Screaming

Hello dear birdlovers,

I already talk about my parrot and thanx those who gave me info.

My amazone JACOB very nice parrot and when I bought 2 month ago it screamed ones per day in the morning but now it screaming many times per day and it irritating me and my wife. I know that its not possible to stop screaming it comes by nature of parrot but I think it possible to make it less then now.

Please if you any info why and how to reduce screaming Blue f amazones, let me know


Kindly,

i'm not an amazon owner, but i do know that parrots scream mostly for attention, you probably want to try not going ANYWHERE NEAR its cage while your bird screams, once he stops screaming for a couple of minutes, you can go near him and continue what u were doing near his cage. i know its a pain, but it worked for my birds. but in order for it to work you must leave your bird ALONE while he screams, it would be best if you could leave the birds sight as soon as he started screaming... and i know, its a lot of work, but it will pay off.

The best cure for screaming (doesn't always work) his to ignore him whenever he starts screaming. If you come running every time he screams he will have taught you to give him attention whenever he screams. If you leave the room or don't enter the room he may learn that screaming is not working. Good luck.

Exactly.

Ignore him when he screams, reward him for silence. You pretty much have to treat your birds like children. They're smart enough to figure things out.

"Hey! They come when I scream!" - so them they'll keep up that behavior to get what they want. All you have to do is teach him that when he's quiet, he gets attention. Really pore it on when he's quiet and he'll get the message.

Rewards can be a powerful that is for sure. When they do right reward them and when they do bd just ignore them. I will use that method and see how it works for me.

To ignore the bad behavior is the first step.What are you doing to occupy his time while he is in and out of his cage?Does he have toys,swings etc?Yes they scream for attention but they also scream from boredom.How much interaction are you having with him?What does his diet consist of?All this is very important too

I have a yellow collar macaw, and I agree that ignorning her when she screams is the best approach. I also find that the more I interact with her, the less she screams. It is not easy...parrots definitely require a lot of attention! Good luck.

We have a Red Lored Amazon that if she goes wide-open with her screaming, can put an umbrella cockatoo to shame. Some times they scream...just because. And in Rio's case, when she gets really upset or freaked out...this is normally caused by stray dust particles floating in the air...that's right, our RLA is afraid of stray dust particles. You should see it when she shakes the dander off...she shakes, then freaks out and must kill all floating particles of dander! Some times there’s nothing you can do to make the screaming stop, you just gota let it go. But screaming for attention, ignoring the bird during the tantrum and rewarding the bird when it’s quiet works.

Rodney

I have a blue fronted amazon, and she screams when i cook or if im eating, because i always give her some of what im eating so she knows now that if she screams she will get food my own fault, i just dont know how to stop her from doing this.

Lesley, in reality, she is not doing anything wrong. Eating together is part of flock behavior so she is just demanding what her brain is wired to need, this is not something you did, it's genetic. Now, I don't know at what time of the day this happens but I eat with my birds in the morning (not 'human' food but whatever they are getting that day -today, my breakfast was oranges and anise root, for example ), they get their gloop and fresh produce to forage during the day and their seeds for dinner when the sun starts to set (3:30 pm this time of the year). If you follow this schedule, the bird will be fast asleep by the time you start cooking dinner but, during the summer, when the days are long and the bird will still be up by human dinner time, you can always give her dinner while you are cooking. When birds are not free-fed seeds, they will very happily dig into them and forget about anything else.