Help me!!! New Cockatoo Screaming & Lounging

[DNEALER]

I just adopted a citron cockatoo..I order the chet tapes and I have spoke to kim the Consultant but in the meantime..any help with do...any advice..I am trying everything possible.

I have had her a week. During the day she is the most loveable/Perfect bird. Only calls me everytime when I leave the room. (I am trying to work on this too) The prior owner had these problems too but I did not realize the seriousness and she just got a boyfriend so I thought it may be the reason. I wanted the bird. She never bites me or my daughters. As soon as my husband walks in She screams loudly ALL night. It appears to be a male / jelous thing. She is great with my daughters and even another girl friend came by and she was fine. We are working on him talking to her and spending time. She seems anxious, like protective and jumps around. Its really hard to tell whether she is mad or not..no hissing. but I am very sure she is upset..her eyes follow him.she is watching him..you can tell a difference .She acts totally different with me. He even gave her some food...she did not bite him ?? I have no idea how he even did that with the way she is acting ...Yesterday she was so loud. I covered her, uncovered her..did everything I can think of. She is even loud when I am around and in the room. because he is home. Finally I even tried to let her out...he was in the other room ( I was not leaving her out when he was home..afraid she may attack him but I thought if she is getting more attention and out, it may help too). He needed to come out..he need to go outside and her cage is at the door. She was playing happily with her box..she chews boxes and puts her head all the way inside and most of her body..but she knew somehow he was sneaking by..he was quiet and did not even talk..but she totally quickly lounged at him. landed on his back..right outside the door ..I hurried and picked her up and told her no sternly and put her in the cage..

I tried to get more detail info from the previous owner but she is not replying. In the meantime..tonight of course we will continue to work with her and he will talk, etc., but we are going insane..she is so loud you cannot even think straight. I love this bird and want to keep her.. and believe it or not so does my husband...she is sooo good during the day and a terror as soon as he walks in. IEven covered she screamed. As soon as I did get a quite second I uncovered her immediately...trying to show her..but it did not seem to work...How am I going to make it thru another night??? What can I do with this screaming..it is not just a little here and there...it is loud and thru the night.. Any advice..to help me would be appreciated. Kim said to let them talk and get to know each other...and we are and see how this is going first before we move to more serious ideas...

[my-africangrey-echo]

I have never had a too however it will take several weeks for her to adjust to her new flock... I know others will be here soon to help you better that I can but giving her the time she needs to adjust is very important Good luck

[Markus]

Cockatoos are LOUD. I had an umbrella years ago.

She thinks he is a threat. Maybe she saw some domestic abuse? I think leaving her in her cage with limited out time for the first couple weeks would be best. Toos are very smart birds and take a bit of time to adjust to the new home. Have him do the feeding, and spend some "alone time" with her. They need to do a little bonding so she doesn't think he's a threat. Also watch how you interact with him as a family.. because birds learn from the flock.

My sun conures are very defensive of my daughter from me. They think I'm an enemy. If they're on her, they won't step up to me. They'd rather try to attack me. But if she's not around, then they're friendly with me. My kids stay with their mom on the weekends, so I have a couple days a week of "me bonding" time.

It takes some time.. and doesn't happen overnight. But at some point there should be a breakthrough when things change.

An older cockatoo is very different from a baby conure. conures are like a happy 2 year old, and just love playing with everything. A cockatoo is more like a 3-4 year old human, and when they're emotionally upset with all the changes, that's a lot to deal with!

best of luck!

[kali]

i had a cocky and i only really had screaming when the sun was going up or down. it must be killing you guys what ur going thru... good luck, i hope it works out ok. cockatoo's are awesome.