{"id":6377,"date":"2017-08-16T15:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T20:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=6377"},"modified":"2017-08-16T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T20:11:08","slug":"elucidating-parrot-problems-posted-aug-15-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=6377","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Make a Constantly Loud Parrot Permanently Silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Elucidating Parrot Problems Posted in Aug 2017<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><em>How can I make a constantly loud parrot permanently silent (or at least quieter)? from Quora<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">With between 300 and 400 species of parrots across the planet to say they are ALL noisy is patently untrue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/poicephalus-9-african-parrot-species-not-ending-in-grey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poicephalus parrots<\/a> are not noisy, Senegals, Red bellies, Meyers, Niam niams, brown necked, grey-headed Rueppell&#8217;s, and cape parrots. Nine subspecies from the continent of Africa including Yellow-faced parrots who can be squawky but you rarely if ever see them as pets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Our female cockatiel whistled but that was quite pleasant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Our ringneck had a 20 &#8211; 30 word vocabulary and he was funny when he spoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Many people say cockatoos are noisy but which ones? There are<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/cockatoos-learning-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a030 species of Cockatoos<\/a>. Major Mitchell cockatoos are not noisy nor are bare-eyed, some black cockatoos drum on their perches more than vocalize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Birds are not noisy so they can call out over long distances, they\u2019re noisy so they can call out over each other in a flock. In Australia, hundreds of thousands of budgies will reside in a single flock and they send out search parties for grazing areas and water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wyfCMrqitWI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The search parties return and are able to communicate to the flock where to move next to eat and perhaps rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">As for making a parrot quiet, there are many things that you can do including re-directions, coming to an agreement over daily &#8220;scream time&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">As for not being able to &#8220;make&#8221; birds or animals do anything, that&#8217;s preposterous. Humans have long been training animals and have been involved with animals be they horses, Falcons going back to the time of Genghis Khan or the great Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus which had hundreds of trained animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We in the US might all be speaking German today if it were not for the 500,000 homing pigeons that were trained during World War II to deliver messages from behind enemy lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">So once again, all the self-righteous bird companion finger-pointers saying that &#8220;we are the only ones allowed to keep birds all the rest of you are incompetent nincompoops!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Riddle me this? Who is a bird person? Is it a part of my DNA? How do I know if I am not a bird person?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Is someone on Quora keeping track and sending emails reminding people that they are not bird people and don&#8217;t even ever TRY to maintain a Bird?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">No one in the thread suggested training of any sort. <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/product\/clicker-training-for-birds-includes-target-training-sticks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clicker training <\/a>&#8211; flight training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">What does <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/suit-harness-c-189_332\/aviator-flight-harness-leash-for-1000-1600-gram-birds-xtra-large-black-p-249.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flight training<\/a> have to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/pluck-scream-c-189_313\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screaming<\/a>? The same thing it has to do with reducing hormonal behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flying makes the bird tired and thus less prone to scream and act hormonal because they are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tired from flying.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Our Senegal parrot who spent 7 1\/2 years in a cage 22 hours a day (in a rescue) with clipped wings, flies 10 feet, 5 &#8211; 10 times a day, like or not. Trust me Peaches is no screamer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Every time somebody tells me &#8220;My bird is un-trainable&#8221; or &#8220;You can\u2019t \u201cmake\u201d a parrot do anything,&#8221; I share this video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/491ckTu9948?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mitch love your blog posts every week! I have a question I hope you can help with. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I am building out a new bird room that has near-zero natural light. I want to use the proper ceiling fixtures and bulbs for maximum benefit. What would you suggest? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The room is approx 15&#8242; x 15&#8242; and I would like to incorporate ceiling fixtures. My bird is out of her cage all day and spends time all over the house and outside, weather permitting, however, want to create a safe and special place for her to play! Your thoughts are appreciated! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Hi Julia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"> Thank you for the kind words <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"> Due to a law of physics called the inverse square law of light (see attached), for a bird to get any benefit from lighting, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/lighting-c-356_346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the fixture should be no more than six inches one foot over the cage.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">So in your case, \u00a0perhaps you can install one main ceiling fixture <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">no ceiling fans we call them shredded tweet<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"> and a hanging fixture or two, be they single lamps or fluorescent tube fixtures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The hanging fixture(s) should be 6 inch to 12 inh above the cage<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I would then advocate <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/lighting-c-356_346\/24hour-digital-timer-with-daily-settings-2pack-p-5652.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timers<\/a> on at least the hanging lamp(s) set to 12 hours on and 12 hours off helping stabilize your bird\u2019s circadian rhythms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">B<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/lighting-c-356_346\/full-spectrum-economy-daylight-bulb-25-watt-p-68.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ulbs should be at least 100 watts<\/a>\u00a0(by incandescent standards) not necessarily have to provide uva and uvb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"> Please reach out with further questions<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Male cockatiel attacked the female and drew blood so I separated them, but now the female laid an egg and I&#8217;m afraid of putting him back in?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Catherine replied<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Don&#8217;t put them back together in the same cage yet. The hen does not need the male pestering her.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">She may continue to lay eggs without him. You can remove the eggs as they are laid.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">If you think they may be fertile (saw the bird&#8217;s mate) and want her to hatch them then you will need to get a cockatiel nest box for her.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">You then can put the egg <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/product\/wood-nest-box-cockatiel-small-conure-outside-cage-mount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inside the box<\/a> on some pine shavings or ripped-up paper towels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">She may or may not go in after them, she may or may not sit on them, and she may or may not take care of the eggs or after hatching the babies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">If the eggs don&#8217;t hatch in the nest box with the mother after 3-4 weeks they are infertile and can be discarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBWrQBOCaA0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Are they a young couple or an older pair?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">How large is their cage together? It needs to be at least 24&#8243; wide preferably wider. A small cage will contribute to bickering between couples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Please reach out with further questions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">MitchR<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elucidating Parrot Problems Posted in Aug 2017 How can I make a constantly loud parrot permanently silent (or at least quieter)? from Quora With between 300 and 400 species of parrots across the planet to say they are ALL noisy is patently untrue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[213,195,196,198,212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-parrot-breeding","category-bird-parrot-care","category-bird-behavior","category-bird-lighting","category-species-specific"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/screaing-eclectus-6.jpg?resize=1140%2C445&ssl=1",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/screaing-eclectus-6.jpg?resize=463%2C348&ssl=1",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/screaing-eclectus-6.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/screaing-eclectus-6.jpg?fit=1333%2C1333&ssl=1",1333,1333,false]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/screaing-eclectus-6.jpg?fit=1333%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phcfkq-1ER","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}