Saturday is deep cleaning day and he came out but was still yelling, wasnāt that interested in training, but once I turned it on he hopped over to his foraging box to play? I clean some more, then vacuum again, he goes back to play!! Have stuck the air purifier on in the interim but itās not as loud haha.I think I got some toys with soft/medium wood for him to try (will have to check and get back to you) itās actually getting his beak to chew it and realise āoh maybe I like this!ā And he WILL chew on his regular wood perches (the ones that come when you buy the cage, I never use them except to move him round) that Iāve had to vet tape them. But no, letās ignore the actual wood toys!
when your not there there is somebody there... they are flock creatures by nature. At the moment you are the "flock"Haha itās fine it was already a recommendation! The thing is, he still did all this behaviour when I had my cockatiel (and the yelling even started irritating the ātiel towards the end!!). They were never friendly with each other, really, and were in separate cages.I'm going to be really controversial here and say something completely left field ... a friend... perhaps a budgie or another cockatiel....
and this is where I duck and run off in to hiding
Like me then!! I canāt tell if the radio encourages him yelling, or keeps him entertained. We do have a TV though, I could try it.TV?
My double yellow headed amazon is a tv addict so if I go out he would yell the house down and they really are loud but when I go out I put the tv on and he happily sits watching all sorts of stuff seems to like anything but sport
Do you think he *needs* another friend? Orā¦ another bird I guess. Like I said, my cockatiel never wanted to be buddies with him! But I wouldnāt want him to be sad, or lonelyI'm going to be really controversial here and say something completely left field ... a friend... perhaps a budgie or another cockatiel....
and this is where I duck and run off in to hiding
I donāt know how you manage having such free roaming around the house especially when cooking!! My guys would have been up on top of the cupboards and probably fallen behind them or this one would have chewed some important wiring!! I would never be able to focus, can just about cope with him damaging the one room
you've already had a lot of success I would keep going on your current path
I usually have her in my sight, or know exactly where she is...... not that it stops her being an opportunist if I leave my phone, purse, handbag, books etc laying aroundI donāt know how you manage having such free roaming around the house especially when cooking!! My guys would have been up on top of the cupboards and probably fallen behind them or this one would have chewed some important wiring!! I would never be able to focus, can just about cope with him damaging the one room
Iād also like to continue on and see where we get - he can be aggressive and cage territorial too so I donāt know how heād get on with someone else in there with him!It was just a passing thought if all else fails.
I have one African Grey female who hates birds she prefers humans she gets really peed off with my other Grey's and Amazon's she really doesn't do well with a bird flock she prefers the human one.
Each bird is an individual we just have to figure out what their needs are
Oh the EXCITED screams sure are something else. Sometimes if he sees a magpie outside (or if they antagonise him!!) itās just a cacophony. Absolutely no stopping it.Both parrots here have happy screaming sessions as we call itā¦ they sit with their legs up and screamā¦ Bluey used to be particularly bad with this kind of behaviour but it reduced significantly now ā¦ I mean we are glad they are happy but would prefer they would not let know everyone know about their happiness
like I said I really donāt think heād get on with another bird, but every time I hear him yelling I feel anxiety and guilt. 
You are expressing feelings that many or most of us experience at times.Hello all, I hope itās ok to keep posting updates and asking for advice!
Been a stressful time at home in general and I just get so anxious now when I hear his calling. When I wake up I am anxious waiting for him to kick off (although I hope I havenāt jinxed it again, that has gone MUCH better now that we are being more strict with daylight hours and being covered fully, he doesnāt actually do it any more).
My partner says I am obsessing over it. Iāve gotten him so many more toys and we are making some progress with them. He is getting better with target training. He loves chilli pepper!!
But I worry I am failing him, that he is screaming from boredom or stress or frustration, or just being alone. He canāt be elsewhere in the house as we have a cat, the door canāt stay open because of the same reason.
Has anyone else felt this way? What have they done about it?
There have been improvements - he rarely yells in the evening any more; when he does itās often just because he wants the radio turned off. I think he likes the white noise of the air purifier so that is on a lot now!! His attention can be redirected when I know Iām taking a call. In general heās quite content in the afternoon and doesnāt yell (unless birds outside set him off!). He loves his foraging box (to the point now that heās ignoring his pelletsā¦ if thereās less/no seeds in the box, he might eat some of the pellets, but then it doesnāt keep him occupied. Catch-22). Got him some apple bark sticks, and dried corn cobs that heās had before; he can strip the sticks, and mainly plucks the corn pieces off but sometimes eats them. Again itās just keeping that beak busy!
And yet when I hear him yelling, itās just setting off anxiety in me. He wants company, but I canāt give that to him 24/7. Or Iām projecting reasons for the calling and itās not any of those but I still FEEL that way!