Your's and Sophie's videos are really helpful. I recently got a very seperation anxious cockatiel who was handraised due to abandendment and she is flock calling so loudly when we leave the room. I always make sure she has lots of foraging activity, because she is usually outside the cage all day, so she doesn't realize we are gone as quickly. So far I tried to ignore the screaming and wait 3 seconds before entering again so not to reward the behaviour but maybe I should, like you said, try calling back sometimes to reassure her we are there.

@TheParrotTeacher

Жыл бұрын

Glad they are helpful!! Separation anxiety can be challenging to deal with! But keep at it!

During the pandemic I have been working from home, and usually I'm just laying on the bed while working on my laptop. My cockatiels in the same room sometimes think I'm being too motionless and checks in with me to see if I have died since I'm not moving much xD they usually do a repeated ear-piercing scream that sounds like a car alarm or a fire alarm going off :D

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

lol! They are clearly just making sure all is good!

Just wanna share a story about my two pineapple conure. 4 days ago I put my conure cage outside on the back garden under the shade (I usually do that during the day, they love seeing butterflies and other small wild birds. Besides, in my city, there are no such thing as a predatory bird or any dangerous wild animals) I left them there for 3 hours while I was working from home, and some of my windows are open for natural ventilation. After 3 hours, I saw one of them flying and perching near my bedroom (I was on the second floor) I was shocked seeing him outside the cage (This is when I realised I forgot to close one of the small doors on the cage), I picked him up and ran downstairs towards the garden to look for the other conure. When I arrived, I saw my other conure lying on the floor with wings spread out and a numb leg. I realised she must have hit the window while flying around. I cried and brought her to my room, saying sorry and trying to comfort her while looking for a vet nearby through my computer. I have never taken my pet to a vet before so I was not familiar with that. A couple of minutes later she started eating and flying around and perched above my window curtain. She stayed there and tried to close her eyes since she was weak. I panicked and tried to call her to come down. During that time, the other conure just stayed beside her while she tried to close her eyes. Then one of the vets replied to my message and asked me if the conure have any open wounds or vomiting. I said I did not see any wound or vomit. Then the vet asked me to just keep monitoring the conure since she can still eat and fly. Fast forward, I took her to the best avian vet in my city and the vet said she is okay, only a minor bruise inside the beak and he gave her some medicine. Some things I learnt: 1. I realised my male conure tried to ask for help, that is why he flew and perched near my bedroom. If he didn't fly there, I would never know that both of them are outside their cage, and maybe my female conure is beyond saving. 2. ALWAYS double-check the cage before leaving the conure. I made that stupid mistake and will make sure that it won't happen again. Today both of them are doing fine. Although, the female conure is still a bit traumatised after hitting the window.

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey RL23, Really glad both are ok and behaving normally now. It's quite lucky that he alerted you and that both didn't end up flying away or being hurt! Definitely keep an eye on that cage lock in the future. You could even put a cable tie around it when they are outside just to make sure then cut it off when you bring them back inside! Do you know target training? That may prove invaluable if it happens again!

Things that cause an alarm call in my sun conure, Suzaku: Neighbors doing yard work, men walking small dogs (she is fine with women doing it), leaves stuck in cobwebs in the window, and the strangest is girls in short shorts which took a long time to figure out. Love my silly little girl.

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

She's just keeping you safe lol It is funny what sets them off! Olive for example, fine with big new bean bag. Bring in an xbox game case O.M.G

@Kariahel

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher She works very hard to keep us safe. She often sees things before we do! Like the cat outside in the yard today. It is amazing how vigilant they are, and it is fun to figure out what is a threat in their mind.

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kariahel very true! They are so alert to potential danger!

This is so helpful

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

Thank you

Sometimes my birds try to communicate with the birds outside. And here we have wild parrots (cherry headed conures) that fly by and sometimes hang out on buildings in large flocks in the area we live in. They also do an alarm call when they see these little fruit flies that we now have in our apartment from the composting bins down in the basement. We are trying to get rid of the fruit flies with UV light traps at night, but the city mandates composting and the green bins aren’t airtight. So the birds do this particular SCREAM every time they see these flies, which we have a lot of lately. They also scream when there’s construction in the area, and when the people who live above us walk loudly and drop things above us. Having birds in a downtown apartment in a city is a challenge :)

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear the fly problem could be annoying I'd imagine! Constant naughty flies about lol Our flock don't like bugs much although it's mostly moths they make a noise about! It's cute you have wild parrots outside! Must be cute to see them! All we have in the UK in the south are ring necks. They escaped ages ago from some collection, bred, thrived and are all over london and the south east now! Sadly they want to destroy them all as an invasive species. I feel that'd be a terrible shame/crime.

