Hi all,
I’m new to the community and decided to make an account because of issues I’ve been having with my eclectus parrot.
Some background info: me and my family got an eclectus parrot about two years ago after another owner had him for about a year and a half. (He’s currently about 3.5 years) For a while, everything was great. He played with toys and learned how to talk and got along nicely with everyone in the house.
However, over the past year he’s gotten worse. We moved to a new house about 1 year ago and he hasn’t really been the same since the move. He’s started screaming and yelling almost constantly. He also growls and bites, but has never drawn blood or broken skin. He also refuses to play with toys or amuse himself in any way, preferring instead to scream. I’ve tried almost everything to help lessen the screaming. I know that you can never get a bird to stop screaming completely: that’s just unrealistic. But the constant noise is unbearable. I’m a student and I need to do my homework at home, so the constant noise has really affected how I work. I’ve had multiple breakdowns over the screaming. He just won’t stop! I’m just so frustrated. I think the biggest issue is that nobody else in my family really bothers to help me train him and correct behavior. To be honest, I really just don’t think we have the time to give him everything he needs. He gets plenty of out of cage time, but everyone in my family either works or is in school. I really don’t want to rehome him, but I don’t know what else to do as he doesn’t respond to any training i try and give him. I know the screaming may be due to hormones but i don’t know how to help him. Please help!
I’m new to the community and decided to make an account because of issues I’ve been having with my eclectus parrot.
Some background info: me and my family got an eclectus parrot about two years ago after another owner had him for about a year and a half. (He’s currently about 3.5 years) For a while, everything was great. He played with toys and learned how to talk and got along nicely with everyone in the house.
However, over the past year he’s gotten worse. We moved to a new house about 1 year ago and he hasn’t really been the same since the move. He’s started screaming and yelling almost constantly. He also growls and bites, but has never drawn blood or broken skin. He also refuses to play with toys or amuse himself in any way, preferring instead to scream. I’ve tried almost everything to help lessen the screaming. I know that you can never get a bird to stop screaming completely: that’s just unrealistic. But the constant noise is unbearable. I’m a student and I need to do my homework at home, so the constant noise has really affected how I work. I’ve had multiple breakdowns over the screaming. He just won’t stop! I’m just so frustrated. I think the biggest issue is that nobody else in my family really bothers to help me train him and correct behavior. To be honest, I really just don’t think we have the time to give him everything he needs. He gets plenty of out of cage time, but everyone in my family either works or is in school. I really don’t want to rehome him, but I don’t know what else to do as he doesn’t respond to any training i try and give him. I know the screaming may be due to hormones but i don’t know how to help him. Please help!