We have been the only owners. There are 5 of us and a bunch of other animals, included a 48yo Too. The Sunday(male) is my daughter's bird. She generally does all his care, but I am home during the days, so I interact with him here and there. He is bonded with her, but gives the rest of us attention.
In the last few months he has started really screaming. Loud short calls, similar to the call when he sees a stranger in the house or a bird outside, but keeps it to one short call with space in between. It is also similar to the call he has for my daughter, as soon as she gets home or he hears the door open he calls to her to see if it's her....SHE NEVER RESPONDS, so she is not giving him verbal feedback...but she does go to his cage and get him out as soon as she gets home. This I can be ok with, but he's recently started calling out when he's OUT of his cage, whether she's in the room or not. And we have him out quite a bit on a daily basis.
We have taught him to ring a bell in his cage when he wants to come out. We have another cage for him in daughter's room and when he gets too repetitive and loud, I just put him up there. I'm kind of at my wit's end. I have worked with domestic and wild animals for many years, I have trained wild animals, I grew up with smaller birds. I knew upon doing research that these birds were loud, but I feel there's something more going on.
Any advice about redirection or something?
In the last few months he has started really screaming. Loud short calls, similar to the call when he sees a stranger in the house or a bird outside, but keeps it to one short call with space in between. It is also similar to the call he has for my daughter, as soon as she gets home or he hears the door open he calls to her to see if it's her....SHE NEVER RESPONDS, so she is not giving him verbal feedback...but she does go to his cage and get him out as soon as she gets home. This I can be ok with, but he's recently started calling out when he's OUT of his cage, whether she's in the room or not. And we have him out quite a bit on a daily basis.
We have taught him to ring a bell in his cage when he wants to come out. We have another cage for him in daughter's room and when he gets too repetitive and loud, I just put him up there. I'm kind of at my wit's end. I have worked with domestic and wild animals for many years, I have trained wild animals, I grew up with smaller birds. I knew upon doing research that these birds were loud, but I feel there's something more going on.
Any advice about redirection or something?