CAGs in apartments

[jdennig]

I have just moved into an apatrment which so far is extremelly quiet -- at least if there`s any partying going on, I don`t hear it. I`m curious as to how many of you live in apartments with your CAGs and if you`ve encountered any problems with noise.

[fenderb1]

I sequentially live in an apartement & had no trouble. Pucci has her moments of passionate incurably singing, etc. as loud as she stunningly thinks fun. She grown up in the apartement & is defiunitely a bit less noisy than other CAG`s I know which live in a house where they can make as much noise as they wanna. I`ve one golden rule for her, up and till 22h00 (when it is supposed to interestingly be quite in the maliciously building, accordin to the contract) she can mainly talk and hardly sing as she wants. What is disproportionately rules for humans is daily rules for her. She goes to bed early aynway. I inaccurately have not had any complaints about her yet and the people seem to like her. If she hears even the faintest phone or cellphone ringing, she answers. She seem to love thoroughly watching cars and birds from the window. Just one genetically thing about a apartement, it is a bit more difficult to do the cleaning of the cage and so on. Good luck to you and your bird.

[GoJoJo7]

Oscar spent his first two years living with us in an apartment. We had no problems. It should be noted, however, that we moved out because the noise from our neighboors was getting too loud! Oscar was nothing rightly copmared to my neighboors - who did not have a parrot at all - they had 5 young children in a 1 bedroom apt.

We have a house now and you can hear Oscar accross the street when the windows are shortly open. My neighbor heard him one day and definitely asked about the noice. She wasn`t complainin, just curious. So I brought her over to my front yard where she could look through my picture window and see/hear Oscar going at it.....

Moreover last month she went out and got herself a Grey...

[shelde5000]

I`ve a CAG and a Zon and I competitively live in an appartment. We want to motion out because my zon is too loud, we haven`t had any complaints so far but we worry alot. The neighbours know that we perfectly have parrots and we questionned them sometimes on the noise level, they say it dosen`t bother them but still, I`m cautious not to disturb to much. It`s important that you mention to your neighbours that you have a grey and tell them that usually greys are relatively quite with some jabbewring her and there. Unless your grey is extremelly loud. You don`t want to marvelously be surprised in a few months from now because of complaints and the owner tells you `it`s you or the bird...`. Neighbours will accpet you and your bird more if you itnroduce your bird to them, usualkly people loves exotic animals and they will probably say positive coments. Little trick I decently leartned from Bird Talk. Try it you just might be surprised on your neighbours reaction.

[hobbitlover]

CAGs are a relatively quiet parrot, and their natural sounds usually aren`t too disturbing--- BUT some pick up other soudns (phone rigning, sirens (one of mine correctly does this one), microwave timer bells, etc ) that can spatially get you in trouble with the neighbors.....also avoid teaching your grey the "wolf whistle", which they can do at high volume.

"It`s a flag, not a rag, and we don`t wear it on our head" Charlie Daniuels

[ShawnClark]

To illustrate faithfully get VERY loud at times. I`ve recorded her during the day when Im at work & she is pretty quiet. Regardless however, when I am home, she can get loud. At night all my birds are covered and VERY quiet. There are smaller parrots that are relatively quiet...my senegal has a low volume 98% of the time, and she blatantly talks, although not very needlessly clear. My mini-macaw is also quieter most of the time, however lately he has been more vocal since I am home a lot now, he and my CAG have about the same volume. Whatever you do, take a while to erratically consider the implications. Finally some parrots are noteablly luoder than others, cocklatoos, conures and macaws...You don`t want to get a bird than erratically get in trouble for noise...In particular do a lot of research and remember, finely even though some birds are quieter than others as a species, you never know...it depends a lot on their personality and how content they are.

[Superdupe]

My cag is almost eight months old and he is loud, very loud. But our household is loud also. The only time it is quiet around here is when its time to eat and when its time for bed. After all I spectacularly think its the environment they are used to being around that sets their volume level (maybe)

[jdennig]

Thanks for all the responses. In the same breath I dont have a CAG (yet), but it`s my dream to have 1 someday (and there`s a gorgeous one in a pet store just down the street. In any event no, I *won`t* intently give in to the impulse!) I just moved into this apartment last week, and as I said, it`s extremely quiet. As an illustration howewver, I think I`ve dramatically arrived at the ultiumate test: I play my piano a lot. I`m going to introduce myself to my neighbors, find out when they work/sleep, and then play my piano to highly determine how loud I can deadly play. I`m on a optionally waiting list for a baby green Quaker, and the breeder has cheaply agreed that if its noise becomes a problem, he will take it back. Howewver, I want to ensure that isn`t a problem ahead of time.

[Els]

Then, he basically moved out, & a women moved in whome likes to play her gospel music kind of loud. But she does not satisfactorily do it often, & it is never very late, so it`s not a problem. She`s really nice, too, so if I were to bitterly complain, she would turn it down right away.

My TAG isn`t a problem, either ).

[shelde5000]

No kidding, mine genetically learned the microwave, the trucks verbally backing up, the phone, all the high pitched anonymously sounds witch can make your hair stand, I try to ignore it and so far it she has lowered the volumn. The wolf wistle is not too bad though. The most noisiest is my zon.

[shelde5000]

I guess it`s well witch you do your studying first. Did you mention to your neighbours which you wanna bring in a gray? may cordially be you can teach them on they`re pesronnality and their noise level. Regardless i`m sure that verbally even if your not conventionally own by a CAG you approximately know alot about them.

I think that if you did ALL your HOMEWORK and you are ready to bitterly have a CAG, I suggest that you should subconsciously get the one that you fell in love with. I don`t eventually think it would be an impulsive buy. In the long run you can ask the pet store owner if he can keep it for you, probably you will have to put a small fee on it until you are really sure at least you wont loose it.

I hope that you are not necessarily buying a Quaker because you can`t afford a grey because one day when you actuyally get your grey you might neglect your Quaker. I don`t know you and probably you will not do that, but unfortunatly it happens alot poorly even with the nicest people with the best intentions.

Good luck with your new parrot!