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Hi all,
Our 11 yo F BH has gradually developed a habit over the past couple of years to flock-call and scream for my partner each morning. Interestingly, she does it only when she sees him - not when he's in another room (or if she can hear him talking in another room). It's that classic, ear splitting Pionus KACK-KACK-KACK and really is the worst, lol. If he's not home, she's a quiet bird, just chirps and soft squeaks. She tends to stop after an hour or two each morning of screaming intermittently. She doesn't scream if he's holding her, or if she's off her cage at all. She's flighted, so the issue is not that she wants to get to him - often she'll avoid him if he comes to greet her. Responding back doesn't seem to help. Really the only thing that helps are giving her a bath or forcing her off the cage to go chill somewhere else. It gets much worse when she's hormonal. It really started after my partner was gone for 3 weeks; she started screaming for him every morning, and since then it's become a habit. Any ideas what might be triggering the behavior now, and how to curb it? So far we've just been using ear plugs and ignoring it, but we've got a new baby on the way, so if we could reduce her screaming even a fraction that would be great.
Our 11 yo F BH has gradually developed a habit over the past couple of years to flock-call and scream for my partner each morning. Interestingly, she does it only when she sees him - not when he's in another room (or if she can hear him talking in another room). It's that classic, ear splitting Pionus KACK-KACK-KACK and really is the worst, lol. If he's not home, she's a quiet bird, just chirps and soft squeaks. She tends to stop after an hour or two each morning of screaming intermittently. She doesn't scream if he's holding her, or if she's off her cage at all. She's flighted, so the issue is not that she wants to get to him - often she'll avoid him if he comes to greet her. Responding back doesn't seem to help. Really the only thing that helps are giving her a bath or forcing her off the cage to go chill somewhere else. It gets much worse when she's hormonal. It really started after my partner was gone for 3 weeks; she started screaming for him every morning, and since then it's become a habit. Any ideas what might be triggering the behavior now, and how to curb it? So far we've just been using ear plugs and ignoring it, but we've got a new baby on the way, so if we could reduce her screaming even a fraction that would be great.