Umbrella cockatoo problem

[Partsman41953]

Hello,

My wife and I have a 7-year old female umbrella cockatoo that I am having a problem with. She is house in a spare bedroom with our other birds...cockatiels, blue Quaker, love bird, and parakeets. In our master bedroom is our blue gold macaw. Our problem is that our cockatoo seems to want more attention lately or she will scream her head off. During the day she is mostly fine and plays unless she hears either my wife or I in the house, we both work from home. When she hears us she will start to scream and that sets off our macaw as well. The night time, right before we put them to bed she will start screaming and continue to scream herself to sleep.

What can we do to address this situation?

Thanks.

 

[Allee]

My female Umbrella has had trouble keeping her beak closed lately, I think in her case it's seasonal hormones. All I can tell you is to supply your girl with a lot to keep her busy and distracted. A large supply of soft wood blocks to destroy. Shreddable toys, cardboard, paper, foraging toys, so she has to work for a treat reward. My U2 likes music and animated cartoons. Plenty of exercise and lots of time out of her cage helps too.

Would it be possible to relocate your U2 to a busier part of the house?