jyack1

Hi - OK two year old TAG - over the past 6-9 months - Bellissimo has developed a very annoying habit of a scream when he wants something. It is extremely piercing. Unfortunately we have spoiled him a bit and when he doesn't like his food, wants something we are eating or is left alone, he does the scream. I have attempted to replace the scream with a woo-hoo whistle. He does this very well but he mixes in the woo-hoos with the screams. Sometimes he will start with the woo-hoo and then go to the scream. I have attempted to bring him into his roost cage when he does the scream and has figured out he should woo-hoo on the way to the cage!!! I always say good boy when he woo-hoos and ignore the scream but our patience is wearing very thin. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated!!

Here is a nice shot of Bellisimo in the sunlight. I hope you can see why we named him like we did. The sun showed a blue tint to his chest feathers! A real ladies (or is that hen's) bird!! Anyway we are settling in with our new family member. He is definitely more comfy with us. He does have a habit of wanting to crawl up to your shoulder. He has a nervous chirp that he does constantly until he gets up there. I am not certain that I want him there and I've read many posts about this. We'll see if we can get him confident without being up there. Does anyone else have the chirp thing going on?? <br><br>Post edited by: jyack1, at: 2008/10/21 02:38

Hi All - family of four in NJ with a new TAG. Bellisimo is 4 months old. We are new to parrots so learning lots. One current issue I could use some advice on is flying off its perch (atop its cage). He doesn't want to stay up there and I have been putting him back on after the dive bombs and saying Be Careful. I fear he will crash and hurt himself. After three times I do not return him to outside perch. Thoughts? Thanks for the forum! Joe