Pois can be sweet too

Here's Sammie tonight

awww! Looks like a sweetie!

They sure do have their moments. I think they save up all their sweetness and let it out in one burst. Sidney will give me about 15 to 30 minutes a day all snuggled up on my shoulder being really cute and gentle. When the sweetness is used up, he flicks the switch and trouble starts to flow.

Awww, Sammie's such a cutie!

Aw, there's Sammie saying Pois can be cute little softies too !

All your birds seem sweet .Might be you

Pinkbirdy said:

All your birds seem sweet .Might be you

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I didn't post pics of the chunks she took out of my fingers a couple weeks ago [emoji5] Pois are different. Zoe is almost always sweet. The sennies you just never know with them.

Pinkbirdy said:

All your birds seem sweet .Might be you

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I completely agree with this!
What an adorable picture

It's nice to see another member of your flock What a sweetie snuggling you!

Kiwibird said:

It's nice to see another member of your flock What a sweetie snuggling you!

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I'll have to see if I can get a decent shot of Sydney. He can be sweet, but isn't a snuggler. Sammie likes to press herself right up to my face.

Love this pic! And Sammie looks like he's posing for the camera!

thekarens said:

The sennies you just never know with them.

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It's both a little annoying and fascinating. Oscar loves to be petted - especially when he's in his cage. He bows his head to show where to start and turns his head slowly around so you don't miss a spot. This can go on for minutes - mostly it's me who stops doing it, as he can't get enough.

In the same situation, he can sometimes suddenly flick his head and do a nibble that doesn't hurt. Or... a real bite that hurts. Most of the time I can read him, and see it coming, but sometimes, ahem.

He can even start to make the "throw up" movements and 3 seconds later give a good nip if he's startled by a noise, or just because he feels like it. He often follows it up with a sardonic laughter, which makes it very hard to be mad at him.

The only place he doesn't nip or bite is our faces. Eyes, lips, nose, he seems to understand that this would mean a real attack. But ears, he sometimes sees as a chewing target. And he clearly does it to get a reaction out of us; he loves to "test" his keepers.

Thing is, I can forgive most of it, as he's a wild animal that was brought up by humans, not a pet that has been bred for centuries to please humans. Most of all, he continues to baffle us with his intelligence. All coming from a tiny wee birdbrain.

To be honest, my Senegal has always been the sweetest bird. Not unpredictable at all. She's good with strangers once she's had a chance to observe them a little (and wouldn't attack if uncomfortable, but just walk in the other direction) and has been great with kids (I used to help out with a fellow parrot enthusiast who did presentations on parrots with different groups). She loves to cuddle, yet can be independent. She's also good with other birds if they in turn don't show aggression first. I really couldn't ask for a better bird. she's one of two Pois that I got as a baby, the other being my Cape. The Cape is still young (will be four next week) and she's had a rather lengthy "terrible twos" stage, but I'm slowly getting the "sweet" side of her back and just this morning all she wanted to do when out of her cage was cuddle/get her head scratched.

With the other four Pois (two Red-bellies and two Meyer's), there is a little unpredictability, but every year they spend with my boyfriend and I, the more comfortable they get and tend to be on the sweeter side.