questions about a mature senegal/meyers

[Snowy]

I had an opportunity to play with just weaned senegal and meyers at Omars.
They were sweet but I know that birds tend to go thru a snippy phase during puberty. Is it long lasting in these poi's? Will it revert back to its friendly self after a few months?

I just learned that hahns macaws bond to one person, especially after maturity. Is this true with sennies and meyers? I need to find a bird that will bond with more than just me - or atleast stay cordial and friendly with others. will senegals and meyers still go to other people as they mature?

[birdsnreps]

sennies will try to bond with one person, unless you socialized them throughout their lives. meyers and red bellies will still go to anyone after they mature. my meyers and red bellies love strangers no matter how old they are!!

[Snowy]

I am not familiar with red bellies -- are they similar to the meyers in temperment?
I've heard that meyers tend to be shy compared to sennies.
I also know that sennies can be good talkers- are meyers and red bellies??

[birdsnreps]

red bellies pretty much have the same temperaments as meyers. personally, meyers and red bellies are one of my top fave pet birds. my meyers and red bellies tend to be really shy when they are growing in their pin feathers, but we have to make sure to just give them extra attention and try to expose them to new things, and they always grow up to be very social birds. they are always the first to jump onto strangers, and the last to say good bye. they are even more social than out tiel babies. our sennies have always been kinds shy around strangers though. they are really sweet, but they sure dont go running to play with the strangers. they can all be excellent talkers if you take the time to really talk to them daily. before our babies wean, they have already learned to mimic all the other birds that we have, they sound just like them. they are pretty good at whistling too. they dont have th clarity that an african grey will have, but they can still speak clearly so that eveyrone will understand what they are trying to say.

[Snowy]

Thanks, birdsnreps. I wish you were closer so I could get one of your red bellie babies!
I did see a meyer at Omars but s/he was quite shy and I was not able to get near enough.

[birdsnreps]

yea, before i bought my poi pairs, i heard horrible things about their personalities. i had even seen a clutch of meyers that didnt wanna be handled and they were so fearful. but i thought they were really cute and i wanted to try to breed them myself. so, i bought my first pair. they settled right in and gave me babies after a month of being at my house. i fell in love right away cause their babies are so cute and they have some of the best personalities!! so i bought another pair of meyers. they try to have babies, but for some reason, their eggs have been clear so far :( my friend finally decided to sell her pied pair of meyers, and of course i snatched them up, i got them about 2-3 months ago. they have laid fertile eggs but they dont sit very tight, so we havent gotten babies yet. they were mating again last week so hopefully we can get another clutch :) about 4-5 months ago, i finally got her to sell me her only pair of red bellies. they havent bred for me yet, but their breeding season is coming up, so lets hope for the best :) i just brought home a second pair of red bellies this past week too. my friend always had babies though, i used to go over and play with them, they are just like meyers. i plan on holding back some of the babies, especially any pied meyers that we get. i really wanna build up my breeding stock of meyers and red bellies. ever since that very first clutch of meyers that we had, i just fell in love, and im very picky about the birds that i like and breed. everyone that has bought one of them has said nothign but good things about our babies :) i even get to visit a few of them, and they are still very sweet to everyone they meet, they are all in homes that have children too, they love kids.

go to this link and click on the clutches links. you can see pics of some of our babies. i have a bunch more, but this photobucket album is arleady full and i cant upload anymore :(

fruitwerks/birds/meyers-blue - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

[lauriedrake]

I have had my 14 yo Senegal since she was a baby. I do all the work (weaning, cleaning, vetting, feeding) and she is bonded to my hubby. However, she does snuggle with me, and is the only one of my girls that I can let anyone handle. Yes, she has had her nippy times, and does strike out at me even now, but she is my most predictable bird. If you have good feelings about the Sennie you played with, go for it!

[Snowy]

birdsnreps, those pics are too cute!!
Assuming that the meyers that I have access to doesn't have the benefit of devoted socialization at the nest like yours, do you think I can expect it to be equally socialized once I make the effort after I bring it home? I'm just wondering how critical the very early socialization is. I know that the clutches ar hand fed by the employees of the store, but not sure how much attention they get before they hit the showroom.

[Snowy]

lauriedrake, your hubby's got it made - he gets all the lovin and you do all the work

[birdsnreps]

lol, im very confident that early socialization is critical to their later-on personalities. it is possible, if you get the baby right after he weans, that you can make him affectionate towards you, and hopefully others if you really work with him, but they just tend to be very shy if you dont get in that extra time when they are young. i see the awkward shyness that the young babies exhibit, and you really have to work through that to get rid of the shyness. even with us, im the one who handfeeds them so they always get to see me, but at that certain young age when they are first getting pins, they are still very shy. they are like that for a few weeks, then all of a sudden, you have babies crawling all over you and running to strangers!! its like they blossom and turn into completely diff birds. they are so affectionate, all of ours. i have 3 month old babies that will try to regurgitate for me, its like their goal in life is just to please you and make you happy with them.