![]() ![]() But he stopped once his endocrine system went back on track and he realized that he was never going to be left alone again (I went to him every single time he screamed and comforted him). He had been kept at a human light schedule (so he was overly-hormonal) and alone in a cage while his owners worked during the day so he had gotten used to screaming for help all the time. I had a screamer cockatoo and that bird screamed and screamed and screamed for 10 whole months almost non-stop. The quakers are a bit too noisy right now because they are new to the house and their endocrine system is not quite in tune with the seasons yet but the ones I've had in the past never screamed, either. And, if I am talking to somebody other than my husband -like on the phone or a visit- she starts with her 'I love you" or her 'Hello! How are youuuu?" because she knows these are the two things that I will ALWAYS reply to. ![]() If I am singing, Mami 'joins' with her "Tra La La La La" (Mami loves music and if I forget to turn it on early in the am, she asks for it by going: "Tra la la? Tra la la?"), if I am talking to my husband, she joins in the conversation making noises that sound EXACTLY like a human talking but are not really words. Like, if another bird bothers her by going close to Naida (her girlfriend), Mami starts her alarm call that sound like ALLAH BAH TEH AH ALLAH BAH TEH AH. ![]() Linus Too does vocalize at dawn a little bit and more at dusk but it only lasts a couple of minutes - of the four zons I have, the only one that vocalizes a bit more often is Mami because she reacts to whatever is happening at the time. I have a cockatoo, amazons and quakers, all species that are reported to scream a lot and very loudly but you don't hear a peep in my house during the day. I have found that parrots scream because they are either overly-hormonal or alone. Cockatoos (or any other parrot, for that matter) don't scream because they don't have any toys to play with (they couldn't care less about toys - parrots don't have toys in the wild and they certainly do not play). Well, in my personal experience, 'enrichment' means nothing when it comes to screams. banuvatt Cockatiel Gender: Posts: 78 Number of Birds Owned: 0 Types of Birds Owned: I don't own any birds currently. I am very well of this they need social interaction especially if it's a bird living by itself. I know that generally speaking to keep birds from screaming you have to give them enrichment(toys.) That doesn't mean of course you can just leave them in the cage by themselves and not play with them. I found this website about Ducorps it made them really seem like the ideal cockatoo besides cockatiels. (I know size doesn't necessarily always determine noise level conures are just as loud as a jumbo jet and significantly smaller than macaws.) Then again cockatiels are also the smallest of the cockatoos. They really don't make that much noise most of it is chirping and whistling. There is no cockatoo quieter than a cockatiel. ![]() I think while Ducorp's are notable quieter than other cockatoos. Maybe once I retire from a job I will get one. Pajarita Norwegian Blue Gender: Posts: 18617 Location: NW Pa Number of Birds Owned: 30 Types of Birds Owned: RoseBreasted too, CAG, DoubleYellowHead Amazon, BlueFront Amazon, YellowNape Amazon, Senegal, African Redbelly, Quaker, Sun Conure, Nanday, BlackCap Caique, WhiteBelly Caique, PeachFace lovebird, budgies, Flight: Yes They are reported to be quieter than other cockatoos but, if you ever had a too, you would know that this really doesn't mean much because you are talking about relativity - cockatoos being INCREDIBLY loud and prone to screaming all the time, saying that the Ducorps is quieter does not really mean 'quiet' in any sense of the word And, like ALL cockatoos, they are INCREDIBLY needy and destructive so, unless you can spend the next 20 - 30 - 40 years staying at home almost every single day, all day long, and providing constant entertainment and close company (which means the bird will be ON you), a cockatoo is not the bird for you. They are corellas (broadcrested) and they look a lot like an umbrella only they are smaller (just a bit bigger than a Goffins) and they do not have the yellow tinge that umbrellas have. I don't have any personal experience with Ducorps and do not know anybody that has one so what I can offer is very little. ![]()
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