@dorkusamericanus

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher oh yes, my city has talked about destroying the cherry head conures as an invasive species also, just like the Indian Ringnecks where you live. I wonder if they truly are causing any kind of problems, like are they displacing any kind of native species? If not then they should let them be! There’s a documentary about the conures in my city, maybe you’ve seen it - The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill? There’s a bird rescue group that I got my parrotlet from that also helps rescue and rehabilitate these conures. They’ve had some up for adoption, and I would love to adopt one or two, but these are truly wild birds that grew up flying around in flocks, so I wonder if they could ever learn to step up and be trained like a pet that was born in captivity can be?

Thank you for this ❤️

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 😊

My tiels screams at the morning to come out when they sees me. Sometimes scream on wild pigeons 😄 BTW great information

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Lol they know in the morning it's time for fun!

Me: Kermit, my love, my light, please, just a moment of peace for your father, I need to clean my exploded eardrum Kermit: 🙃🤭😜

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

He knows that there is no peace!

Oooh cool vid LoL while hearing the screms from the vid my Floofyfoo became very alert while Tiki just started whistling 😂 Hahaha yeah if they r in the cage they'll scream if they want to come out and play Good vid!!!

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They know lol. If they scream enough you'll let them out to behave!

Thank you David. This is just in time. Chuck has just started another phase😉 Think he recognizes the upcoming spring, although the weather is more winter-like.

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it'll be useful! They do sense it when the days get longer for sure!

@flockofrcbirds

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher We'll encourage him to get more active. Toys are there, fly time almost the whole day. Other birdies around and enough veggies. It's probably hormonal caused or he might hear another tiel in the neighbourhood, which we don't here. Sometimes leaving the room helps and he calms down after a few minutes.

@flockofrcbirds

2 жыл бұрын

by the way we started whistle training. Me and Cuck. I wanted September but the march of bridge over river kwai is much easier😉

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@flockofrcbirds That's really cute! It's so funny when they pick up bits!

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@flockofrcbirds Sounds like you're taking a good methodical approach to it!

Mine flock has different calls depending on if it’s Amazon delivery or different person to the door maybe we order a lot of Amazon 🤷🏽‍♀️. My dogs know what bird calls mean what and do not watch or listen for people at the door or window. The dogs hear what the birds say is happening and respond. So every time birds say intruder! Dogs say intruder! 🤦🏽‍♀️ This is mostly awesome and I like it except that the birds feel the local neighborhood black cat who is often visiting my yard is an intruder.

@TheParrotTeacher

Жыл бұрын

Interesting bit of communication and learning between the two of them!

Very good video friend

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

My green cheek gets very upset and does his alarm call whenever we touch our rechargeable batteries for our yard tools. Or when we use a duster. Guess he doesn’t like us doing house work! He also makes a very loud high pitched sound, almost whistle. It seems to be when he is excited, and he does it over and over. It is a much different sound than his alarm call or flock call. Do you know what it might be?

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, Do the batteries or duster have a particular colour? Scampi one of our flock dislikes certain colours! It could be as you said excitement. Olive makes a similar sound when she wants to go somewhere or wants attention! Have you seen my conure sound video btw?

I really never realised how loud parrots are until I got my lot 😅

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Yup! Sure are noisy lol

SCREM!

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Always!

@dorkusamericanus

2 жыл бұрын

RIGHT INTO EAR HOLE REPEATEDLY Enjoy that tinnitus 🥰

Wonderfully timed video. My GCC just hit puberty and turns into a car alarm when we leave the room now, lol. With that he's become very possessive over his foraging tray and toys that we hide seeds in (he only gets them during training/foraging every day) and will lunge at my hand if it gets close to the tray/toy. Does this sound normal? Do either of you have a video on something like this or other aggressive behaviors?

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, It isn't uncommon for conures or parrots in general no. It could be a touch or resource guarding or territorial behaviour. Or even just hormonal! It's usually most common with food bowls though. I have a video on why conures bite/one on hormones but not one specifically on biting due to objects!

@wtff

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher Thank you very much for the reply!

