Help Male electus screaming, when in cage

[thndrdrag]

Hi everyone,

We have a make Ekky, who sits in his cage and screams at the top of the lungs when he isnt out of the cage.

Please help with suggestions to make hime stop, I am at my wits end and he is making my other birs irritable also.

Thanks
Rich

[Sashagirl]

Join the world of owning parrots.I too have 3 eclectus that are under 1 year old and two of them scream.They were all together at one time but I seperated them and left the two females together.The male is now in a seperate cage and living where some of my other birds the amazons,and the
conure are.How old is your eclectus?I don't what to do to stop them from screaming either.

[Bonesy]

Ignore them. Plain & simple.

Reward them for periods of silence but completely ignore the behaviour. Turn your back on the bird & pretend to do something else much more interesting. As soon as the bird quiets, turn your head & look at them. If they stay quiet, speak to them, praise & go see them. If they start again, turn around once more.

No doubt you shout something at the bird to get it to shut up in frustration...? many bird owners do and it only reinforces the behaviour.

The bird morphs from calling to find out where you are to screaming because you shout back, which is what the bird wants. And if for example the bird shuts up only when you go to see them, they learn in order to get what they want, YOU, they only have to scream.

It can take ALOT of time & ALOT of patience (and earplugs) to stop a conditioned screamer full stop.

Hope this helps :)
Soph.