Quietest & Sweetest Quaker Ever

[NewQuakerMom]

I may have already asked this question at some point but... our birdie only makes a screech once in a very long while - like maybe once a week, if he's been calling me by my dog's name and I haven't answered, and he's whistled and no one answered, and he KNOWS I'm in the other room, then he might screech once or twice to get attention. Then my kid or I go and talk to him, and he goes back to just being quietly adorable. Or if someone gets out the vacuum. He sees the vacuum cleaner and he has some pretty angry things to say. LOL. So we usually put his cage in the other room when it needs to come out. Other than that, he just mutters quietly to himself, whistles, and hangs out. He loves being petted on the head and cheeks. He doesn't care if we mess with his cage or the stuff in his cage while he's in it. He'll bite a new dish, but never our hands, he just watches us curiously to see what we're doing with his stuff.
I have read about the honeymoon period - we've had him over a year now, and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, haha. I know he's in good health, he has been like this since day 1 and was checked by a vet after he was rescued. I think he's just got a really really chill personality.

Has anyone here ever known a QP who was so quiet and not-needy? The only other one I've ever known was OMG screeching alllll dayyyyy longgggg if he was not approximately one inch from his owner's nose AND being petted by his owner. No one else could get near him without being bitten. And NO one could put their hands in that cage. Other people's attention was not pleasing to him. he wanted his owner, and no one else but his owner was always busy. That was one unhappy little guy.
Ours is literally nothing like that at all. He loves us both equally, never bites, and never screams for the sake of screaming. He is just so sweet and - I feel like I'm rambling, it's just hard to explain. I feel like we hit the lottery with this guy, lol.

 

[cnyguy]

My QP Ralph is on the quiet side too, but not as quiet as your QP. He can also keep himself occupied for long periods of time, usually building with his wooden dowels or weaving his vegetable-tanned leather laces between the cage bars. He's not a biter either, and isn't cage aggressive, but he does object to my handling his food dish while he's inside his cage. I'm sure we're not the only ones with quiet, cooperative and self-reliant Quakers, but our parrots do seem to be in the minority. I guess we are lucky.

 

[Laurasea]

My heart still breaks for the person who lost the quaker you found....
Im glad she is loved and cared for, and part of a family. Its great you are so happy. Hopefully you will get past your fear of being bitten , especially since she doesn't bite. I'm sure you will trust her more in time.

My loves are wonderful, tho cage protective. I took on my rescue Penny , who was a screaming, plucking, mutilation, unhappy girl. She is past that now, except still plucks her neck. My newest I specifically bought because he was screaming around the clock at the petstore and had been there a long time, and was over preening, and starting to pluck his shoulders and so fearful of hands. I didn't want him to have a terrible life...in fact the day i went in to get him they were sending him back. It was a struggle with him to stop the screaming. But he to is past that and stopped plucking completely. No more fear of hands.
Even my Pikachu was a re home i took in. Thankfully they had only had him a short time, and realized it wasn't the right time in their life to have parrots. Noise was mentioned, but I never saw that with him. So all 3 of mine were problem birds, and why I took them on.

Having the experience of getting burds psst the screaming mess, allows me to help others.

Mornings with multiple birds are loud, but manageable. The rest if the time us great. Except breeding season, when my boys do get vocal.

Because I post so many pictures and talk about my quakers ...I try and push the information , they are prone to screaming when bored when left caged, when nit part of the household. They are prone to cage aggression, and plucking, and mutilation in ways that other species like conure , and cockatiels are not. Amazon are also more likely to shut down than turn to plucking.

I can't rescue all the quakers , so I try an educate people.

Florida is full of quakers, and do I see them listed, plucked, in terrible situations, i see them in garages because of screaming...its awful...for people who a quaker is their first bird, or they had a green cheek before, I want them forewarned. For people who don't understand parrots or plan to provide for them, or dont have time I want to educate them. I love the species to much, and want to prevent the re homing cycle.

Sadly the people I've seen come here for advice on a screaming quaker. When they find out there isn't a magic quick fix. We never here from them again....tho one or two have said they were taking the bird back..and I fear the others rehomed as well..

I don't think its luck. You started out with parrots that had been cared for. And then you both made them part of your family, provide for them , and treat them right, give them things to do. So you are reaping the rewards of happy parrots.

 

[Xparotterlover]

I may have already asked this question at some point but... our birdie only makes a screech once in a very long while - like maybe once a week, if he's been calling me by my dog's name and I haven't answered, and he's whistled and no one answered, and he KNOWS I'm in the other room, then he might screech once or twice to get attention. Then my kid or I go and talk to him, and he goes back to just being quietly adorable. Or if someone gets out the vacuum. He sees the vacuum cleaner and he has some pretty angry things to say. LOL. So we usually put his cage in the other room when it needs to come out. Other than that, he just mutters quietly to himself, whistles, and hangs out. He loves being petted on the head and cheeks. He doesn't care if we mess with his cage or the stuff in his cage while he's in it. He'll bite a new dish, but never our hands, he just watches us curiously to see what we're doing with his stuff.
I have read about the honeymoon period - we've had him over a year now, and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, haha. I know he's in good health, he has been like this since day 1 and was checked by a vet after he was rescued. I think he's just got a really really chill personality.

Has anyone here ever known a QP who was so quiet and not-needy? The only other one I've ever known was OMG screeching alllll dayyyyy longgggg if he was not approximately one inch from his owner's nose AND being petted by his owner. No one else could get near him without being bitten. And NO one could put their hands in that cage. Other people's attention was not pleasing to him. he wanted his owner, and no one else but his owner was always busy. That was one unhappy little guy.
Ours is literally nothing like that at all. He loves us both equally, never bites, and never screams for the sake of screaming. He is just so sweet and - I feel like I'm rambling, it's just hard to explain. I feel like we hit the lottery with this guy, lol.

Yeah I have a Quaker parrot too, they are really cute, I can't stop loving it

 

[noodles123]

How old are your birds and how long have you had your bird/birds?