What is the wooden triangle thing on your floor please? My Trudy (tiel) would love it. Always looking out for yours and Sophie's videos. I bought my birds this zupreem pasta blend mix, im a bit worried about feeding it to them as its a colour mix, thinking i might use it as treats? Is his good for birds please? Id love to meet sophie and and you one day xxx

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Vanessa, The triangle is from Northern Parrots. It's actually part of a set for a foraging toy with lots of them suspending on a pole! But we thought it'd make an easy foraging toy! I wouldn't recommend that particular mix. The best way to see is by looking at the ingredients list and seeing what stuff is near the top/or contained within it! This advice applies to all pellets too!

@vanessafarber3043

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher Thats what i thought. I didn't realise till after I'd bought it, thought it was dried pasta. So expensive too. Thank you x

@vanessafarber3043

2 жыл бұрын

Found the refill trays, not the toy. Can you send link or a pic please? Thank you x

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@vanessafarber3043 Sadly I don't currently have one, it's possible they are out of stock!

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@vanessafarber3043 You may as well use it as training treats or some in foraging then if you already have it!

My birds when I let them out Just sit in one place together and Chill they fly away from me And they don’t go near toys What should I do?

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Yellowmoss, I'd work on basic bonding and training with them. I have videos on the topic on my channel!

We have a female and male budgies who seem to scream when the tv is on but if we turn the sound off they go quiet. Is there a reason for this?

@TheParrotTeacher

Жыл бұрын

Hey John, It's possible they are either shouting at the TV because they like the noise, or find it annoying so start screaming. It would depend on what kinds of noises they are making!

Hi there,ai have two cockatiels,i’ve had then for almost two years now,and my siblings seem to be developing allergies,My mum said that the birds aren’t allowed to leave my room now.I wanted to know,How well do air purifiers work?If I had one,would it make a difference?

@IM-qi5mv

2 жыл бұрын

I really don’t want to rehome my babies,the other option is that i build an outdoor aviary,which i really like.

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there! Sadly cockatiels are very dusty little guys due to their powdery down! Air purifiers do work wonders if you get a decent one as they remove the dust particles from the air! An outdoor aviary also sounds like a great idea! I have a video about purifiers if it’ll help! It’s a bit of a promotional one but all the information in it is valid for all types of purifier! Regular bathing also helps take the edge off of the dust, provided it’s done properly and when the birds want to

One day Jewel kept chirping and I couldn't figure out why until the next day when she had laid an egg. I know now that was her "Hormone Chirp".

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, They do definitely make lots more chirps and noise when hormonal or egg laying. It can also be uncomfortable so that can cause them to be noisy! Depending on your situation you could use hormone management to discourage her from laying!

can lack of nutrition cause a cockatiel to scream a lot? just wondering as I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong with my bird

@TheParrotTeacher

Жыл бұрын

It's possible, but it would usually be something else related to food (if food is the cause) For example being used to being fed if screaming or not liking what they got!

I only have budgies just now but even they know to scream to get my attention. When they've no millet left they'll scream for more. I've started trying to give them more foraging toys to distract them. I'm looking to get a GCC soon though

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

They can be very smart little guys! Awesome, we love GCC's! Can be a handful sometimes though!

My budgie screams at the Lorrikeets

@TheParrotTeacher

4 ай бұрын

Darn those keets!

@zonabrown9241

4 ай бұрын

Can't find any way of stopping him from screaming any ides pls

@TheParrotTeacher

4 ай бұрын

Sadly without knowing lots more I wouldn’t be able to suggest more than mentioned in the video!

Around the 9:00 mark you mentioned adding something to the diet to curb hormones. Was it cardamom? The captions say caramel 😆

@TheParrotTeacher

8 ай бұрын

Caramel works for me but not the birds lol It’s chamomile! I have a hormone series if you’d like to learn more about them and birds!

@JSLookdev

8 ай бұрын

😂 I will check it out, thank you!

I need help, please get in touch

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Lothar! Don't we all! You'll have to let me know what you need in the comments or get in touch with our business!

my parrot goes ch ch ch ch ch really loud

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Is it a budgie? What kind of parrot do you have?

@kaneezfatimamahmood6280

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher it's a budgie and it's really loud and scary

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaneezfatimamahmood6280 Haha I thought so! I know that sound well from when I had one. That is their alarm or attention call!

@kaneezfatimamahmood6280

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher it does it when I paly music

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@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

💖💖

I cant watch this video in the house lol

@TheParrotTeacher

Жыл бұрын

Noisy set off for your birds?

@rickblit

Жыл бұрын

@@TheParrotTeacher oh yeah just the other birds in the video alone, took some time outside to learn from this tho! Thank you!

L 👍 👍 👍

@TheParrotTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!