hello guys, i need your help about my two cockatiels that seem to be obsessed with me or like me too much.
i have a male who is 1 year and 6 months old, and a female who is 1 year and 3 months old circa. they both were in heat, she layed empty eggs because they didnt bond in any way since he's so jealous of everything and everyone and he is too aggressive (he doesnt even let us touch him but the head for pats), while she is very affectionate and friendly with everyone. right now, we cant afford a bigger cage, toys or foraging toys, neither we cant let them go out the cage that much (and if i do let them out, i think it will be even worse)
the problem is that they seem obsessed with me, me who has barely changed their water or seeds or cage, i just pet them frequently when i can and i used to let them fly a lot.
since we removed the nest to stop the female from doing empty eggs, they wont stop screaming during all the morning and afternoon because im not there with them. not because they are not in heat anymore, but because when she was laying eggs she didnt scream to call me, but not that she does, he calls me too since the screaming is loud. it's too nerve-wracking for me, i cant stand loud noises or repetitive ones or i would literally start crying and get so mad. i ignore them as i should be doing, but their cage is in the kitchen and my mom wakes to at 6:30am for work and wakes them up, and they start screaming at like 7:30am. they even peek from the kitchen's door to watch me in my room (my bedroom and kitchen are close), so i close a little the door so they wont watch me, i even put a cloth over the cage so they can sleep more (of course i do this when they just woke up, not when they scream), but my family takes off the cloth because it seems like they are too annoyed to listen to me and just fricking let them be so i can at least go one week without my nerves on fire.
the fact is that since they scream all the morning or afternoon, my family come and goes from the kitchen, and stupidly, they go pet them or talk to them when they scream. so yes, they reward them. i told them thousand times but they just dont listen as always, but it just gets so much on my nerves that i get so mad because they are the reason why they keep screaming. and also, when its lunch time or dinner time and i come into the kitchen to sit at the table w my family, they call me when i enter the room, look at me when i pass them by, and scream again when I sit at the table, because apparently im too far away from them lol (im really not)
they also wiggle around as if theyre trying to fly out the cage when i pass them by. i understand the female one since she is very affectionate, but she is the one who screams more loudly, and the male cockatiel is just a bipolar bird who first sings to you and then bites you lol.
what should i do?i literally cant do this anymore, im starting school in less than 2 weeks and i cant honestly wait, but when i will start school i will wake up early and they wont shut the front door lol, and also i need to sleep, i really need it. if you're wondering, i use headphones when they scream so i cant listen to them, but its too difficult to sleep woth headphones in with music on or with white sounds for sleeping, and also i get even more angry when i see my family going to them when they scream, they just dont get it
i have a male who is 1 year and 6 months old, and a female who is 1 year and 3 months old circa. they both were in heat, she layed empty eggs because they didnt bond in any way since he's so jealous of everything and everyone and he is too aggressive (he doesnt even let us touch him but the head for pats), while she is very affectionate and friendly with everyone. right now, we cant afford a bigger cage, toys or foraging toys, neither we cant let them go out the cage that much (and if i do let them out, i think it will be even worse)
the problem is that they seem obsessed with me, me who has barely changed their water or seeds or cage, i just pet them frequently when i can and i used to let them fly a lot.
since we removed the nest to stop the female from doing empty eggs, they wont stop screaming during all the morning and afternoon because im not there with them. not because they are not in heat anymore, but because when she was laying eggs she didnt scream to call me, but not that she does, he calls me too since the screaming is loud. it's too nerve-wracking for me, i cant stand loud noises or repetitive ones or i would literally start crying and get so mad. i ignore them as i should be doing, but their cage is in the kitchen and my mom wakes to at 6:30am for work and wakes them up, and they start screaming at like 7:30am. they even peek from the kitchen's door to watch me in my room (my bedroom and kitchen are close), so i close a little the door so they wont watch me, i even put a cloth over the cage so they can sleep more (of course i do this when they just woke up, not when they scream), but my family takes off the cloth because it seems like they are too annoyed to listen to me and just fricking let them be so i can at least go one week without my nerves on fire.
the fact is that since they scream all the morning or afternoon, my family come and goes from the kitchen, and stupidly, they go pet them or talk to them when they scream. so yes, they reward them. i told them thousand times but they just dont listen as always, but it just gets so much on my nerves that i get so mad because they are the reason why they keep screaming. and also, when its lunch time or dinner time and i come into the kitchen to sit at the table w my family, they call me when i enter the room, look at me when i pass them by, and scream again when I sit at the table, because apparently im too far away from them lol (im really not)
they also wiggle around as if theyre trying to fly out the cage when i pass them by. i understand the female one since she is very affectionate, but she is the one who screams more loudly, and the male cockatiel is just a bipolar bird who first sings to you and then bites you lol.
what should i do?i literally cant do this anymore, im starting school in less than 2 weeks and i cant honestly wait, but when i will start school i will wake up early and they wont shut the front door lol, and also i need to sleep, i really need it. if you're wondering, i use headphones when they scream so i cant listen to them, but its too difficult to sleep woth headphones in with music on or with white sounds for sleeping, and also i get even more angry when i see my family going to them when they scream, they just dont get it
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