how do I get my parrot from squawking?

Question

tried caging and covering and he just gets louder.

Answer 1

Show him that frozen chicken in the freezer!

Answer 2

Parrots will squawk if they are bored, happy, upset, sunrise, sunset, and generaaly anytime they want to.
If your parrot squawks too much, cover it's cage until it quiets down. Then take the cover off. If you keep doing this, he will soon learn that squawking too much will cause him to get "secluded" from the rest of the world for awhile.

Do keep in mind that parrots are social animals, and like a baby, they need to squawk and be loud sometimes. That is how they keep their lungs healthy.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Answer the birds need - Birds know what they want - this bird wants something from you - is it asking for attention or play time or food or time out of the cage? Birds are creature of habits, this is why a good bird breeder will tell you that however much you handle the baby bird, that is how much the adult bird will grow to expect to be handled. Birds are highly intelligent and they need a lot of various stimulation through out the day. They need toys and exercise and play time and grooming time.

Have you tried running water on a flat plate or into a large bowl and let the bird sit in the water and play? Do you provide fresh fruit and vegetables every day? Are you putting daily supplements into the birds drinking water?

Are you exercising the bird every day or are the wings clipped?
Are you trimming the nails and beak on the bird yourself or does your bird vet handle that?

Do you have any interactive chew toys for your bird? How about some wood vines inside the cage for different size and shaped areas for him to exercise his feet on, instead of just walking on same size perches all the time?

A full, well exercised and happy parot is a quiet parot. You can also play audio tapes for the parot for several hours per day and during the nice weather place your parot on a screened porch or by the window so it can communicate with the wild birds.

Good Luck

Answer 4

Answer the birds need - Birds know what they want - this bird wants something from you - is it asking for attention or play time or food or time out of the cage? Birds are creature of habits, this is why a good bird breeder will tell you that however much you handle the baby bird, that is how much the adult bird will grow to expect to be handled. Birds are highly intelligent and they need a lot of various stimulation through out the day. They need toys and exercise and play time and grooming time.

Have you tried running water on a flat plate or into a large bowl and let the bird sit in the water and play? Do you provide fresh fruit and vegetables every day? Are you putting daily supplements into the birds drinking water?

Are you exercising the bird every day or are the wings clipped?
Are you trimming the nails and beak on the bird yourself or does your bird vet handle that?

Do you have any interactive chew toys for your bird? How about some wood vines inside the cage for different size and shaped areas for him to exercise his feet on, instead of just walking on same size perches all the time?

A full, well exercised and happy parot is a quiet parot. You can also play audio tapes for the parot for several hours per day and during the nice weather place your parot on a screened porch or by the window so it can communicate with the wild birds.

Good Luck

Answer 5

Covering the cage generally works. At my house all I need to do is walk into the kitchen and our Amazon parrot will think "breakfast." And squawk accordingly.

Answer 6

I had a peach fronted conure whom Loved to squawk and flap his wings, never could get him to stop. I got used to it. Most people find that covering them in their cage till they stop, and repeating as needed can cure them of this habit.
After a while the bird I had also let me know when someone was outside by squawking for me

Answer 7

Parrots squawk! That is the way nature made them! Should your parents ask how should they keep you from talking?

Nature did not put birds in human houses. First we violate nature by stuffing the bird into our houses, take away its given right to fly and now you want to add insult to death, and forbid the creature to speak!

I really pray that nothing comes from another systems and carries us off and treat us the way we do life on this planet!

Answer 8

Please stop having them as pets. They wont bother you and will Live...

The pet trade is driving parrots to extinction. And Europe and Asia are to blame for not implementing laws that could stop the import of illegally poached exotic birds. So say an international team of researchers who have collected the first hard evidence of the extent of the illegal trade.

Parrots are among the most endangered birds — nearly one third of species native to the neotropics are considered at risk of global extinction. While habitat loss is behind the decline of many species, the new findings suggest poaching may be as big a threat.
........... Across all the studies, poachers ruined 30 percent of nests. Four species, including the Yellow-crowned Amazon, lost more than 70 percent of their nests.

......................... .Beissinger has also produced a separate report, ...........found that 1.2 million parrots were legally exported from 1991 to 1996, with most originating in Central and South America. ................
........... In the US, the 1992 Wild Bird Conservation Act bans the import of CITES-listed birds. But there are no equivalent laws in Europe and Asia, which have now become the biggest markets for wild parrots. This legal trade provides a smokescreen behind which illegal poachers operate. "The legal and illegal trades thrive together," says Toft. "The markets in Europe and Asia remain open.".......................

Answer 9

Hi, if it is a quaker parrot i did research on them cause i got one from a person who could no longer take care of him & he would squawk, scream all the time so i did research on them it stated to make sure you have plenty of toys in its cage and then twice a week rearrange them in his cage because this keeps them busy also make sure you spend time with him. this should help after a couple of weeks for it did mine. well hope this works for you. good luck!!

Answer 10

I take my parrot out to let him get some exercise. I also let him chew on some of his favorite toys like Popsicle sticks. If worse comes to worse and he just wont be quiet then try either covering him with a blanket or turn off the lights to make it dark and more calm. Its like running your own daycare. Ha ha ha

Answer 11

Get a companion for your parrot, else change your attitude, Try enjoying your dears squawking.