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Post by Morgan on Jan 25, 2021 0:52:08 GMT
In addition, I just wanted to ask also - Is she screeching only when you are making noise? Budgies do like to join in on noise making, seemingly trying to be louder than whatever it is they are responding to. And female budgies do tend to screech more than boy budgies. Though my girls will sing a little too, and my boys will screech a little - the girls do most of the screeching and the boys most of the more pleasant singing (but still loud when you have 8 overall).
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Post by mona on Jan 25, 2021 4:44:08 GMT
Just to add, if she is moulting, maybe she wants to sleep and the noise disturbs her. My female budgie Cookie sleeps a lot during moult and if she can't sleep for any reason, she becomes very cranky and would also like to scream at everyone around.. she would just nip my male budgie Breezie's wing or tail feathers (mostly since he keeps singing to disturb her)..
My male budgie screeches at my female budgie a lot of time to demand attention from her.. and also sometimes at me, to open the cage & let them out, ask for treats/veggies/good food, music or fan, etc. And maybe female budgie screeches are louder than male budgies, based on my experience.. She screams very loud, whenever she does. Normally, she doesn't scream much, neither sings much.. except when playing with Breezie or when talking/singing with me or radio.. She is silent 50 percent of the time.. Rest of the time, she stares outside the window, eats, keeps flying here and there trying to explore and find things to shred..
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Post by theecoffeegirl on Jan 27, 2021 1:50:50 GMT
As a single bird, it sounds as though she is jealous of the time you spend doing anything else but be with her. Is that what you are finding? Is she out of her cage or inside when she is screaming at you? If she is out of her cage, will she hang around in her own space or does she have to be with you? Ignoring the bad behaviour and rewarding the good is hard when you need to work and have a bird screaming in your head, but it is about the only way you can turn it around. Can she spend time in another room during the times when you need to concentrate? She's inside when she screams, and usually just in the day and never after 5pm, but I leave the cage open for her all day because this week she's been exploring just outside the cage (I only close it when I leave the room). I have some rope perches that go around her cage on the outside and a bridge that connects to my computer desk. I left some toys for here there in case she got interested. Today I've noticed a pattern. She's usually more interactive when it gets dark out of if I'm on my laptop during class. I usually sit next to her when it's just lectures. Unfortunately there's no other room I can move her to. I've discussed this with my brother, who owns a young corgi, that it's probably safer and less stressful for her to stay in my room. We're not sure how his dog will react with her. But yea, hand training has been going well. When she's curious about something outside the cage, she'll come out onto the outside perch. When I offer my hand, she hops on immediately and she seems okay with me moving her around, but not far from the cage. This only happens after 5pm ish, I'm not sure why. Maybe she's not a morning bird lol.
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Post by theecoffeegirl on Jan 27, 2021 2:08:08 GMT
Just to add, if she is moulting, maybe she wants to sleep and the noise disturbs her. My female budgie Cookie sleeps a lot during moult and if she can't sleep for any reason, she becomes very cranky and would also like to scream at everyone around.. she would just nip my male budgie Breezie's wing or tail feathers (mostly since he keeps singing to disturb her).. My male budgie screeches at my female budgie a lot of time to demand attention from her.. and also sometimes at me, to open the cage & let them out, ask for treats/veggies/good food, music or fan, etc. And maybe female budgie screeches are louder than male budgies, based on my experience.. She screams very loud, whenever she does. Normally, she doesn't scream much, neither sings much.. except when playing with Breezie or when talking/singing with me or radio.. She is silent 50 percent of the time.. Rest of the time, she stares outside the window, eats, keeps flying here and there trying to explore and find things to shred.. You might be right! It most likely might just be a gender and molting thing. Pixie just screams during the day, and doesn't wanna interact with me from when I wake her up until maybe 3 in the afternoon, and in that period, just screams from time to time. She starts to settle down after that and becomes much more friendly towards me. She hasn't lost any of the big feathers yet, so I'm not entirely sure if she's for sure molting. Just lots of random fluffs. No more pin feathers from what I can tell.
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Post by Morgan on Jan 27, 2021 2:10:20 GMT
Hmmm, I’ll definitely leave this one up to the experts! It does seem to me now with that added info that she might just want your attention, since budgies are very social. But let’s see what others have to say Edit: haha I just read your response to Mona - did not see it before. That could definitely be it too! Just keep observing her and it may come to light.
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Post by Hezz on Jan 28, 2021 1:07:06 GMT
As a single bird, it sounds as though she is jealous of the time you spend doing anything else but be with her. Is that what you are finding? Is she out of her cage or inside when she is screaming at you? If she is out of her cage, will she hang around in her own space or does she have to be with you? Ignoring the bad behaviour and rewarding the good is hard when you need to work and have a bird screaming in your head, but it is about the only way you can turn it around. Can she spend time in another room during the times when you need to concentrate? She's inside when she screams, and usually just in the day and never after 5pm, but I leave the cage open for her all day because this week she's been exploring just outside the cage (I only close it when I leave the room). I have some rope perches that go around her cage on the outside and a bridge that connects to my computer desk. I left some toys for here there in case she got interested. Today I've noticed a pattern. She's usually more interactive when it gets dark out of if I'm on my laptop during class. I usually sit next to her when it's just lectures. Unfortunately there's no other room I can move her to. I've discussed this with my brother, who owns a young corgi, that it's probably safer and less stressful for her to stay in my room. We're not sure how his dog will react with her. But yea, hand training has been going well. When she's curious about something outside the cage, she'll come out onto the outside perch. When I offer my hand, she hops on immediately and she seems okay with me moving her around, but not far from the cage. This only happens after 5pm ish, I'm not sure why. Maybe she's not a morning bird lol. It might not be helpful, but often this sort of behaviour rights itself over time, especially if you can ignore her when she does screech at you. If she is screeching, don’t let her out until she stops, but better still is to beat her to it - what happens if you let her out before she starts to get loud? Do you take her out, or do you wait until she comes out on her own? Reading back through what you have written ... you only close the door to her cage when you are out of the room (fair enough) ... is this when she starts to yell at you? If so, is she wanting out, or is she specifically wanting you? None of what you are describing is anything unusual, on the whole. Are you mentally tough enough to ignore her, move yourself away when she wants to have you at her beck and call? I really think your best defence is back to basics - ignore the bad and reward the good.
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