How To Quiet A Noisy Parrot

Do you currently live in a home that is quiet and stress free?  Are you use to having many children around such as in a day care type atmosphere, or is sure home more like a monastery that is not in the Himalayas?  If you are not used to lots of noise, then a parrot is not for you.  However, if you must have a parrot, here are a few tips on how to train your parrot not to squawk as much as many parrots do so that you and your parrot can have a long and happy life together.

The simple truth is that parrots in the wild make lots of noise.  In your home, after you purchased your parrot, it will continue to make lots of noise regardless of its new living environment.  It is a genetic part of parrots and their squawking noise will not go away.  Therefore, the best that you can hope for is to teach your parrot to be as quiet as possible.  Here is what you do.

You must keep your parrot in a very open and active room.  The more outside stimuli that can help entertain the parrot, the less it will feel a need to shout out for others to join it because it is by nature a social animal.  Talking to the parrot as you walk by, or placing the parrot near a television set, can also help calm your parrot and make it less likely to squawk as much.

Like most birds, parrots like to do most of their talking in the morning.  Once they’re morning session is over, parrots tend to calm down and squawk less.  If the parrot is in a very comfortable room, at a very comfortable temperature, it will more than likely quiet down very quickly after its morning rant.  Later in the day, as the sun begins to set, the parrot will also begin talking out loud once again.  That is why when you leave a room with a parrot in it, and shut the light off, it will squawk in an almost panic-like tone, because it is not only its natural instinct but it has also been surprised by the abrupt darkness.

Remember to never get a Macaw for a parrot if you enjoy quiet and solitude within your home.  Macaw’s can squawk in decibel ranges that can actually hurt the human ear in close proximity.  Choosing an African Gray parrot would be a better choice because of its ability to mimic the human language.  Therefore, if the parrot has a need to talk, if it is well-trained, it will speak in words, and not squawks, which is much easier to deal with especially in the early morning hours.

Most squawking is due to only a few variabilities.  If you’re bird is excited, angry, hungry, or if it feels neglected, it will squawk loudly and continuously until a gets its way.  Parrots can be very pushy animals and using their voice is one of the ways that they can manipulate their owners to do their bidding.  Only through consistent training, and a strong relationship, can a naturally loud bird be taught to make less noise on a daily basis.

There is actually no cure for a noisy parrot because most parrots are noisy.  The only solution that an owner may have to completely silencing their parrot is to choose another pet before making a mistake of getting an animal that they truly did not want.  Parrots are amazing animals, with great skills and sometimes almost humanlike personalities.  Unfortunately, owning a household parrot takes a great deal of time and patience.  It also takes a great toleration for the natural voice that they all have.  With time and effort, you may never stop a parrot from squawking, but you can curb its tendencies and have a rewarding relationship with your parrot if you so choose.