Friend has male Macaw parrot (blue and gold) which apparently squawks a lot.?

Question

He has the chance of another Macaw, also male but red (scarlet). He has been told that by introducing the other parrot to the cage it will stop the first one squawking.
Question is will it?
Also, is it a good idea to get the second parrot anyway?
If it is not a good idea, then how does he stop the first one from being so noisy?

Answer 1

no one should be expecting a bird not to vocalize at all. if you want complete silence, try a picture of a bird. on the other hand, the bird is probably noisy because it needs attention. attention, toys that involve searching or puzzils, things to chew, being near a window to look out, enough time out of the cage on a playstand. i keep music on even though i have many birds. during the night, i turn off all lights except one very dim one. i turn off all music, tv, etc. this is to give the birds time for a deep and restful sleep. lack of sleep will make for a noisy irritable bird.

having two males together is a questionable idea. males like to fight and one might get injured. i would have them it two different cages and introduce them slowly and carefully.

Answer 2

This sounds like a badly brought up bird.

The rule for kids and animals is reward good behaviour and ignore bad behaviour.

What most people do is when parrots are noisy is they try to shush it up with treats and in so doing reward bad behaviour.

Parrots are high maintenance. The need human company and entertainment and they need to have challenges. Spending time in the company of your bird is vital. Handling the bird daily is also very important ans this should be combined with teaching tricks or playing games. Your parrot is intelligent and will copy you. When he does a reward will reinforce the mimicking behaviour.

When the parrot is alone at home leave the radio on or play it "parrot CD's" that are available.

If you can't cope with one bird don't take on a second.

Answer 3

Your friend will likely double his trouble with adding the second bird. Male animals often try to see who is the best, the LOUDEST and the most handsome. Even with mammals.

He needs to be reading BirdTalk magazine that nearly every month has suggestions how to calm a calling bird. He can find it on line at BirdTalk.com.

If he sees this new bird as a solution he is so wrong.
A female might do the trick but that is not even sure..
Good luck to him.

Answer 4

Bobbie is right. Don't get another parrot.
Macaws are generally noisy animals. They almost seem to like their own voice and will talk away to themselves all day.
Try giving it lots to do.
For example, give it some sticks with bark on it and it'll pick them up and chew the bark off, keeping it busy for a while.
If you keep it stimulated with different things - unusual toys, pieces of fruit, etc, it should keep quieter.
However, you'll never get it to be completely silent.

Answer 5

Just to let you know that ALL PARROTS ARE NOISY !!! Getting another macaw doesnt mean that he will stop squawking it might make him worse.

Answer 6

To introduce another bird into thecage of one that has already claimed that cage as his own territory they will almost certainly fight possibly to the death of one or the other.

If you do decide to get another bird of any gender or speicies you should house it in a cage close to the other one for them to become used to each other and only introduce them out of their cages with supervision and care.

Answer 7

You dont say how old your bird is, if young then it will squalk, mine did on and off for 2 years, I NEALLY WENT OUT OFF MY MIND!! Hes not too bad now at hes older but you need to give the bird ALOT off attention because if you dont then the bird will never shut up.

Dont give the bird attention when it is screeching either, wait till it stops then do it, they are highly intelligent and you need a bit off REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY, it takes time ALOT off it

Answer 8

no- when there are two birds they squawk together, they play who can shout the loudest