Noise Level

[MissyMe83]

This weekend I noticed Tate getting a lot more vocal than normal. I was under the impression that being a Pionus he was relatively quiet and so far he had lived up to that...

It started with a song that my boyfriend selected for an animation project he's doing for a class. Without fail each time he played the animation with the song attached Tate would scream out (best way I can describe it). I figured he either liked the song and was enjoying it, or for some reason didn't like it and was voicing his opinion. The more I thought about it though, the more I considered that if he didn't like it he would probably just ignore it, so I assumed he must like it!

Then later this weekend the significant other and I got into a bit of a heated argument in which we both were raising our voices. This also got Tate very vocal. It was as if he was trying to over power our voices or perhaps let us know that he wasn't happy with the arguing??

Then again last night when I brought out the vaccuum...he got very loud and screechy trying to "out do" the sounds it was making.

Just wondering if this is just due to him getting older, more comfortable with vocalizing, or if it's simply an age thing and if he'll continue to get more vocal as well as more "pitchy" cause that's the normal progression?

Thanks all! : )

 

[oled]

Villi gets really vacom if the radio or TV is loud. Also when caling for attention. But I am not acepting this behavior so the problem is decreasing and now on a accepble level

 

[antoinette]

I agree when sounds are loud out birds tend to get vocally louder. Remember birds pick up on our moods and feelings, just like us humans.
If Mishka even begins to get a bit loud, I play soft music for him, or a whistling song. Not even a minute later all is beautifully quiet.

 

[IcyWolf]

The atmosphere really does make a huge difference in whether your birds are quiet or not. Our house is generally pretty mellow and aside from budgie and p'let chatter, you would probably never know we have 12 birds and counting(babies) here. But, if we have our tv on and it's loud or an excitable sounding show or song the birds really get going. We have been having some problems with the zons and noise in the past week. We are trying to curb it before it turns into a bad habit. It all started because every day around 4-4:30 when my other half comes home from work, he would come in, all excited, make his rounds and say hi to all the birds and dog and give everyone treats. I thought it was very sweet that after a long days work the first thing he would do is give the birds treats, unfortunately, it only took a few days for them to realize this amazing treat phenomenon and it went from a nice surprise to them expecting to get those treats. So if he would come home and be busy and not give them their treats right away, we would have a screaming fest :20: Now, when he comes home, he says hi to everyone but he gives them treats sporadically so they never really expect them but are happy as can be when they get them. I know a lot of people really like their routines, and that does work really well for some birds, but for us, switching things up a bit seems to work out really well. The birds always have clean water and fresh food, and they all get to come out, but they don't expect these things to happen at any certain time so if anything comes up and routines have to change, they aren't phased by it.
We pretty much have the "daddy is home from work" excitement taken care of but now Rasta, our female zon has decided that when we climb into bed for the night that she is going to scream her head off, I don't know why, but since there is a bedroom directly above our rooms, I don't like her yelling at night. We have been ignoring her so as not to reinforce the behavior but when it's something like this where there are other people sleeping, I don't have the luxury to just wait her out like I used to do with our cockatoos. The thing that I have found really works is that if she starts screaming for no obvious reason, I just turn the lights down or off and turn off the tv so that it's dark and quiet. i don't lead on that I'm doing this because she is screaming, once again, not trying to reward her for yelling at all. But she usually quiets down, the lights can come back on, or stay off depending on the time, and she gets a treat. It's working so far

 

[cryingrealhard]

my BW pionus was always very quiet but recently decided to become friends with my GCC and when the GCC calls out at dusk the piounus joins in (she also does it when asking for attention) and im kinda surprised at how loud she can be OMG but not quit anything like my macaw, when i leave the apartment it sounds like a thousand rabid children screaming simotaniously through a bull horn lol!
so those are the things that get my pionus started, other birds calling and wanting attention (sh'es really needy lol i spend atleast 75% of the day with her on my 3 days off and at least 4 hours on the days i work). when my boyfriend has the stereo loud too which he isnt supposed to do.

 

[Remy]

Puck's noise level seems to be directly related to the amount of noise around. He will chatter when videos are playing, when the vacuum is going, etc. If we are quiet, he will be silent!

I agree when sounds are loud out birds tend to get vocally louder. Remember birds pick up on our moods and feelings, just like us humans.
If Mishka even begins to get a bit loud, I play soft music for him, or a whistling song. Not even a minute later all is beautifully quiet.

Puck ignores it when my boyfriend and I argue, even if it's loud! He just completely ignores it.

If we start kissing though, he gets all kissy, and wants in on the action!

 

[roxynoodle]

Lol, Remy, Rowdy always did that as well with me and my (former) fiance.

My birds often try to outdo each other. So when one starts vocalizing, the other 2 have to vocalize as well and sometimes it does seem to be a contest for my attention.

As for whether he liked or didn't like the music, you will have to look at his body language. And as for yelling during an argument, he might enjoy the drama is happening and is trying to join in, or he's upset that you are both upset. Again body language will tell which one it is.