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Post by screechowl on Apr 7, 2018 13:58:34 GMT -5
Screeching appears to be mentioned in quite a few threads.
We think that our quaker, Sim, is less than a year old and we adopted him 4 months ago from someone who had bought him from a bird auction and had had enough if him within a few weeks.
He is finger tame and I am working on being able to put my hand around him to pick him up - he's quite a nervy bird.
But his screeching!!!!! I know that he is calling for his flock and he does it to call for attention (usually when we are out of the room).
We have tried to ignore him but he just continues and we have found that the only thing that will shut him up is getting him out of the cage (he has then won so we don't do it) or cover his cage with a cloth and give him some time out.
He has plenty of toys in his cage which I change regularly and he has time out of his cage 2-3 times a day - out labrador is trauamatised because he rides around on his back.
He loves fruit and veg and will go back through the day to pick up and munch on crispy lettuce or sugar snappeas.
We have converted him to pellets instead of seeds.
Most advice seems to be to try to ignore it but I've also read advice where you try to distract him by whistling etc..
Can anyone give me further advice about our screechowl, Sim please?
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Post by biteybird on Apr 8, 2018 4:12:25 GMT -5
Welcome!  We have a blue quaker, Bonnie, who is now 4 years old. I'm sorry to tell you this, but if your quaker already has 'screeching' ingrained as a behaviour then you may have to endure it on occasion. We've had Bonnie since she was 8 weeks old or so, from a breeder, and she still shrieks on and off (not every day, but when she does it's extremely 'piercing'!). My husband is not as good at ignoring it as I am. You're correct, when Sim is doing this you could try to respond with a whistle or a well-known phrase like "it's OK, I'm here". If he keeps on with the horrible noise, just try not to look at him or respond in any way. Bonnie can go for up to half an hour of us ignoring her objectionable noise, then she generally settles down. Sorry to tell you this...but you are experiencing quaker parrot hard-wired behaviour. There are definitely things we can do to address it, but only so much. |
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Post by dinucci on Apr 8, 2018 6:44:19 GMT -5
Hey screechowl! Yeah..it's a ingrained trait for the most part. Like bitybird,we also got buddy when he was a few weeks old,just weaned. He "quaked" a lot till he was about 6 months I think.
We were just talking about this yesterday tho in that,for what ever reason,he stopped doing this a long time ago. He would sit atop his playtop,look out the window and screech non stop. Always happened near sunset. So I would laugh and say " call em home buddy!" Round em up !
But he dropped this behavior suddenly..I don't miss it.
Now tho,he screeches,more like barks,out the window,gathers stuff in a corner of his cagetop and scratches his papers while looking out the window. This has more to do with mating and will pass...I hope soon..other than that, most of the noise he makes comes from playing,ringing his bells and talking or singing.
It's funny to sit somewhere out of sight and hear him practice his human imitations.
For the longest time tho, i thought it would never end. So hopefully Sim,when he gets a Lil older,will drop it too.
Your doing everything right tho in my opinion. I'm picturing him riding on the dogs back and laughing. Buddy is inquisitive about dogs too..when my sister brings her dog here,he tries to play with it and follows it around on the floor..I'm careful not to let him too close cause even tho she's and old lap dog poodle who doesn't see to well..ya just never know.
Good luck !
Cheers!
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Post by screechowl on Apr 8, 2018 10:09:23 GMT -5
We did wonder whether another bird, in another cage, would keep him company - it's a good job that we didn't get another bird because our son has come to stay with his green cheecked conure and it hasn't quietened Sim down at all!
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Post by biteybird on Apr 9, 2018 2:34:32 GMT -5
Yep, that seems to be something 'parronts' think will help (getting another bird), but a lot of the time it can just double your problems...certainly not a quick fix for anything and not to be entered into unless you have carefully considered all your options and you really want another bird.
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Post by dinucci on Apr 12, 2018 10:28:42 GMT -5
Maybe Sim will take kindly to the new bird in the house with time. I've read a lot of posts where members have a few birds and a lot of them have green cheeks or conure s in general along with quakers. They seem to be compatible. I went to a pet store near a river I fish,last weekend. They have a lot of different conure s ..very playful..a sun conure almost came home with me ! So tame and friendly...but I just couldn't do it..
Let us know how it goes !
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Post by julianna on Apr 16, 2018 15:04:38 GMT -5
Oscar grew up with conures around and at first all was fine until it was mating time. He picked one of them as his mate and would beat up the other one so they always had to be separated. That is how I ended up with Oscar. He would not leave the other birds alone and the parents were really concerned for all of their birds.
I write to her now and again and let her know how Oscar is doing... and she loves that she found him a good home.
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Post by Emz on Jun 10, 2018 8:22:51 GMT -5
Screeching appears to be mentioned in quite a few threads. We think that our quaker, Sim, is less than a year old and we adopted him 4 months ago from someone who had bought him from a bird auction and had had enough if him within a few weeks. He is finger tame and I am working on being able to put my hand around him to pick him up - he's quite a nervy bird. But his screeching!!!!! I know that he is calling for his flock and he does it to call for attention (usually when we are out of the room). We have tried to ignore him but he just continues and we have found that the only thing that will shut him up is getting him out of the cage (he has then won so we don't do it) or cover his cage with a cloth and give him some time out. He has plenty of toys in his cage which I change regularly and he has time out of his cage 2-3 times a day - out labrador is trauamatised because he rides around on his back. He loves fruit and veg and will go back through the day to pick up and munch on crispy lettuce or sugar snappeas. We have converted him to pellets instead of seeds. Most advice seems to be to try to ignore it but I've also read advice where you try to distract him by whistling etc.. Can anyone give me further advice about our screechowl, Sim please? |
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Post by Emz on Jun 10, 2018 8:27:44 GMT -5
Hi I have just rehomed a couple of brother Quakers named Billy and buddy. They were given to the pet shop to be rehomed as owners are old aged and one is poorly in hospital. I have had them 3 weeks now. Billy is a light greeny yellow color and sqwakssss no end! His brother biddy isn't like that. I find same as you that if I go out of the room it gets worse. I some times have to give them time out with their cover blanket. They have been ok up in till today when one of them gave me a very hurtful bite as they were both pecking at my gold chain I carwduly tried to move it and one of them bit me lol . |
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Post by biteybird on Jun 11, 2018 1:23:52 GMT -5
Ohh, that's awfully nice of you to adopt two quakers (one is enough for our household, LOL!). Let us know how they go. Yep, squawking & nipping/biting definitely go with the territory, haha. |
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Post by dinucci on Jun 11, 2018 10:26:53 GMT -5
Really one of the things we talk about is how buddy used to scream out the window...flock calling..
But he stopped doing this quite a while ago..he's now 15 months.
The one reason that comes to me after thinking of this for some time is that he has totally bonded with both of us and that in so doing, WE are his flock ! So no need to scream since we are there. This took a few months, but he stopped the screeching on a dime. So hang in there and resist the temptation to give attention when your bird is behaving in an undesirable way,and reward with attention and treats when being good.
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Post by biteybird on Jun 12, 2018 4:17:22 GMT -5
Dinucci is right - reward appropriate behaviour and ignore the bad. All the best. |
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