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senagal parrot

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Question
My senagal has all of a sudden started biting my husband and drawing blood they were good friends until afew days ago we are stumped what should we do  ?

Answer
Cheryl,

I wish I could tell you...this has happened more times than I can say in my experience.  It seems that once Senegals become physically and sexually mature, they select their "mate"...and they will start biting everyone.  They will direct their aggression toward people who are near their "mate" as well as their "mate" just because they aren't accepting their affection.  I wish I could tell you that I have found an easy fix, but I have not.  It seems that you must remove the Senegal from the person they are biting, and that often changes the Senegal's attitude.

Good luck,

Cindy