How loud is your Caique?

[QuackQuack]

I have a 15yo OWA, and he is a wonderful little guy! He is a very mellow and quiet bird bonded to my husband. He is fine coming to me and he appeases me by letting me do things with him, but I am not his preference. I would really like to get a second bird someday, and I think that for me a caique would be best. I am looking for a high-energy clown that wants to play with me! Quackers seems to be happy to watch the day go by like a little old man! The dilemma we have is that Quack is a very quiet bird who never screams/screeches. He will also let us sleep in as long as we like - YES, he is a real bird! We wanted to know what caique owners thought of their bird's volumes and noise patterns and how they would explain it. My husband is weary of adding on because we got so lucky the first time.

 

[Remy]

Puck is pretty reasonable with his vocalizations. He uses them to communicate. He can be loud, but as long as I keep him happy, he's pretty quiet. He does chatter when there's noise going on, which I love. Sometimes he gets in bad moods or is agitated for some reason and will be loud. We live in a studio apartment together, so I don't have the problem of calling when going into other rooms, because there aren't other rooms! If I go out of sight, most days, he won't call anymore, although he did at first.

I think if you know how to manage a bird, a caique will be pretty good. He's friendly with everyone (skittish with some people but will warm up), and he's quite the clown. I like that he's friendly, because I'm on the shy side. He's snuggly when he wants to be, and lets me kiss him all over (on his terms, lol). He's very communicative if he wants/needs something, even if it takes me a while to figure out what it is. He's smart, but doesn't speak much human.

They say it's not a good idea to cage them with another species though, because the caique will drive them crazy. He is very strong willed, and wants to have his way. If he doesn't want to do something, he can be hard to convince. He's been aggressive with me, but I've learned how to deal with it, and I don't have much of an issue with it now. He can get into things if left alone and out.


Uh, I guess to actually answer your question, he does make some noise, but it's manageable. I live in an apartment with him and don't have any trouble. He was loud when I first got him (probably from the stress of moving) and I remember thinking "What have I gotten myself into?!" but he's quieted down to a nice level.

 

[QuackQuack]

Thank you for the detailed response! I really appreciate it! I definitely won't house them together. I think it's best to think your birds won't be friends and then if they end up being friends it's considered a bonus.

 

[BHCowner]

My caique can be loud. only when someone he likes leaves the room. He also likes to compete with the hoover, and try and get louder than it. Most of the time though his noise levels are very good.

Caiques as you may know if you have read other threads can be quite aggressive and its important that you learn to read their body language as there tempers tantrums can start in the blink of an eye with no reason or warning. I have to leave my caique alone when this happens. There seems to be no way to train him that its bad.

BUT it is easy to train them not to bite out of frustration and playing too hard. They are strong minded birds and if they want to get to something and you stop them they will be stubborn. My bird does not go into aggressive mode though, so i have trained him to accept that what he wants isnt going to happen and not to bite. There is a very clear distinction to a NIP because he isnt allowed to do something or over excited because of play, and a full on BITE when he is in aggressive mode.

My bird is going through his hormonal stage at the moment and the aggressive side of him is around more often than when he grows out if it. I will stress though 90% of the time he is most loveable bird on the earth and is not scary in the slightest, the reason i went into detail about it is because in my experience its the toughest thing to learn and handle about these birds, not their noise.

I will also say you need to socialize your bird. I havent so******ed mine enough and he is very protective and aggressive to new people. He will take food from them (snatching it though) but will bite very hard if anyone attempts to touch him or pick him up. Good news is after 30 mins of playing with him with my girlfriend there he warmed to her and let her do as much as i can with him so it seems to be a nervous trust issue, which is better than just being a horrible bird!

You will love your caique if you get one they are amazingly energetic and funny!