Introducing ........Mason

would like to introduce to you our newest member of our family...........this is Mason, he/she is a senegal

he/she hatched a few weeks ago while i was in hospital and my 14 year old daughter has been doing the handrearing

we have told her she can keep the baby as she is doing such a good job and this is the first time she has ever handreared



this is our first ever hatched senegal too

awe, lovely, well im sure she will be when shes bigger, can I ask what your using for her wee nest box? it kinda looks like bark?

just had a google to see how she would look when bigger and they are lovely x

Shona it is peat we use as it retains the heat
and is soft for her/him to sleep on

and yes they are sweet when fully grown, they are small birds but with macaw personalities

these are some of grown ones

when they are tiny they kinda have that ET type of cute thing going on,..... you would never think they would grow into the wonderful colourful birds they do, when you see them as chicks x

Congrats on your new baby and well done your daughter (and monkey) for doing so well.

Shona i call them Aliens when first born as they really are not nice to look at

but they soon look beautiful and grow so quick

i went to feed Mason this morning and he has tiny green feathers coming through on his wings- so cute


Thank you Lionhound
yes my daughter is doing a really good job, but it seems now i am out of hospital i am slowly taking over the 6am and 11am feeds

Mason also has an elephant teddy for company as he/she has no brothers or sisters for company

Cute, J. Look forward to loads to growing pics please

Beautiful, simply beautiful

Makes me all tearful again for my little Bijou (my fault for looking )

I used to have a Senegal called 'Mad Carew' He was adorabe, a rescue bird. He had never been properly tamed or handled and had mutated wings from a bad clip... But he was crazy and sweet...

I sadly had to rehome him when I couldn't spend enough time with him. I am still in touch with the lady he went to though and he's doing great!