Cure for screaming cockatiel?

Question

I have a tame cockatiel who is a screamer. The bird store suggested that perhaps he/she needs another bird. My neighbors are beginning to get annoyed. Does anyone have experience with this? If we get Gonzo a friend would it be better if it were same sex or opposite? Gonzo is a mutation and hence difficult to determine sex, but we've heard that males scream the loudest.

Answer 1

sounds like my old neighbors -- in my apt complex it got to be a big thing to have a bird one year -- then everyone got sick of their birds and put them out on their patios and it got LOUD! covers, mirrors, friends, radios are all good ideas. just try what you can and don't throw the bird outside because its loud and make it a problem for all your neighbors

Answer 2

All the above suggestions are worthwhile. Some birds love to be sprayed with water and have a daily bath that way. I think their body gets itchy and even if they hate water at first they will grow to love it. Letting the bird out for a little fly each day is a good idea, as is a radio, or tv. Our one cockatiel starts to scream at 6 o'clock at night because he knows it is bedtime. Birds need a good twelve hours sleep at night or they can become cranky and sick.

Answer 3

Birds scream in the wild for 3 reasons maiting, getting attention or when there is preditor near.

First make sure your birdie feels safe, put his cage in a high place to he can see everything, and put a plant next to the cage he may want something to hide in, also a "bird cozy" which is a rolled tube of cloth he can sleep/hide in might make him feel safer.


Next if prehaps he wants a mait get him a mirrior so he can see himself, he might think he is another bird. Spend some time chatting with him, he might have something to say! Birds are very social animals they need companionship, many birds get deppressed if they feel lonely!

Also, keep in mind that birds are very prone to getting a cold from drafts so keep his cage in a draft free area. Spend lots of time with him and he should do fine

Answer 4

I would suggest covering him and telling him "goodnight." Then take his cage and put it in a dark room.(a walk in closet is a big help). I had to do that to my parakeet for a few days. I have sympathy for your problem. If nothing you do helps, you could always sell it. I believe that it is normal for your bird to scream. Yes, I have had experience with this. You must really love Gonzo to keep him.

Answer 5

I conceal the cage, yet that would not continually paintings. I shop a great darkish sheet by potential of the cage and whilst they(oftentimes the male) starts screaming I throw the sheet over the cage and yell NO in a noisy voice. Like I suggested this would not continually paintings yet i think of they are initiating to get the message. Turning off the lights fixtures additionally works. Then they think of it's time to circulate to mattress. I desire there became into yet otherwise yet I stay in an house and function pals to tension approximately.

Answer 6

Some yrs. ago,some friends got a male cockatiel. They lived in an apt. He stayed in his cage all the time & would get very loud & shrill. Even when she covered his cage & put him in another room. Anyway, one day she asked me if I knew anyone who wanted him. His noise was really getting oon her nerves & making her B/P go up. I took him as I lived in a lg. house & I knew my kids & husband really liked him. We lived in the kind of house where every room had a door. We started leaving his cage open & the living room door closed so he could fly around. He calmed right down. He always went back into his cage when he wanted to eat or rest. Most of the time he stayed out, either up on the curtain rods or other high place. It got to where we could leave the LR door open. We made sure that the front door (in the hall) was always closed. He was a delight. As we were in Germany at the time, we couldn't bring him back to the states so about 3 mo. before we were to leave, I started talking to him in German. He picked it up right away. My landlady was so delighted when we took him to live at her house. She had him several more yrs. before he died.

Answer 7

My cockateil, Prince has always been a trouble bird. He is not very affectionate, hates coming out of his cage, will not fly around except to get back to his cage, and loves to shreak and hiss. It got so bad that I tried a mirror, which he will not play with (he hates toys), I covered him up, which works, but it's cruel, and then I just gave up. He has quieted down a bit recently, maybe his is just getting more mature...

Answer 8

If they think it needs company, a lot of times a mirror will work just as well. They will think their reflection is a new friend. It cheaper and more quiet than a new bird.

Answer 9

put a towel over his cage and this should quiet him. as for another bird i would do some research , the bird store is probably just trying to make another sale.

Answer 10

well i have parakkets and when they get loud i spary them with water and keeps them quiet but some birds like beig sparayedI did have a cockateil,boy and girl and they were reallly good.