Sun Conures versus Quakers. I'm scared to get another parrot,

I sadly had to re home my sun conure Sunny because of His screaming problem. I was home 24/7 and he would scream all day unless he was on me, which is not always possible. I would end up very stressed, earaches and headaches. We worked with a parrot behaviour expert for months but made no difference. The thought of re homing him just brought us to tears. There was a few times that we had him all ready to take him but I had to stop my husband because the thought was too painful. I was scared what it would do to him. If he would fret and miss his mummy and daddy. Then my husband would ring me during the day and I'd be crying because I could not stand the screaming, but I was on an emotional roller coaster. I wanted him badly but the thought of no noise gave me a sense of relief. My husband had to stand up for all of us and make the decision to re home him and not back out this time. Oh before I tell you the outcome , my husband works different shifts, night shifts ect and has to sleep during the day. I would be stressed out to the max because I would have to have sunny on me laying on the couch for 6 hours, just so he stayed quiet. I could not move. Anyway my husbands friend has parrots and we gave sunny to him, and they love him and he does not seem to scream there. Don't know if it's because he has other parrots in the house. But we did try getting him a girl conure, but he wasn't interested. It's like he imprinted on me and now he does not see me he is happier. I still cry over him and still feel guilty. But it had to be the outcome as the constant screaming was not doing any of us good . Sadly.
I would like to know what Blue Quakers are like. Do they scream all day. Are they better in pairs. I just don't want to ever re home another bird again. It's way too painful. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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I have done parrot rescue for years and the one species I won't take is Quakers because I can't stand their particular noise. I have sun conures and have no problem with their noise, but for some reason, Quakers get to me. So, be careful if noise is an issue for you.
What about a cockatiel? Very sweet and friendly and quite quiet.

Sorry to hear that you had to rehome your sun conure. Any parrot can become a screamer and it can be very hard to stop once the habit is caught.
Quakers are great pets but if you're worried about noise which is totally understandable after your recent experience, why don't you go for one of the quieter species like a green cheek conure? These have the same outgoing, playful habits as a sun conure and are usually super friendly with everyone in the family also they rarely scream.

Thanks for both your help.the natural noise is not the problem. My sun conure had seperate on anxiety with me and resorted to all day screaming. I'm not exaggerating , it was all day. It was not his usual conure squark. I love hearing parrots natural noises. I think that when I explain my situation everyone thinks it's just there natural squark. But it's not. My sun conure had no interest in playing with toys, foraging, or being around other birds. He just wanted human contact and he imprinted on me. I want a funny, cheeky parrot. I don't want a bird that just sits there. They give us so much joy and laughter. I hear so many different opinions, some say the Quakers are not noisy, others say that they are and then others say all conures are noisy. I think it they may be all individual in there personalities. All dogs cats, humans and birds are different. We also treated our Sunny like a human and that may have been our problem. As soon as he called we would go running. He knew this and he was boss of the house. A big mistake on our part.

I dunno about quakers, but what about green cheek conures? They are a bit smaller size, but most adorable, smart and fun birds ever! They are generally very quiet. Mine likes to scream, but it cannot even be called a scream compared to "real" screamers. BTW, my cockatiel is a "real" screamer (he is just freaking loud), but he got much better over time and goes off only a few times a day when he needs something. He also knows I get VERY angry at his screaming and shuts up as soon as I show up.

I know about Quakers. Two of them ! (Am I a pro now? Hahaha). Clover and Mr. Pea have such opposite personalities and characters that I am going to be bold and say: No, quakers don't scream all day. If Clover screamed 15 times today it's a lot. She has a morning and evening time where she calls out - as I call it - but it's really not something that disturbs me or makes me crazy. I have a son that sleeps right through it, and he would be the first person protesting if something disturbed his sleep. (He works nights). Mr. Pea screamed maybe 3 times? 5 times? Believe me, I'd remember if they had screamed all day because I absolutely hate noise, specially high-pitched screeches.

I would have gladly traded the high -pitched screeches of my 4 children for the maximum volume Clover puts out, but at the time my kids were small I didn't know anything about Quaker Parrots! (I'm an awful mom, huh?). My daughter at age 38 still is about 20 decibels louder than Clover could ever be...

I find my parakeets a lot louder than my quakers, but maybe that's because they're so darned greatful that I rescued them, that they're not making a lot of noise.

My dogs are a lot louder than my Quakers! They DO sometimes make me swear at them, but they always wag their tails enthusiastically when I do (swear) and promptly go get them the treat they've been demanding with that insistant whining. Wanna know what two whining German Shepherds sound like? Get two U-2's !

Please take everything I say with a ton of salt, but know that what I write is the truth. It's just my way of expressing it that needs a little bit of vaseline to go down without making you choke.

Thank you Giggleagain, what you say does make a lot of sense. I appreciate it. I'd say it depends on each individual bird. It seems to be 50 / 50 for conures and Quakers. Lol

Basically incessant screaming is a learned behavior and not something that parrots generally do. They do have a period in the mornings when they first get up where they get a bit noisey calling to each other and checking in and sometimes in the evening as they go to roost as well, but by and large they are usually pretty quiet unless the don't know where you are or they are hungry.
Generally, I teach my birds to whistle for me instead of calling as it is a much more pleasant sound for me. All of my birds came to me from abusive homes and screaming, was one of the big problems that I had to contend with although it was by no means the worst of their issues.