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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:	Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:	INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:	VIDEO::PULSIFER

Created:	Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	942
Total number of notes:	6016

518.0. "screaming....HELP!" by STRATA::RCONWAY () Mon Mar 18 1991 13:09

    QUESTION: What make your bird scream?
              How do you deal with the screaming?
    
    As all of us know, now and then our little feathered friends seem to
    get us frustrated with their ear piercing screams. Sometimes I even ask
    myself, why do I put up with it?
    
    My bird (macaw) screams as soon as he hears the vacuum or if the 
    phone rings. What worse, is I cant even listen to my stereo.
    
    SOLUTION: Cover him ASAP. pull the blinds and close the door to his
    room. This doesn't always work, but it does make me feel a little 
    bit better. Then after I'm all stressed out, I get to the point
    of "I'll get you back". When I decide to leave the house, I turn on the
    stereo and put on some rock station (not too loud) and leave the house
    to let him scream him self out.
    
    
    
    Anyone got any screaming tales to tell?
    
    b.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
518.1	A few reasons why...	TRNPRC::WERBER	we are NOT amused!	`Mon Mar 18 1991 13:57`	14
	If you haven't already - you ought to read the March 1991 issues of Bird Talk Magazine, it has an article titled "What Those Screams Mean", I was just reading it during lunch. Some things they mentioned: -They scream to keep in touch -To advertise for a mate -Because they're happy to be alive -Because it's time to eat -To warn -To express unhappiness at something in particular -To sing/talk along with the high pitch of a machine -Because once they start screaming, they are rewarded with drama and attention - even it's just the master coming in to scold and cover the cage...
518.2	Marco	ELWOOD::CHRISTIE		`Tue Mar 19 1991 09:55`	6
	Marco, my brother-in-law's cockatiel, had a one-tone screach that drove my sister crazy. It was worse when she was home on maternity leave so she got rid of Marco. L
518.3	they certainly can yell	ESGWST::MOEHLENPAH		`Thu Mar 21 1991 19:43`	6
	I yell HELLO or SHUT UP... It sometimes works... My macaw is loud. I get used to it. My wife isn't so happy about it! Ed
518.4	Ear Plugs anyone??	CSOA1::DIRRMAN		`Mon Mar 25 1991 09:33`	5
	Our Blue Crowned Conure takes to really screaming - I turn on the radio (He likes Jazz) and he quiets down. He also screams when a "new" person enters the house - It is great to have an ATTACK bird!
518.5	COCKATOO NOISE POLLUTION!	ABACUS::BOURGAULT		`Mon Apr 01 1991 11:57`	14
	My Moluccan Cockatoo can be very irritating at times. She has a habit of making high pitched squeeking noises when she wants attention and it is like chinese water torture! I sometimes wheel her cage into the dining room and close the door which quiets her down immediately but I have also found that she is afraid of a small transistor radio with the antenna up, so when she starts her squeeks, I simply put the radio on the table near her cage with the antenna up (sometimes playing however it usually isn't necessary) and she just freezes up and eyes that radio and keeps quiet until I finish doing what I have to do. Then when it is her turn, I take her out. She is so demanding at times. This works especially well when I am vacuuming. She is VERY loud and active when I vacuum. It quiets her right down. Denise
518.6	I need some advice!!!!!	ICS::BELMORE		`Wed Apr 17 1991 14:39`	29
	This topic really hits home right now! I am at the end of my rope to tell the truth. I have two conures, a nanday that I've had for about 10 years and a gold cap that I've had for about a year and a half. I put them in the same cage thinking that they would enjoy each others company and quiet down. WELL...... they absolutely ADORE each other and the nanday is very quiet, the gold cap however is wearing on my nerves so much, that I am seriously considering selling him. This is the problem........ I really love my birds, but that gold cap is too loud, but he is cuddly, and friendly and is VERY attached to me, the nanday likes me too, as long as I don't try to take her out of the cage. If I sell them, I really don't want to separate them. If I don't sell them, how can I get him to quiet down?! I have tried adding toys, putting on the radio, covering them, yelling back, giving them more food, letting them out of the cage more often, etc.... I am planning on moving to my boyfriends house soon, and I KNOW he will not be able to put up with the noise for even an hour. WHAT DO I DO???? HELP! -Jennifer P.S. I have also tried separating them again.