I have a 3 month old Cockatiel and everytime my brother and I leave the room then she starts squeeking/chirping really loud and doesnt stop until we come back into the room. Our parents get very annoyed of this..lol but She hates being left alone but we spend like 2 1/2 hours each day with her or more. How can we fix this? And i know she misses us so dont say that but its right after we leave the room.
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Yes we do spend a lot more then 2 1/2 hours with her each day..we are in our bedroom for most of the day..and when we leave the room we even take her with us on one of our shoulders..and just to let you know we just got her from a petstore about 3 weeks ago and she was hand fed and she is about 11 weeks old now. She still sometimes can be nippy but loves attention. She does have a lot of toys in her cage and about three mirrors but doesnt pay much attention to them..lol... but its just
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Welcome to the wonderful world of being owned by a bird!! :] She is new to the household, so she is just learning her boundaries and how far she can push you. Be persistant, and you need to ignore the chirping. You must not have any reaction when she chirps (exclaiming or yelling at her will only give her the attention she wants). When she realizes that her chirping will not get her extra attention, she will stop. also, you are now her flock memebers. She is trying to keep contact with you (contact calls) so you can try whistling back to her when she calls for you. In the wild, birds use contact calls with other flock memebers to make sure that they are safe and have not been eaten. That's what she's trying to do with you! You can also try encouraging her to play with her toys more by modeling how you should play with them. when you pass by her cage, just mess around with her toys. again, you're her flock now, so she will copy you when you play with her toys. :] Make sure she's on a good pelleted diet supplemented with plenty of greens and fruits. You should also take her to an avian certified vet (find one near you here: aav.org/vet-lookup ) just in case, and for a welcome home well-bird check up. Hope this helps and good luck!
if you have TV yet then try putting that on and it might stop bc it hears voices in the room
give them a mirrior so they can see themselfs and they think its a nother bird.
Your bird is expressing itself. Afterall, how would u feel? One thing you must not do, is give it the extra attention it wants. If you do give it the extra attention, it will thing that it is doing the right thing. Afterall, people can be trained too. Bare with it, in time she will stop. She is still young. Do u know for sure it is female? If you really want it to stop right now, the only thing I can suggest is that you do not put her in her cage when u leave. That means making sure she is safe and cannot hurt herself when u are gone, thinks like cords could get chewed, walls can be chewed, cracks in screens and windows can let her loose or hurt her, you really gotta think of it all. It also means entering and exiting your door carefully and making sure u know where she is before jumping around the room when you return. Leave the cage door open so she can eat and drink as she pleases and be prepared for poopoo cleanup in the strangest places. Good luck with your bird, whatever u do, keep up the good work of giving her love and attention.
The other answers here have been correct. She is trying to get you to stay with her all the time. If you give in and run to her when she cries it will just convince her that this is the right thing for her to do!
Have patience. It will subside once she figures out that it is not getting her anywhere.
For lots of advice and articles about training cockatiels, you should consider joining a yahoo group for bird owners. I can recommend a good on if you like. Just message me or E-mail me, and I will steer you to a great group.
Meantime, good luck ! :-)
be a lot more consistent if it starts to understand that it only gets attention for two hours a day and thoose hours arwe in the evening every day then it will get used to the schedule and only want attention at that time.
Maybe you should put your cockatiel in a room where she can constantly see people, if your parents let you. That way their is a higher possibility that somebody will be in the room and she won't chirping. Or, if your parents let you, let her fly about the house. Just make sure there are no open windows or doors and keep her off the ground at all costs.
wow, mine does this too, you can offer it an "im here call" by just yelling or whistling im here or something else, try getting another one,
tv tends not to work, you can also try covering them, or moving them were people tend to be other than your room
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