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[wolfmalemute]

Hi I need help with my beautiful parrot. She started to make this bad noise. like a microwave. It is so loud. How can I tell her not to. or change it .thank you wolf

[danmcq]

Hi Wolf,

 

That is difficult to shut off a new sound they just learned and are proudly using it to call you to come and get him like you run to the Microwave when it beeps. ;-)

 

It will pass in time. The best thing to do is just ignore it.<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2008/12/18 15:58

[BaxtersMom]

I don't know for sure since I have no experience with baby greys (mine was an adult when I got him) but I was in a pet store that had a beautiful baby grey around 6 months and she was making a beeping sound like a microwave. I thought she wanted me but the lady in the store said she was wanting her formula. I have read others on the forum say their babies will beep for the formula too. Is she completely weaned?

 

But as Dan said above too, when they learn a new noise and know it gets your attention they do it over and over and over so the can get your attention, too.

[Mistyparrot]

As a rule greys don't respond to requests to stop making a particular sound. The only real strategy is to ignore it. If she is using it as a contact call try and offer her a substitute. If she whistles to you repeat it back to her or whistle a short phrase to her of a few notes. It is in their nature to call their flock and that is you now.

 

 

Steve n Misty