by Silentraven » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:14 pm
hey every one i was wondering if you had some pointers to help with my situation. my senegal is a great bird and knows lots of whistles, the problem is that he only does these whistles and songs when he believes no one is home (when we are sleeping, or out in the yard) other times he will only scream and shriek. i know he is doing it for attention because he will stop for a second if you go in his room or by his door. normally i would just let him out so he can get some exercise but he prefers my wife over me and its hard for me to interact with him (aka get him back in when i need to go to work). how can i get him to do his whistles more often? i have tried whistling and saying the words that he knows when im in the other room but he will just still scream. we were also possibly thinking about getting a cockatiel, but i would hate for the senegal to teach the cockatiel to just scream, but was also thinking it could go the other way and he might teach the senegal to whistle more...? i have tried rewarding good noises but like i said he only really does them when he thinks no one is home, so if he is singing and i then go to give him a treat he will stop and when i leave he will just start screaming again. and some times when i go to let him out or give him a treat for being good, he will start screaming at me when i get near his cage.
Moya - hatched 2010
Marvin - hatched 1997