| 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...
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| 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
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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.
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