by Pajarita » Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:58 am
Thank you for adopting this bird instead of buying a baby from a breeder. If everybody did that, we would not have rescues full of homeless birds and breeders still producing more birds into an already saturated market. Kudos to you for that!
The information you received is correct. She has chosen your husband as her human but this doesn't mean this preference will remain forever or that you cannot have a good relationship with her even if it does.
One word of caution, the behavior you see now is the honeymoon and not the behavior you will see in a couple more months or so. Birds are always on their best behavior when they are in an unfamiliar environment and with strange people. It's a typical prey defense mechanism. But this will change so be prepared for it and don't be discouraged thinking that she is regressing, she is not, the change is normal.
Screaming: I don't agree with the common tenet of waiting until the bird has shut up to do what the bird wants (to come out of her cage). Did you ignore your babies cries or did you pick them up to comfort them? Well, it's pretty much the same thing. A baby cries when he needs or wants something because it's the only way it has of communicating that something is wrong and that is also what parrots do when they scream. Parrots were not created by nature to live in a cage without their flock around them so they scream for company and freedom because it's the only way they have of communicating this need. A bird that is kept at a good and steady routine (gives them a sense of control over their own lives which, in turn, improves their self-esteem), is under a strict solar schedule (to avoid his becoming overly-hormonal and physically uncomfortable), has a good diet, good quality full spectrum lights during the day (good for their endocrine system and wellbeing), is allowed out of its cage for 4 hours a day and has one-on-one interaction with its humans for, at least, 1 hour a day will not scream. I have a jenday and a sun conure and neither one screams so although their vocalizations are loud and a bit shrill, they don't do them all the time as other people claim.
