trypcruz
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The people who respond with things like "all birds can be ___" or "no bird is really ___" .... are unfortunately totally right
lafeber.com says:
"The Senegal parrot is part of a family of birds well known for their outstanding pet quality, quietness and remarkably calm temperament."
Haha. My wonderful sennie is LOUD, re-active, and MEAN .
I totally get what you mean about noise vs loud though.
My budgies are not usually loud, but they are constantly making noise. Chattering and chirping and bickering. They do kind of get loud sometimes though. They have the ability to make a high, slightly sharp call that does carry through the house when they get worked up about something. It has gotten on my nerves once or twice.
Also some budgies really like loud toys - bells, things that clatter and bang against the bars. I lucked out that mine hate bells and never bang things.
To be fair, the sennie is generally much less noisy than them .. he talks a little but doesn't make much other noise, until he gets a bug up his bum and starts shrieking. This is generally veyr short lived, but it's definitely even louder and sharper than the budgies.
Right now our quietest is the amazon, who is neither noisy nor loud - he is silent most of the day and just makes a cute beeping noise when he is begging for food or time out of the cage. But we really lucked out there too. He definitely has the potential to be loud, he is a closet talking and when we're playing loud movies we can hear him start laughing loudly in the other part of the room.
I started my research thinking that I was going to get a senegal. But yeah... The more I research them, the more I see stories of them ending up phobic, screaming, and mean. I do understand how no bird is truly quiet. To me, budgies are quiet birds, as are most cockatiels. I have yet to hear a green cheek scream in person, but I've been watching you tube videos trying to see one screaming, and I'm not sure that "quiet" is necessarily a good word for them.