Need advice!!

[imported_Gail]

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Hi everyone,

Peanut is starting to scream quite a bit, I knew this day was coming. She usually just does this if she knows I'm up and go to another room, I have tried ignoring her, and also telling her from another room that it's okay, she isn't alone. I have heard about time outs, but don't want to do anything that is going to make her neurotic. I would like to nip this behavior right way, before it gets out of hand.

She always has plenty of toys, and has regular times out of her cage on her playstand. I try to keep those times the same whether it's my day off or not.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Gail

[oliver8]

I think it might be the time of year it is. Mine has started yelling ALOT more in the last week as well and nothing has changed with them. I have mine in their own rooom so it is not too bad.

Becky

Hi Gail
It's hard to know what the screaming is about without you giving us an acurate description, but, I'll try & tell you the possible causes!
I haven't actually gone through & read everything in the forum, so sorry Gail but I don't know how old Peanut is or how long you've had her for. Females can sometimes be better screamers than males.

Anyway if she's quite young & going through her very first molt, this can cause a little trauma in their lives, even molts after the first can do the same if they're heavy molts. It's a very uncomfortable & painful process for them to have to go through every 6 months. Just imagine little pins poking through your skin, that's what they get.

Again, if she's young or new to your household, she can be trying you out, god knows my ekkie is doing this to me right now >:( he's really trying my patients the little devil!! If you know this is the case then no matter how hard it is or how tormented she sounds, you gotta ignore!! IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE!!!!! it's the only way to go. If you give in just once, then she knows she's got you & can get worse. Believe me Gail, they can sound like they're really in pain & neurotic & like you're the worst person in the world if you don't give them attention, but you have to IGNORE 200%!!!

Easiest way to do this is to keep them (cages) in a seperate room. If Peanut missbehaves or becomes irritable in any way, put her in the cage in a seperate room. If she really sound like it's the end of the world for her, cover her up & shut the door. Just 3 minutes of silence is all you need then you can let her out again. Keep following this through EVERY SINGLE TIME she plays up or screams, but remember the second you cave, she's gonna know she can do what she wants or scream as much as she wants & get what she wants out of you.

[imported_Gail]

She is 10 months old, it may be the molting, I check her everyday and loosen the feathers she can't reach, it isn't many right now, but I imagine that will change. She tends to scream when I leave the room, it hasn't been so bad the past couple days.

I do ignore her when she screams, and as soon as she's quiet for a minute or so, I go to her and we talk. I wonder it she's going into the terrible twos?

If she screams when you leave the room it's not molting. The molting can make it worse though. I'm not sure when they go through their terrible two's.

[imported_Gail]

I think she may be going through a phase, getting a little older and still being a bit insecure. I will continue ignoring her outbursts and maybe give her some time outs, I have her travel cage in the living room and can put her in that for a few minuts if she gets too loud.

We are starting to gain about 5 minutes a day now, so that may be confusing. It's light until after 9 PM and getting longer. She may be hearing more of the birds outside as well. I can't wait until it's warm enough to take her outside, her cage of course!! Hopefully by the end of May it will be warm enough.

[imported_Jason]

The weather change might have something to do with it... not sure though. My suns act as a house alarm. when a guest is over they get REAL loud..


Jason

How is Peanut doing now?

Eddie hears the Rainbow Lorikeets & Black cockies outside & they have an ear peircing squeel! So Eddie has not only started to squeel every single day, but he's also imitating every other animal he hears LOL He's finding his voice at the moment so he'll get over it eventually.

[imported_Gail]

She can be a banshee at times, she usually lets me sleep about 5 hours, I work graveyard, then makes sure I get up. I have been staying up longer when I get in from work, and she spends that time on her playstand with breakfast.

I think it might also be spring in the air, more migratory birds are showing up now. And of course the ravens are always calling to each other outside.

[Lulu0717]

[b]My birds scream too, but it's usually cause they want attention. They just want someone to sit there and talk to them and love them a little. It usually helps to give them some fruit, and if that doesn't work, take the bird with you when you leave the room. They just don't like to be alone :D Hope this helps ;)