ok , its bad, it's all day long, and i want more ideas, maybe just to vent to so I don't pull my hair out.
Orbit, 4.5 month old quaker from pet store, screaming reinforced at pet store and screamed all day long at pet store, and i knew he was a screamer.
I've made some progress, but not enough to make life pleasant.
Right now he is out of his cage, playing with stuff, and im sitting right next to him with chair touches the cage, and he is still screeching, and loud ,constant vocalization.
I do not react to screaming, neither leaving tge room or coming into the room whichever. He doesn't need attention fir tge noise. It's become a habit, or a self soothing thing, as he also over preen and is trying to pluck shoulders. The feathers stiff has improved
a lot, tho, with activities, chew stuff, baths, and foraging. Based on hatch date, and arrival at petstore he was likely force weaned......
But he csn be busy and happy, and still be making non stop noise........which is wild quaker default mode......but i need a liveable level of noise
Ok the answers to common questions
Diet: pellets, fresh veggies, leafy greens, millit spray as treat, 1 tablespoon mix seeds.
Age/length if time I've had him. 4.5 months old, ive had him 2 weeks?
Cage: large cage, many toys, chewable stiff, different perches, foot toys, foraging stuff.
Sleep, about 12 hours, in bed around 6, up around 6
Out if cage time : about 7 hours.. direct interaction time is several shirt sessions throughout the day. Contact kiss head, occasionally head scratches. We are still working on trust and bonding.
Just now quiet after 3.5 hours non stop ....
Since we woke up...
Orbit, 4.5 month old quaker from pet store, screaming reinforced at pet store and screamed all day long at pet store, and i knew he was a screamer.
I've made some progress, but not enough to make life pleasant.
Right now he is out of his cage, playing with stuff, and im sitting right next to him with chair touches the cage, and he is still screeching, and loud ,constant vocalization.
I do not react to screaming, neither leaving tge room or coming into the room whichever. He doesn't need attention fir tge noise. It's become a habit, or a self soothing thing, as he also over preen and is trying to pluck shoulders. The feathers stiff has improved
a lot, tho, with activities, chew stuff, baths, and foraging. Based on hatch date, and arrival at petstore he was likely force weaned......
But he csn be busy and happy, and still be making non stop noise........which is wild quaker default mode......but i need a liveable level of noise
Ok the answers to common questions
Diet: pellets, fresh veggies, leafy greens, millit spray as treat, 1 tablespoon mix seeds.
Age/length if time I've had him. 4.5 months old, ive had him 2 weeks?
Cage: large cage, many toys, chewable stiff, different perches, foot toys, foraging stuff.
Sleep, about 12 hours, in bed around 6, up around 6
Out if cage time : about 7 hours.. direct interaction time is several shirt sessions throughout the day. Contact kiss head, occasionally head scratches. We are still working on trust and bonding.
Just now quiet after 3.5 hours non stop ....
Since we woke up...
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