Are Cockatiels a quieter type of parrot?

[kmirkovski]

Hello Lovely People, I moved into a rental apartment. The Policy of the place is No dogs, No Cats.. Parrots are allowed as long as its not a loud type.

I am a Budgie owner all my life and I know how hectic everything can get sometimes, I did some reading around and figured that Cockatiels are actually the best choice for me for this very situation.

What do you all think, would you agree with me ?

Thank youuu!!!!!!!

 

[LaManuka]

Hello Lovely People, I moved into a rental apartment. The Policy of the place is No dogs, No Cats.. Parrots are allowed as long as its not a loud type.

I am a Budgie owner all my life and I know how hectic everything can get sometimes, I did some reading around and figured that Cockatiels are actually the best choice for me for this very situation.

What do you all think, would you agree with me ?

Thank youuu!!!!!!!

I think the answer is "yes" and "no". Cockatiels don't scream as loudly as many other species, and females in general tend to be quieter, and some males are quieter than others too. I have two males, and one is MUCH louder than the other! It also boils down to what sort of neighbours you get - some don't mind a bit of bird noise and others will complain about the least little thing. 'Tiels also can tend to repeat things over and over and over (and over and over and over, you get the picture) again, which some people can find a bit aggravating. And individual results will vary within these generalizations too!

 

[saxguy64]

I guess it really is a matter of perspective. I had tiels many years ago. I LOVED them. They made some noise, but I never saw it as a negative, or particularly loud. My current flock is generally pretty quiet, most of the time, aside from some typical parrot sounds, whistles, sound effects, and an amazon belly laugh. But... My ekkie can get loud when he screams. He wants attention, which screaming will never get him, but he tries... I mean, it's ear piercing head splitting rattle your brain loud.

So, perspective. To me, the loudest most obnoxious unruly tiel would be pleasant by comparison. They're birds, they're allowed to be birds and some like to be loud. Others like to be quiet. Luck of the draw, I suppose. To an apartment neighbor, hard to say. Tiel noises could be considered annoying, or endearing.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Avoid placing the cage against an interior wall where the sound can travel through to someone else's apartment. A cockatiel is pretty much the least noisy of the larger-than-a-budgie parrots.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

They can be loud. Not Amazon loud, but their alarm whistles can be annoying. Frequency wise, they're not as 'loud' as budgies. Overall, they're not bad apartment birds. I had green cheeks and cockatiels and budgies together in a 1-bedroom apartment and no one complained.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Hopefully your neighbors are elderly and hard of hearing.

 

[kmirkovski]

Hopefully your neighbors are elderly and hard of hearing.

I have a backup plan as well, I read about something called "Sound Isolation Panels" its basically Adhesive Sponge that isolates any sound that passes through it, just stick it on the wall and the job is done.

 

[JjEjFjF]

I have 6 cockatiels, 5 boys and 1 girl. None of them are what i consider loud. They like to whistle but I dont find that annoying but some people may. I also have 2 green cheeks. They are obnoxiously loud.

 

[rheashard2]

This may be a solution. Interlocking exercise mats. My daughter isn't bothered by talk shows, loud rap, barking dogs, yowling cats and more. The listed is what is in her room. I used the interlocking gym mats and large tacks on her room wall. The sounds coming out were definitely muffled. The mats are cheap and tacks do little damage to walls. The mats are the square type that interlock with each other.

 

[MrJackpotz]

lol no but mine is.

 

[Thechoplady]

It depends on what you consider a noisy parrot is. I am sensitive to noise and although my girl can scream a scream that would make you run for the hills and she usually does once every 2 days, she doesnt make the constant low volume noise that a parakeet or cockatiel does. For me, I could not handle the constant noise of parakeets or cockatiels...i would rather have a loud annoying scream once in a while.

 

[rheashard2]

You're right. There are noises and NOISES. My daughter is not bothered by her two dogs barking at everything, everyone and anytime. I yell at them when they open their mouths. I'm not bothered when my CAG mimics the smoke detectors for "hours". My daughter comes to me with the 'look' at loud parrot noises. She doesn't yell or speak. My CAG will mimic her and talk back.