New Parrotlet Owner - the noise!

[sophief100]

Hi I got my new 4 month old parrotlet 2 days ago.
The issue I am having is that he is a screamer! He is so loud when he gets going, which is often. I'm trying to train him out of this bu ignoring him when he is loud but speaking to him when he is chirping quietly. Does anyone have any advice on how to get him to stop? He can be heard from outside my apartment.
I thought they were quiet! Please help!

 

[finchly]

He’s a baby and he’s been with you 2 days. He’s left everything he knew in his short life.
He will calm down. I wouldn’t try to train a bird that’s been with me less than 2 weeks, actually I give them longer than that. They need to settle in and learn how to live in the new environment.

what you can do for now is reinforce the quiet by saying good boy or giving him a treat, and be sure not to reinforce the screams — even yelling at him to stop is attention, they love it and will scream more to get you to react. So don’t react.
I’m fascinated to hear of a parrotlet that loud, as I have 6 and they’re all so quiet. Would you show us a video?

 

[finchly]

Oh sorry. You said you’re reinforcing the quiet. I haven’t had my coffee yet.

 

[Love My Zons]

I love Parrotlet noise. It's such happy, chatty, robotic sounds. They are not really screaming lol.

Come to my house, bring ear plugs with a Cockatoo that loses her mind from time to time.

 

[sophief100]

He’s a baby and he’s been with you 2 days. He’s left everything he knew in his short life.
He will calm down. I wouldn’t try to train a bird that’s been with me less than 2 weeks, actually I give them longer than that. They need to settle in and learn how to live in the new environment.

what you can do for now is reinforce the quiet by saying good boy or giving him a treat, and be sure not to reinforce the screams — even yelling at him to stop is attention, they love it and will scream more to get you to react. So don’t react.
I’m fascinated to hear of a parrotlet that loud, as I have 6 and they’re all so quiet. Would you show us a video?

Thank you for your answer. I will try and get a video if he will let me!

 

[sophief100]

He’s a baby and he’s been with you 2 days. He’s left everything he knew in his short life.
He will calm down. I wouldn’t try to train a bird that’s been with me less than 2 weeks, actually I give them longer than that. They need to settle in and learn how to live in the new environment.

what you can do for now is reinforce the quiet by saying good boy or giving him a treat, and be sure not to reinforce the screams — even yelling at him to stop is attention, they love it and will scream more to get you to react. So don’t react.
I’m fascinated to hear of a parrotlet that loud, as I have 6 and they’re all so quiet. Would you show us a video?

I had to upload two videos to YT as they were too large of files here they are:

Just as an fyi: it's louder and more ear-peircing in person. And he has a lot of perches as the breeder partially clipped his wings and he has trouble getting around the cage

 

[Love My Zons]

I had to upload two videos to YT as they were too large of files here they are:

Just as an fyi: it's louder and more ear-peircing in person. And he has a lot of perches as the breeder partially clipped his wings and he has trouble getting around the cage

That's a happy chatty guy. Crinkle a plastic bag, makes them go crazy.

 

[sophief100]

That's a happy chatty guy. Crinkle a plastic bag, makes them go crazy.

That's the opposite or what I want hahaha

 

[Love My Zons]

That's the opposite or what I want hahaha

Noooo, bird sounds are just wonderful. Chatty, happy is so sweet. I love budgie chatter and singing. Music it is! I get the pair of heaven sent nuggets to bird sit once a year and love them!

Amazons and Cockatoos don't sing. They don't chatter, yes the Amazons mimick and talk and repeat sounds which I love. They call my name, and each others names.

But singing nope! As I mentioned earlier a Cockatoo will surely make you lose your hearing at an early age.

Tantrum is more like it. When they throw their body into a scream, it's insane!

 

[sophief100]

Does anyone have any useful advice please?

That's the opposite or what I want hahaha

Unfortunately not everyone feels the same way. such as neighbours.

 

[sophief100]

Does anyone have any advice. His cage is placed next to our sofa if that could be an issue?

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

This is a happy noise, and in no way screaming, there is nothing you can do to really stop it. I honestly find it very pleasant to listen to, and cannot help you.

It seems to be no louder than a budgie flock call, which rarely exceeds 75 decibels, while people with cockatoos have their birds screaming up to 120 decibels!

Honestly, if you cannot handle this noise I do not think you are really cut out to be a parrot owner. No offense, but many birds get rehomed multiple times in their lives because someone in the house couldn’t handle the noise. It would be a shame if this happened to your bird too. Please try to adapt to the sounds, these are nice happy sounds, which mean a bird that is content and happy in your home.

 

[Love My Zons]

Does anyone have any useful advice please?

Unfortunately not everyone feels the same way. such as neighbours.

Maybe you should have gotten a goldfish, or a cat.

Birds make noise, the end.

 

[Greylady1966]

He's beautiful and looks like a happy little guy. They are little clowns and love to play. I hope you can figure something out or just give him a chance to settle in. I have two of them and if I shut my bedroom door have a hard time hearing them. I adopted Toby who I was told was 18 years old and Popper who is two.

 

[sophief100]

He's beautiful and looks like a happy little guy. They are little clowns and love to play. I hope you can figure something out or just give him a chance to settle in. I have two of them and if I shut my bedroom door have a hard time hearing them. I adopted Toby who I was told was 18 years old and Popper who is two. View attachment 349460

Thank you. Hopefully he just needs to settle in

 

[Zara]

Does anyone have any useful advice please?

I buy multipacks of earplugs. They don´t cancel out the noise for me but they do take the edge off. My partner has a headset he wears and listens to music when things get loud around here... or he just goes out
As for the neighbours, put them on your Christmas card list, and make an effort to be nice to them. Maybe make some homemade baked goods for them?
I have given sweets pastries and made plants from clippings of my plants before for my neighbours. (the plant is still alive all this time later, I saw it the other week on their balcony )

 

[Greylady1966]

Popper, the two year old loves toys he can rip apart! He's not really into wood toys, just little ones he can beat the heck out of it once he settles down your have a little friend for many years.

 

[sophief100]

Thank you to the people who commented who were actually helpful x

 

[Karen]

Thank you to the people who commented who were actually helpful x

Some had a message you didn’t want to hear but they were all very helpful. I hope it put your mind at ease to know that your parrotlet is doing normal every day happy vocalization and not screaming or being abnormal.

 

[Ali]

My parrotlets can be quite quiet most of the day, then BAMM! SCREAM FEST!!!!!