Vocal insanity at night

[Cthebird]

My husband and I have a young Hahn's macaw. He's about 8 months old now. Since a couple of months ago he started to make a variety of wildly crazy noises at night. He's relatively quiet during the day. I know because I'm home with him, usually in the same room. The major difference is that at night my husband is home, too, and often we have the TV on, but he'll still make all the wild noises even if the TV isn't on.

Just a few examples of his vocalizations include meowing like a cat, making rooster calls, barking, laughing, saying "Uh huh", "Uh? Uh? Uh?", "Awwwwwwwww!", "Ouwwwwwwwww!" "Step Up. Step Up", monkey-like sounds (eat eat eat eat), even a pig snorting (hubby taught him that one), and much more. Is this usual?

Even if we put him in his cage and cover it, the vocalizations continue until any noise is stopped and maybe even the lights are out. Sometimes I wonder if he's going to have a sore throat in the morning.

 

[SailBoat]

My husband and I have a young Hahn's macaw. He's about 8 months old now. Since a couple of months ago he started to make a variety of wildly crazy noises at night. He's relatively quiet during the day. I know because I'm home with him, usually in the same room. The major difference is that at night my husband is home, too, and often we have the TV on, but he'll still make all the wild noises even if the TV isn't on.

Just a few examples of his vocalizations include meowing like a cat, making rooster calls, barking, laughing, saying "Uh huh", "Uh? Uh? Uh?", "Awwwwwwwww!", "Ouwwwwwwwww!" "Step Up. Step Up", monkey-like sounds (eat eat eat eat), even a pig snorting (hubby taught him that one), and much more. Is this usual?

Even if we put him in his cage and cover it, the vocalizations continue until any noise is stopped and maybe even the lights are out. Sometimes I wonder if he's going to have a sore throat in the morning.

Sound like a young child that just wants to be part of the family fun!

When did this start and why? What time in the evening does it start? What time at night does it stop?

You may have to adjust your Parrots schedule to include more family time in the evening and sleeping deeper into the morning.

Enjoy!

 

[wrench13]

Most, but not all, parrots make a lot of calls/ talking/ noises at sun up and sun down, or what they perceive those to be. He should get 12 hours of good solid , quiet sleep. If you need to adjust *****'s bed and wakey-up time do it gradually. WHats his name BTW?

 

[Cthebird]

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Sound like a young child that just wants to be part of the family fun!

When did this start and why? What time in the evening does it start? What time at night does it stop?

You may have to adjust your Parrots schedule to include more family time in the evening and sleeping deeper into the morning.

Enjoy![/QUOTE]

He definitely loves to be with us. He's with me most of the day, but treasures when my hubby is also home.

Hi really wild vocalizations started maybe one month after adopting him. Not sure why. He starts the really funny sounds a bit after 7 pm. They stop maybe 15 mins after we cover him.

 

[Cthebird]

Most, but not all, parrots make a lot of calls/ talking/ noises at sun up and sun down, or what they perceive those to be. He should get 12 hours of good solid , quiet sleep. If you need to adjust *****'s bed and wakey-up time do it gradually. WHats his name BTW?

I'll admit that we don't put our guy (named Neruda) to cage and cover him until 9 pm. Any earlier, he'd have no time with hubby. It is only a 9 pm when some of his super energy starts to wear off. As said above, he's still making crazy vocalizations 15 mins after covering him.

We usually uncover him around 8 am when he's moving around in his cage.