coffeebeanmia
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Earlier this month my husband and I adopted a 15 year old rescue Eclectus that we named Olivander (Oli for short), his name was Clyde, but he did not respond to it at all.
The back story we were given was that he and his mate were rescued from a parrot hoarders garage (along with other Amazons). Some time after the rescue his mate died (reason was not given as to why) and he did not take her absence well, but was still generally friendly and dying for any positive attention. He doesn't bite, he doesn't poop on you when you're holding him (he waits until he's back on his cage), he loves kisses and cuddles... But he has a habit of giving out the loudest screeching squawks. Sometimes these war calls seem to be for no apparent reason, other times he squawks when we leave a room or are not talking to him when he wants attention. We live in an apartment so the squawking can get us evicted unless we rehome him (which we don't want to do because we are already so inlove with him & he's obviously made a huge bond with my husband and his beard).
We don't reward the squawking with attention, rather we wait for him to say "hello" or make one of his noises. Which seems to work some of the time, but most of the time he will keep squawking until we dim the lights or give him a "time out" inside of his cage.
He's been to the vet and he was so good with her. She said he was fine, but there were some signs of neglect which can be from living in a garage the first 15 years of his life...like his long beak, tattered wings/feathers and long dirty nails.
Anyway my husband and I are hoping for some tips on how to eliminate the squawking.
Anything helps!
Thanks in advance from Olivander & Momma Mia. :63:
The back story we were given was that he and his mate were rescued from a parrot hoarders garage (along with other Amazons). Some time after the rescue his mate died (reason was not given as to why) and he did not take her absence well, but was still generally friendly and dying for any positive attention. He doesn't bite, he doesn't poop on you when you're holding him (he waits until he's back on his cage), he loves kisses and cuddles... But he has a habit of giving out the loudest screeching squawks. Sometimes these war calls seem to be for no apparent reason, other times he squawks when we leave a room or are not talking to him when he wants attention. We live in an apartment so the squawking can get us evicted unless we rehome him (which we don't want to do because we are already so inlove with him & he's obviously made a huge bond with my husband and his beard).
We don't reward the squawking with attention, rather we wait for him to say "hello" or make one of his noises. Which seems to work some of the time, but most of the time he will keep squawking until we dim the lights or give him a "time out" inside of his cage.
He's been to the vet and he was so good with her. She said he was fine, but there were some signs of neglect which can be from living in a garage the first 15 years of his life...like his long beak, tattered wings/feathers and long dirty nails.
Anyway my husband and I are hoping for some tips on how to eliminate the squawking.
Anything helps!
Thanks in advance from Olivander & Momma Mia. :63: