screaming budgie

[rones]

ilias won't just let me listen to music!!!!or even watch a movie!!! i ve tried to reduse the volume to almost zero but he just doesn't stop!!!!the last 3 days ilias has turn from a really quite little bird to a pain in the ***!!!!
is it because he is in his puberty(he will be 1 year old in a couple of months)???
i don't know....
i don't yell at him i just take him to another room when he starts screaming....
what else should i do???
i really enjoy his presence but i just can't take it any more...

[Red Moppet]

Have you changed something in or near his cage that has upset him?

Do you provide him with enough out of cage /exercise/ time when he's allowed to be loud?

Are you getting more light because of the season or is he getting less or more sleep time?

[zazanomore]

Maybe he is bored.

Try moving his perches and toys around.

Add a few new toys in his cage.

[rones]

Have you changed something in or near his cage that has upset him?

Do you provide him with enough out of cage /exercise/ time when he's allowed to be loud?

Are you getting more light because of the season or is he getting less or more sleep time?

i ve added some new toys in his cage but he's screaming even when he's out of the cage and he 's uncaged about 4-5 hours(ofcourse he goes into his cage to eat and drink water).
sleeping time is an issue because we travelled to my parents house for the weekend and we got up too early to travel to and from my parents house...

[rones]

Maybe he is bored.

Try moving his perches and toys around.

Add a few new toys in his cage.

i bought this
this
and a wooden swing that i can't find on google...
and i already got him a chain/wood/bell thingie(it's to big for him),a ball with a bell inside and a little luna park mill that you can put seed in each cup...

[Red Moppet]

Maybe he is bored.

Try moving his perches and toys around.

Add a few new toys in his cage.

Very true: I like to change up my budgie's toys every couple of weeks and I try to rearrange perches completely every month or so. Sputnik's got a huge number of toys that get rotated through. Try to have a couple of each kind of toy (not necessarily in the cage at the same time, but so you can alternate between them) - chew/destroy toys, plastic/acrylic play toys, climbing toys, preening toys, puzzle/forage toys... then he can decide what type of toy he wants to play with.

The change in sleep patterns for the weekend probably wouldn't be enough to upset him, but did he start screaming at your parent's house? Maybe it's the new smells and sights? When I moved apartments the quaker parrot I was caring for at the time freaked out - she totally didn't like the new place. I think because it was darker, and it had a lot of dark wood which might have scared her too. She started screaming ... moving her cage to different places to see where she felt more comfortable did help. Did you get a new plant or picture or anything that he can see?

Is he really screaming, or just singing loudly? When I vacuum or do dishes Sputnik loves to get really loud. He really practices his talking too when the TV's on, and I love to listen to him so I guess I don't really notice how loud he gets most times. Maybe before you sit down to watch a movie you can spend some time with your bird being loud, encouraging loudness, and have him fly around for a bit - then maybe during the movie he'd be tuckered out and just want to sit quietly and rest. Or you can try giving him a bath too, and then he might sit and keep himself busy preening himself during the movie. Otherwise, unless he's actually screaming, I think having "ambient" noise is part and parcel of having a bird in the house!

Also, not sure what screaming might mean in terms of health issues, but if he continues to scream, you might want to get him checked out by a vet?

[rones]

Maybe he is bored.

Try moving his perches and toys around.

Add a few new toys in his cage.

Very true: I like to change up my budgie's toys every couple of weeks and I try to rearrange perches completely every month or so. Sputnik's got a huge number of toys that get rotated through. Try to have a couple of each kind of toy (not necessarily in the cage at the same time, but so you can alternate between them) - chew/destroy toys, plastic/acrylic play toys, climbing toys, preening toys, puzzle/forage toys... then he can decide what type of toy he wants to play with.

The change in sleep patterns for the weekend probably wouldn't be enough to upset him, but did he start screaming at your parent's house? Maybe it's the new smells and sights? When I moved apartments the quaker parrot I was caring for at the time freaked out - she totally didn't like the new place. I think because it was darker, and it had a lot of dark wood which might have scared her too. She started screaming ... moving her cage to different places to see where she felt more comfortable did help. Did you get a new plant or picture or anything that he can see?

Is he really screaming, or just singing loudly? When I vacuum or do dishes Sputnik loves to get really loud. He really practices his talking too when the TV's on, and I love to listen to him so I guess I don't really notice how loud he gets most times. Maybe before you sit down to watch a movie you can spend some time with your bird being loud, encouraging loudness, and have him fly around for a bit - then maybe during the movie he'd be tuckered out and just want to sit quietly and rest. Or you can try giving him a bath too, and then he might sit and keep himself busy preening himself during the movie. Otherwise, unless he's actually screaming, I think having "ambient" noise is part and parcel of having a bird in the house!

Also, not sure what screaming might mean in terms of health issues, but if he continues to scream, you might want to get him checked out by a vet?

he reduced his screaming time dramaticaly today he's now just chirping!!!and yes he started at my parents house(i totally forgot to mention it)trying to talk while tv or hair dryer is on is an issue i wanted to talk about but now i see that is perfectly normal...i just love that sound he makes at that time(he is doing it right now!!!!)...and the chirping too!!!i just cant stand him screamin over music or over an interesting program/movie....thank you very much for your concern!!!!!!!

[TheNzJessie]

i use headphones or i would never has peace in quiet

[Margaret]

My first budgie Mango was screaming- and I mean really screaming- in the place I took him from. For a couple of days or maybe shorter he screamed in my place. He slowly stopped after he started feeling safe in my apartment(I change cage for bigger, let him out the cage, give him toys, clip his beak, etc).
There is something about TV, music, water in the sink or vacuum cleaner, that provoke my budgies to sing. When we watch TV and they try to be louder than TV I press "mute" button during the commercials and suddenly they are quiet for that moment. My boyfriend call them Mariachis