Being too noisy for even a Sun?

[AKindHand]

Hi,
I had a Sun Conure for many years that recently passed away. I recently replaced my conure with a brand new baby Sun. She is a sweetheart, no temperament issues and loves to cuddle.
The problem is her vocals. Of course, living with a Sun for years I anticipated screeches (what I like to call "roll call") at expected times every day.
But unlike my first adult Sun Conure, her 'chattering' voice is appearing to not be a single notch quieter than her "COME BACK!" roll-call.
Fluffed up, eyes closed, and beak tucked away- she's making unearthly loud chirps between patterned pauses. (which is what is happening right now. I just put my hands over my ears between typing from incredibly loud chirps, then looked down on my lap to see what she is up to and she has her beak tucked away and eyes closed in a sleeping pose) Or while doing her happy toned talking about the food she is very busily eating. Just any and all talking she does is extremely loud. She doesn't seem to have an "indoor voice" at all. And it appears to be equal in volume to the actual purposeful screeching (trying to call a distant "flock" member back, alarming that she is bothered, etc.)

If she climbs up on my shoulder it becomes an emergency to quickly lure her back off, because the eardrum pain is indescribable. And she's not even doing a sudden unexpected excited call/bark, just what is appearing to be whats normal chatter for her.

Is there anything I can do? With my old Sun, the loud noises were at specific timing only then she had quiet chatter the rest of the time during the day. I really wasn't expecting this problem with my new young Sun. Its really mind-numbing to be this close to such incredibly loud noises for lengthy, extended periods of time. I was never inches near my [old] conure when she was doing the screeching-loudness. But that's all the volume this little one ever does! I really could use some advise with this.

 

[Pedro]

Are you sure your new baby is totally weaned. It could be a hungry call or there could be a health problem.

Are you giving it to much attention.

We need more info about your new baby in order to help further.

 

[AKindHand]

Actually its interesting you mentioned the weaning, no, I'm very suspicious she hasn't been. I haven't been able to feed her successfully any solid foods, she won't bite down/chew. She'll try once to put her mouth on the pellets, then let it go and not go back to it. I've gotten her to eat seeds okay, then a banana. I bought this "Veggie Heaven" parrot mix you cook and cool, but she again wouldn't bite down and then let go- as the veggies were again normal parrot pellet sized. So then I had the idea to put it in the blender, so it would have the consistency of mush that the banana she did go for had. And after I represented it to her as mush, I finally had complete success (and expresses a very healthy appetite). So I am very worried about the situation, since I have absolutely no experience with weaning a bird.

When I bought her, it said "Handfed Sun Conures" on the cage, but I was just assuming that was speaking in the past tense. And the pet store worker didn't know any information about the conures or their current or prior care. It was because the owner of the mother conure was coming in the pet store and taking care of the babies, so the actual pet store had no information about them at all. =/

 

[cockatielfan17]

u could ask them what formula they were using. Then give it to ur bird. Can u plz post a pic of ur sun conure???

 

[amysaviary]

If u don't know how to hand feed a baby take her back to the store or find someone who knows how to! She is starving! It can cause so many problems if a baby is not properly weaned. Not only health problems but mental problems and behavior problems too. Good luck finding someone to wean your baby!

 

[Pedro]

HANDREARING GUIDE FOR THE BEGINNER

Akindhand this link may help.

 

[Amber]

Any idea how old she is (weeks?) Suns can wean at 9 weeks, sometimes longer, it depends on the individual bird. It does sound like she's weaning if she is picking at other food, but not fully weaned. She would also be in a new environment and maybe a bit stressed. I had weaning problems with my jenday, I had to take over from his breeder at 8/9 weeks ad he started to wean as she was ill. It took him months to wean because of the confusion with the change of feeders. He is a happy, well adjusted (if a bit clingy to me as a result) bird, but I can see from my experience with him how bad weaning can cause a bird distress and potential lifelong complications (health and mentally). Human children denied contact and bonding in feeding/nursing can also develop lifelong mental problems as a result (not directly, but is does contribute). The parent/child bond wether it be human, or in this case avian is a big thing for many species. A strong bond sets the foundation for a strong, mentally capable individual later in life. Feeding is a large part of that bond, especially in birds.

If the sun is old enough and you are confident speak to a breeder or vet ASAP, have them look over him and teach you how to handfeed. I used the spoon method with my conure, it was MUCH easier and harder to do something wrong. I would have this bird checked over by a vet too asap, but if you have a breeder handy in the meantime they may be able to tell you if it is a weaning thing or not and help you out until then.