I need help.
A friend of mine purchased a young green cheek conure. It is a different color morph, "pineapple" I think? I do not know exactly how old it is or if it is a male or female. After several notices from his apartment complex regarding the birds noise, my friend asked me to take it. I agreed, on the basis that he would take it back. (I live alone in a house so no one is around to complain.) He is not taking it back. I have had the bird for a little over a month and I understand why he got so many complaints. It never shuts up. It screams. EE-EE!! Over and Over and over. The bird was in its own room. I recently moved it to the living room to see if that would alleviate the yelling but that didn't help. It has a reasonably large cage with toys and perches and a cloth hideout. It yells whenever it can't see me. Whenever it hears me or my dogs in the house. Basically all the time, except at night (thank god). I tried ignoring it and only going in the room and taking it out of its cage when it had been quiet for a few minutes. But the yelling hasn't been reduced. I don't know how much it yells when I'm not home. It is stressing me out and stressing my dogs out. They really hate the noise as much as I do. I try to take it out as much as possible but I don't want to reward the yelling by giving it attention. I'd also spend more time with it if it didn't constantly poop on me. I don't want to give up on this bird but I'm on my last nerves. I need advice
A friend of mine purchased a young green cheek conure. It is a different color morph, "pineapple" I think? I do not know exactly how old it is or if it is a male or female. After several notices from his apartment complex regarding the birds noise, my friend asked me to take it. I agreed, on the basis that he would take it back. (I live alone in a house so no one is around to complain.) He is not taking it back. I have had the bird for a little over a month and I understand why he got so many complaints. It never shuts up. It screams. EE-EE!! Over and Over and over. The bird was in its own room. I recently moved it to the living room to see if that would alleviate the yelling but that didn't help. It has a reasonably large cage with toys and perches and a cloth hideout. It yells whenever it can't see me. Whenever it hears me or my dogs in the house. Basically all the time, except at night (thank god). I tried ignoring it and only going in the room and taking it out of its cage when it had been quiet for a few minutes. But the yelling hasn't been reduced. I don't know how much it yells when I'm not home. It is stressing me out and stressing my dogs out. They really hate the noise as much as I do. I try to take it out as much as possible but I don't want to reward the yelling by giving it attention. I'd also spend more time with it if it didn't constantly poop on me. I don't want to give up on this bird but I'm on my last nerves. I need advice