Screeching conure

[BentleyandNori]

Hello all, I’ve asked a couple questions here before and I have another.

(The tl;dr is that I have a screeching conure during cage time).

I recently purchased an approximately 1 y.o green cheeked conure that is believed to be male three weeks ago. He has bonded quickly with me and I think the relationship is moving along well. One problem is he dislikes being in his cage, however there are times when he has to be in there if I can’t watch him. He will bite me when I attempt to get him in and when I eventually do it he will start to screech loudly and will not stop. I have tried to ignore him and that doesn’t work so I started going to his cage and saying “stop” or “quiet”. That only works for maybe 3 mins. The problem is I have family living in the home with me and I’m sure it’s driving them crazy. How can I stop him from this very loud screeching during cage time? Thank you.

 

[ToriTheConure]

Something that works for me is just putting a couple treats in his food bowl, and he'll go focus on eating that for a while.
I don't think you can stop the screeching in general for a conure, but some things can help quiet the bird for some time.

 

[wrench13]

Birds be loud. No denying that. And they dont react well to negative input. Better is to reward when he is quiet for awhile - it will take TIME, but that seems to be a long term reduction method. You will never eliminate this, only reduce it.