what is the best way to make a parrot stop screaming at the very sight of you?

Answer 1

Usually when my birds do that, I love them.

I try to pet and cuddle and give them attention BEFORE they scream, though.

In the mornings, they will scream as soon as they hear me up and about, and stop screaming when I come into their room to let them out and tell them "good morning" and give them their morning treat or share my breakfast. As I said, I usually try to do this BEFORE they start screaming...

I really do find that atleast "saying hi" and talking to them whenever I see them makes the screaming less lengthy.

My youngest is 2 years old and she screams ALOT. If your bird is this young, it is probably a life stage thing.

My older bird knows "1-2-3 timeout" when he starts screaming without reason or throwing a tantrum -- but he is RARELY in a cage. At the count of 3 he gets locked in a small covered cage for a few minutes (until 5 minutes after he has calmed down). Things rarely get past the count of 2 with him. If you choose to do this with your older bird, I really reccommend reading the parenting book "1-2-3 magic" and following that method exactly and consistently. My younger bird does NOT understand this, and since she is in her terrible twos, it is really not age approprait to punish her in this way... let me emphasize again, that my birds have run of their own ROOM (my mostly-parrot proofed office where I am alot- to tons of attention as well)--- and if you are not able to give your bird alot of attention or let it out of its cage alot, then "1-2-3 magic" could be considered cruel. I also NEVER use this if Boo is screaming FOR a "reason" (ie: people outside, sees a mouse, the other bird stole his toy, he is scared, etc).

I think, from my experiences, the reason why birds scream is that they need more attention and are feeling insecure or lonely. When they're getting enough attention they don't scream as much (unless they're going thru their terrible twos, and then you just gotta live with it and try to ignore it as much as possible and give them extra love, time, and attention).

Birds are flock animals, and parrots are VERY intelligent. Treat them with humane parental respect like little kids (not pets) and you'll do fine.

Answer 2

Well, if the parrot is screaming at the sight of you, I'd imagine that he's either glad to see you or that he's not glad to see you. Now, if it's just in the morning or at night time, then it's natural. My bird screams a lot, but it's usually only when either there's something really loud going on (music, lots ogf kids, etc.) or if it's in the morning. Usually we just ignore him, but if it gets to be too loud, we'll cover his cage for a bit. This makes him calm down, and usually he won't continue screaming once we remove the cover.

Answer 3

You have to first figure out why he's doing it. Screaming is a behavior in birds that is correctable. If they are screaming it's because they either want something that they aren't getting or are unhappy about something. Also depends on the age of the bird..my babies scream when they see me, but it's because I'm the person that handfeeds them, so they see me and want fed.
Need a little more information to answer this question properly. Give us an example of what is happening...you walk in the room and your bird starts screaming? What kind of scream is it..is it a distress call..is it a hunger call....etc.

Answer 4

Super Glue.

Answer 5

they scream at things they like and/or enjoy..... its their way of expressing happiness.
like asking how to make someone stop being happy.

Answer 6

I dunno. Do children on the street scream and run away from you? Maybe you could put a bag over your head.

Answer 7

hold mit on your hand and pet it ok?

Answer 8

tape his mouth

Answer 9

tape its beak shut

Answer 10

punch it in the mouth and call it a bi*ch!