Screaming cockatiel

[SilverSage]

So I have a new cockatiel, Battle, who walked up to a neighbor of mine while he was cleaning his motor cycle. After much fighting between him and his wife, they decided not to keep her, and they sent her to me. She appears to be a single factor dominant silver white face split to pied. Very pretty, I hope to post pictures soon.

Battle is a shoulder bird, fully flighted, very clingy. She will go to anyone, but she thinks she MUST be on a shoulder AT ALL TIMES. Needless to say, that is not how we roll here; birds don't always get what they want. She she is creaming her head off pretty constantly. When she has been quiet for a few minutes a I go and get her, and she is catching on.

Being in a house with a screaming cockatiel just reminds me how glad I am that received good advice from my mother when I got my first bird. My mom doesn't even like animals, but she has raised a lot of kids (I'm the oldest of 7, she grew up in a day care, then did day care, and then did foster care for years and still is). She said to me "Dani, if you go get Sapphire every time she screams, you will teach her to scream for you."

Thanks mom, oh hater of pets, for giving me some of the best bird advice I have ever received.

I don't think it will take Battle long to figure this out, but I am thankful that I have a plan, and that on,y one bird in this house is currently a screamer, and that her voice isn't very big!

 

[RavensGryf]

Good luck with Battle I know you'll do just fine. I can't wait to see pics of the pretty mutation!

 

[veimar]

My tiel was a terrible screamer, and he sometimes still screams (never without a reason though). His scream is freaking loud.
I hope when Battle adjusts she'll be fine. She might be missing her mate or previous owner. BTW, could someone be looking for her?

 

[SilverSage]

She is missing someone, yes. However, I have posted two ads on Craigslist, multiple on local fb pages, both for multiple days, filled a report with the humane society, and called every vet on the island and left my number. I'm sad to say no one has responded. Based on what I know about the area and culture, I am about 80% sure she was released because she was inconvenient. I will maintain all posts for 30 days just in case, but if someone was looking they would have found hire by now.