LOUD!

[RitzQuaker]

Is there any way to train an Amazon (orange wing) to not be so loud? I know, birds like to make noise, but Yoshi can peel paint off the walls.

He (?) always has company, food and water. Even when getting one on one attention, he'll go off.

So, any training tips to teach quiet are appreciated...if it's even possible thanks.

 

[wrench1359]

2 things work for me with Salty. Distraction first - NOT REWARD. Distract by playing with one of his toys, re-doing the cage, etc. Second - when he goes off into an Amazon screaming jag, I whisper to him. It breaks his concentration. Does it work every time? Hello no, but sometimes. YOu did after all get an Amazon.

 

[RitzQuaker]

Thanks. Well, took him in from SIL due to her health issues. Didn't plan on an Amazon, but want to make it work.

 

[AMD59]

Lucy my OWA also has those moments where she just goes off! I whistle one of the tunes that I taught her. It works most of the time. Good Luck!

 

[osklvste62]

It also works for CAG's. Mine doesn't scream. Sirens, bells, TV sound effects, fire and burglary alarms at top volume are also ear drum cracking. I act weird. Look for something on the floor, sit on it. She stops and looks to see what I am doing. Bouncing a tennis ball also works. The key as above is distracting so they forget. But then it may be more fun being a burglary alarm at the crack of dawn.

 

[texsize63]

I know my amazons are going to scream.
I try to …….imitate what would be natural for them.

Morning and evening screaming is sort of built into them so I make sure that’s the time they get to fly around. Gives them a chance to work it off so to speak.

If they scream at other times of the day it’s up to me to figure out why.
The reasons are multitude but to name just a few.

Eating without sharing.
Leaving them alone in the living room.
One bird objects to another birds play.
Watching videos of other amazon parrots.
Wanting out at an unscheduled time.

 

[Jcas58]

I second the whispering to help the bird be a little quieter. I have taught my Quaker to “ talk softer” but when he wants to really scream this only kind of works. In those moments, I just close the door to the room until he’s done “ exercising his lungs” lol! I sympathize with you; my birds don’t scream as loud as an Amazon but the ear-piercing screams can get to you after awhile! Distraction, as mentioned can be good too. A rolled up ball of paper can get my bird caught up attacking that instead of screaming!

 

[osklvste62]

I'm sitting here laughing. A rolled up ball of paper didn't work with Nameliss. She wouldn't stop mimicking the smoke detector while I was writing something. The sixth mess up. I balled them up, threw them aiming for can but missed. She was quite for 30 seconds. Looking at the paper ball. Then mimicked sounds of paper shredding for a minute or so. Smoke detector begin again. the fun of trying to get your feather companion to behave. Not every distraction will work. Experimenting will keep your mind young and active. If you let it, it will help you keep a sense of humor.

 

[wrench1359]

Funniest thing - Salty has an internal clock that almost perfectly in sync with real time. Open cage at 10AM - if I am late, screaming. Lunch at 2 - no lunch, screaming. Dinner at 7:00 - no dinner, screaming. Training time, 8:45- no training, REAL screaming. He is on time almost to the minute.

 

[RitzQuaker]

Lucy my OWA also has those moments where she just goes off! I whistle one of the tunes that I taught her. It works most of the time. Good Luck!

Thanks, the only tune they know is the wolf whistle. Trying to teach them others.

 

[RitzQuaker]

I know my amazons are going to scream.
I try to …….imitate what would be natural for them.

Morning and evening screaming is sort of built into them so I make sure that’s the time they get to fly around. Gives them a chance to work it off so to speak.

Man, I wish he could fly. He's fully feathered, just will not (cannot?) fly.
None our older birds do either, it's weird. Only the baby does.

 

[smwboxer]

Amazons mean loud! I have three species, yellow-head the loudest (for no reason)red-lored next (only when excited, bearable), and lilac-crowned, quirky little sounds (mostly enjoyable). The trick is doing research before adopting!

 

[AMD59]

Thanks, the only tune they know is the wolf whistle. Trying to teach them others.

When she wants to, my amazon Lucy will whistle back other tunes I have taught her, but the wolf whistle is her best one. And Yeah....she can mimick the strangest things as well. Like when you use a spray bottle she starts mimicking it....lol

 

[texsize63]

I always thought that they have 3 levels of…….audio output.
Level 1 is talking, laughing, whistling, singing.
Level 2 is contact calling. This is usually what non parrot owners call screaming.
Level 3 is emergency panic (Danger Will Robinson) . It’s a blast of sound……well.

The place I worked had a fire alarm they were endlessly testing. When that thing went off you really wanted to leave the building.

There’s a dude on YouTube who rates different animals as if they were players in a game. It’s very funny (at least to me). If you search for “are parrots OP” you should find it. I won’t link the video here cuz it has some …Not pleasant pics here/there and not suitable for the parrot forums.
But it has a short clip of parrots (IRN IIRC) using a sonic blast as defensive weapons.

 

[osklvste62]

I just remembered a funny to me but not to the person involved. At my apartment in NC. I came home one morning. The maintenance man was outside the door. The smoke detector was blaring. He had just changed it for the third time. Next step was removing wiring. I gave a sigh. I asked if anyone else had their alarm going off a lot lately. Yes. Kids somewhere trying to cook. I said too late now. I opened the door and yelled shut up. Got my morning hello. I had to take maintenance man in. He couldn't believe what the culprit was. We walked outside. Shut the door. Alarm. I told him to tell neighbors to call my number to distract the culprit. To tell whomever had those kids to teach them how to cook. My culprit is now mimicking the take my medicine reminder alarm. Living with a mimic has me trained. Double check times.

 

[AMD59]

OMG.....I am convinced that Lucy (OWA) and Nibbles (Senegal) read this post and decided that they would start the morning off, seeing who could be the loudest, and not stop! And to push every training trick I have out the door! This went on for almost an hour. Not one of my training tricks was working? Then all of the sudden they stopped and Baby (Tiel) picked up the pace with the Tiel alarm call. Even Petie Girl (Budgie) got into it for a few minutes. Surprise for me was that Linny (Ringneck) did not choose to compete! lol

 

[texsize63]

OMG.....I am convinced that Lucy (OWA) and Nibbles (Senegal) read this post and decided that they would start the morning off, seeing who could be the loudest, and not stop! And to push every training trick I have out the door! This went on for almost an hour. Not one of my training tricks was working? Then all of the sudden they stopped and Baby (Tiel) picked up the pace with the Tiel alarm call. Even Petie Girl (Budgie) got into it for a few minutes. Surprise for me was that Linny (Ringneck) did not choose to compete! lol

Bella our CAG imitates our cockatiel alarm call but at about 3X the volume. It’s just about her most annoying sound.
She also imitates the polite beep the air fryer makes when it’s done. I have to set an alarm on my phone or I just can’t tell if it’s the real thing or Bella tricking me.

 

[osklvste62]

The fun of living with a mimic. Even away from home I am trained to pick and hold phone to my ear to be sure. I gave up changing tones long ago.