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[mtdoramike]

Both my big macs tell my dogs to "shut up" when they bark. :54: And they didn't pick that up from me telling my dogs to hush. :11:

My CAG scolds the other birds by name, in my voice, when they are being too loud! I don't even have to do it anymore! "Sweepea, that's tooooo loud!"

My CAG and my red lored both scold my teenage daughter (by name) when she is attitudinous as well...

It's actually pretty funny!

That is so funny and cute at the same time.

 

[Birdman666]

I also have to agree with bird man and Chesphoto's methods. Either one will quickly teach a bird that hollering is NOT the way to get attention. Kiwi was a screamer when we adopted him. It didn't take long for him to figure out when he made "good" noises, he got a positive response and when he made ear-splitting screams, he got covered for 3 minutes (or until he quieted down). Lots of people tell us "oh, he's so quiet, my uncle so and so has a parrot and he screams all the time". Parrots have the brain of a toddler, so it helps to treat them just like you would a toddler- reinforce positive behaviors with rewards, and discourage negative behaviors with "time outs". Contrary to popular belief, they don't actually like screaming (it feels just as bad for them as it would for you to scream for 5 minutes straight), however, they will go to whatever lengths it takes to get YOUR attention. Be ever diligent to only give them attention for the behaviors you want them to continue....

Yep! I know this one works. This is the protocol we used on screamers down at the rescue...

 

[Birdman666]

My CAG scolds the other birds by name, in my voice, when they are being too loud! I don't even have to do it anymore! "Sweepea, that's tooooo loud!"

My CAG and my red lored both scold my teenage daughter (by name) when she is attitudinous as well...

It's actually pretty funny!

That is so funny and cute at the same time.

Well, the useful one is the other phrase. "OOOww! That's tooooo hard!" Tusk says that one when he is becoming annoyed. He learned it when I was bite pressure training him.

It's a warning. That's what you're about to say. He frequently follows that phrase with the words "Knock it off!"

One day, out in the tree, some very obnoxious little kids came running up...
He climbed to a branch over their heads and said "Hey! Get outta here!"
(He learned that phrase when a cat tried to climb the tree, and I chased the cat off... )

Yeah, when they pick up phrases in context, it's pretty amazing.

 

[lisa1235]

Just a little update..I want to thank you all for the replies. It made me laugh too:09:. That did relieve a lot of fustration for me.I ordered a cover for the cage from pet paradise after I found out pet stores can order things they dont have.Anyways,Buckys been up to his screaming routine but without me.I caught myself a couple of times getting ready to scream back.Its hard. I know we both are going to have to do better.I tried pinning together 2 comforters and put them over the cage temporarily but he waited til I covered the cage good and when i got on the phone he kept pulling the covers making them slide off and then he would just laugh asking ''whatcha doin?'' ''you shut up!!''..then horrble screaming..My throats not hurting but my head is:30:.My husbands gone snowboarding a couple of days with his dad so its just me and for the next few days.

 

[SoCalWendy]

Thanks, JerseyWendy for responding to my McTrouble..lol..I just wish i knew how to get him to stop the screaming at inapprpriate times especially when im trying to schedule appts with clients he says a lot of choice words he shouldnt that i admit he picked up from me when i screamed back at him out of fustration..I really feel bad screaming at him and cursing him i just dunno what else to do?

I just gave you the screaming protocols...

Another thing you need to learn to do...

When they are screaming, instead of screaming back at them, which becomes a game of "WHO'S LOUDER." (HOW MUCH FUN IS IT TO PLAY A GAME YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA WIN EVERY TIME?!)

Next time, instead of yelling. TALK TO HIM IN A WHISPER. The bird will have to get real quiet and concentrate to hear what you are saying...

Make the game whisper to each other from across the room....

I love the whisper idea.... I do it all the time to mix things up with Rio. You are correct she will get really quiet just to hear what I am saying. When I trained dogs I did the same thing with them as well.

 

[Talon412]

My 9 yr old Scarlet Mc loves the whispering game! I thought it was the funniest thing I've ever seen/heard her do!

 

[Birdman666]

I bet your daughter loves that.

Yeah.

Tusk has picked up some colorful phrases as a result of just how much she loves it. Funniest part is when she starts doing her attitudinous teenager thing to the bird instead of me...

He also plays practical jokes on her... THE BEST EVER...

One day Tusk used my "Angry voice" and Called her: "Sarah, you get your butt down here right now..."

She was in the bathroom getting ready to take a shower, and comes out wearing a towel. "DAD, I'm trying to take a shower what do you want?!"

"Wasn't me." There's Tusk doing his poofy bird dance, laughing at her...

More than once, she's run down stairs to answer the doorbell.

Tusk can sense when she anxiously waiting for something... so the phone will ring, or the doorbell will ring... just to see what she will do!

 

[Talon412]

That's absolutely hilarious!!!

 

[Chesphoto]

Tusk sounds like my son messing with his sister. Much funnier that a parrot is tormenting the kids...