Need Suggestions Please with GCC

[FlyingSolo]

Hello friends:

I have a situation with my new GCC will be 3 months next week. He/she does ok left in the cage playing with his toys if I am within a certain distance and he can hear me moving around. But once I leave the area he will start to squawk. I usually will ignore the squawking until calmed down and then re-enter the area, but this little guy can carry on for awhile.
I am getting ready to go back to work after being off for Christmas. I work 8 hr days 5 days a week and I am worried that this squawking will get worse and bother neighbours. I live with my mother who does not like the noise, but tolerates it and she is retired now. She will not interact with the bird by way of touching it, but will sometimes speak to it when in his cage. The noise is a concern for me and I am wanting to know of some techniques I can teach the bird to help minimize noise while still young. Will the bird gradually learn to calm down and minimize the squawking on his own while left alone during the day, especially if I'm not answering him.
While the bird is young I am wanting to teach positive instead of negative- any suggestions would be greatly appreciated to help. I hope this isn't a bad habit that developed?

 

[SydneyR]

Hi! When my Conure was a baby she had the exact same issue! All she ever did when I would leave is scream until she finally realized I wasn't going to come running back to her. Do your baby have enough toys to play with? If so, try changing out or moving its toys around each day so they don't get bored so quick. It worked like a charm for my Conure. Something else you could do is play bird sounds or even regular music while you're away, sometimes that calms birds down and gets their attention focused on something else. I hope maybe these suggestions will help you with your bird! Good luck and be sure to update everyone on how it's going!

 

[weco]

Even with a multitude of toys, the toys we often choose for our birds are nothing natural to them and all of my young ones had to be shown how to play with them, but like Sydney suggested, music can distract or calm a bird, as can leaving a TV on, but teaching them how to play with toys teaches them how to self entertain themselves.....

Good luck.....