How to Cure Screaming Behavior in Parrots

How to Cure Screaming Behavior in Parrots.

All parrots make noise. From the small parakeet/budgie to the large macaws. The only difference is the sound level.

For purposes here, parrot screaming is a loud, purposeful, often lengthy yell that is annoying to ear-piercing and can occur at any time of the day.

It is important to understand that most parrots "call to the flock" several times per day, usually in the morning, around noon, at dusk, which is a completely natural behavior since birds are social animals. You cannot, and should not, attempt to stop this natural process. This flock calling is a parrot's way of determining which flock members are present or not present. It's the constant, ear-piercing, nerveracking, blatant screaming that needs to be corrected.

Parrots scream for many different reasons. Screaming is usually a symptom of something amiss with a bird medically, environmentally, physiologically or psychologically. It becomes a process of elimination in order to determine the basic cause of the problem. It often helps to think back to when the negative behavior first started and what happened in the bird's life/home environment at that time, such as loss of the bird's mate, loss/gain of a human in the home, cage location change, remodeling, addition/death of another pet, etc..

Before attempting to resolve any screaming problem, make sure there's no medical reason involved by seeking medical evaluation by a certified avian veterinarian. If no medical reasons are involved, one must look at other possibilities, such as a bird in pain for some reason, nutritional deficiencies, improper lighting, stress, poor diet, improper cage size, lack of/not enough mental stimulation or human attention, insufficient sleep etc.

Some birds scream when they run out of food or water or when their cages need to be cleaned. Some birds scream when they see strangers outside or who come into the home, when they dislike or mistrust someone in the home.