rather have Daddy stay outta the hospital thank you very much."

This is a MUST SELL ASAP deal.
For my health and the fish's sake, the sooner, the better.
My daughter adds:
"Please come and give our fish a good home!"

[tielfan]

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.

Handfed babies will do that. They're used to getting food from hands, and in the absence of food will try to find out if the hands themselves can be eaten. I recently got a newly-weaned cockatiel who at first seemed to have an absolute need to eat solid food from my hands - eating the exact same stuff from a cup or off the tabletop wasn't comforting enough. For about a week she would gnaw my fingers while she was at it, then stopped doing it after she figured out they weren't edible.

[dislater]

We have a God-feather Sennie who visits us often. After much trial and error on names s/he
was named Jade for the beautiful colors in the feathers. It's a name that really fits the lively little bird. di

[RickNCheri]

So cute!! it seems like you and your wife have been chosen. No point in fighting it. Just drink a few less beers and have hot dogs instead of steak.
How much is he/she going for? We got Jessica for around $600 cnd (on sale from 900ish) + all the stuff. So she wasn't that bad for an initial cost. (I put out more for my last PC ;) )

Nope, no doubt about it. he/she's as good as yours......

[homebird]

We had fish in a 50 gal aquarium, for years - it was beautuiful. We kept Koi Angel Fish. They started out the size of a quarter & ended up being 3 1/2'' tall in the body alone.
Here's are some links to internet places to post your aquarium:
http://www.infopet.ca/
this is at the bird section but you'll know what to do -
http://www.adoptananimal.ca/search.p...l=9&browse=all
adpost can be 'tuned' to the very area you live in: http://www.adpost.com/ca/ontario/pet...hamsters_mice/
http://www.gotpetsonline.com/cgi-bin/Eware/view_ads.cgi

I hope you get some interest so you can start saving for the Sennie. I guess you'll be doing lots of research on them. YOur bird stories are the craziest. You were smart to include your wife - these birds are a handful. With everyone in on it from the beginning, hopefully he/she will be very happy.
I know the cage & toys are expensive - you could start looking in adpost, I think I saw a great cage up in Muskoka. That would get the costs down.
Good Luck