I acn't get my bird to shut up in the mornings what can i do to mack it stop?

Question

It's a little boy and I alway cover his cage at night and he's still way to loud,He's so loud that you can here him from the basment.

Answer 1

One, a bird should never be kept in a basement.  Two, your bird is doing what birds normally do in the morning-call to their flock..  You cannot make him stop.

You need to change your thinking about pet birds, because obviously you don't understand their behavior.

Answer 2

You can't make it stop, but you can try to draw his attention away from making noise.

Birds are birds though, and making noise is what they do. It's like trying to keep a child quiet...it just aint gonna happen all of the time.

My birds (4 quakers) are the loudest when I pick my son up from school. The know they have to be in their cage for a while..while I pick him up, while he has a snack, gets changed and we do his reader, so they tend to kick up a fuss that the attention is not on them.

What I found works well is to have them occupy themselves with toys for this time.

Before I go to pick up my son I put fun stuff in their cage, like smearing bottle caps or the inside of empty paper towel rolls with peanut butter, fill a nutcase with strips of paper for them to pull out (if you suspend the case instead of putting it against the bars it can take them a good hour to get all the paper out), stuff a pinecone with little bits of fruit (again suspended so it takes a while) and put 1 toy from their toy stash into the cage. This is a new (rotated) toy every day, and they only get it for the our or 2 that I can't have them with us so they have learned that if they don't play with it while they can it will be gone soon and they may not see it for another week or so.

Mine also calm down when I play music instead of having the tv on.

While this doesn't work EVERY day, it works 9 out of 10 days and gives me time to help my son with homework etc without distraction. They just learn over time that if they just get over the cage confinement hurdle for an hour, they get to come back out and play with us.

At the odd times that they go off I find talking to them in a low (whisper) but excited voice stops the loud noise. They tend to want to go WITH the flow, not against it, and take it as a fun game.

Do remember that some birds have the mentality and smarts of a 2-5 year old child, and as such need the stimulation that a child would to keep them happy.

You can't say to a child "go to your room and shut up for 2 hours" and expect them to do it day in and day out.

It's your job to deal with it, much like you would a child having a tantrum. Give them something to take their mind off it before it happens, and it that fails, divert their attention to something else if it does.

Answer 3

That's what birds do...they yell and annoy you...but that is something that you committed to when you got him.  He is ready to wake up.  It is not good to keep your bird in the basement, they should be kept near a window so that they can see the sunlight and nature.  PLEASEEEE take him out of the basement :(  You could also try setting you radio to where it turns on a good station in the mornings when he gets up.  That might keep him a little occupied.

Answer 4

Why are you keeping a bird in the basement?  Birds need sunshine and lighting and to be around their flock (humans too).  He is loud b/c he hears you and he's not getting the attention he needs.  What I do with mine, daily routine, is he is in the middle of my condo between kitchen, dining room and living room.  He sees and hears all that goes on.  He's out for at least one hour a day AT LEAST, would be more but we have a dog too, then at 9:30 at night I put the blanket on him.  In the morning he will make some noise but will wait till I take his blanket off.  Then we will talk to him as much as possible and give him attention.  If he doesn't get enough attention he will scream, but this is rare.

Please take your bird out of the basement.  Get him more involved with you and your family