Help with beeping

[kfinklea1]

We currently have two cockatiel and a pioinus. Our first cockatiel has always been super bonded with my boyfriend who currently works from home most days. They have gotten used to him being home and now almost hold him hostage. Especially the first cockatiel he cannot leave the room without freaking out same goes for me but not quite as bad. Once the first gets going per usual bird fashion the others start as well. It's gotten so bad that he had to move his office upstairs away from the first cockatiel due to his constant screaming for him. This does not seem to help and he still continues to scream even when being held or even being next to me.

This issue is we live in a town house and we have neighbors who have cokonsiebd before and now it's getting louder. The pionus and 2'd tile (we got to see if it would help our first be more independent) are for the most part quite. We cannot have him screaming all day as my boyfriend is writing this thesis and need quite time to concentrate and write.

We are at our wits end and are not sure what to do. We cannot afford to keep having the neighbor complain about the noise so letting him scream it out is not an option.

We have tried getting him a friend, moving rooms, now toys, new cage. He is totally healthy per the vet so it's not a medical issue just extreme separation anxiety.

 

[Tropical]

When I used to have screaming problems with one of my birds... if I made him fly around the house for several minutes straight it would get him worn out enough and he would be soooo much more chilled out and he'd just want to take a nap. He would not be so "frantic" and he'd get much needed exercise for his health. Trust me, doing this worked MIRACLES.

Rascal is now 5 years old but when he was younger I had problems like you are describing because Rascal is very much a velcro bird. He DEMANDS to always be on or near me.

THANK GOODNESS I no longer have the problem at all with Rascal or 'Nut.

.... but if 'Nut was clipped I would be in BIG TROUBLE. It's an absolute must for him to get exercise and fly several times a day for several minutes straight. Its become routine.. both my birds know what "go fly!" means. I would shot myself in the head if 'Nut weren't able to rid of his energy. He'd honestly be a nightmare to handle with all that pent up energy lol

 

[kfinklea1]

When I used to have screaming problems with one of my birds... if I made him fly around the house for several minutes straight it would get him worn out enough and he would be soooo much more chilled out and he'd just want to take a nap. He would not be so "frantic" and he'd get much needed exercise for his health. Trust me, doing this worked MIRACLES.

Rascal is now 5 years old but when he was younger I had problems like you are describing because Rascal is very much a velcro bird. He DEMANDS to always be on or near me.

THANK GOODNESS I no longer have the problem at all with Rascal or 'Nut.

.... but if 'Nut was clipped I would be in BIG TROUBLE. It's an absolute must for him to get exercise and fly several times a day for several minutes straight. Its become routine.. both my birds know what "go fly!" means. I would shot myself in the head if 'Nut weren't able to rid of his energy. He'd honestly be a nightmare to handle with all that pent up energy lol

Than you for the advice. Neville is currently clipped but we will try growing out his flight feathers and see if that helps

 

[Tropical]

If only one bird is having the issue I'd start with him first because it might be chaos with 3 birds flying around at same time. I only exercise one of my birds at a time because 'Nut can't handle Rascal's crazy ways.

All I know is that after I exercise 'Nut by having him fly back and forth for several minutes he is a completely different bird. He is chilled out and relaxed and I can actually get some work done on my laptop. He was acting like a complete nutcase as usual but now after exercising him he is totally chilled out preening (I love it when they preen!) and grinding his beak. Music to my ears

'Nut & exercise = bird who acts NORMAL.

'Nut & NO exercise = nightmare! lol