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.

Parrots can be one of the most entertaining and challenging pets that you will ever have.  Although they will spend a great deal of time in their cage, they can be heard throughout your household, and even outside.  You will never forget that you own a parrot and they can make your lives either wondrous or extremely stressful and challenging depending upon the type of pets that you are looking for.  Here are a few things that you must know prior to buying a parrot as a pet that may sway your decision on whether or not you would want to have one of these colorful birds in your household.

One of the most useful pieces of information to know is that parrots need to be preoccupied almost at all times.  Save for the times that they are asleep, parrots will either need your personal attention and lots of colorful noisy toys to play with to preoccupy themselves in your absence.  When choosing parrot toys, make sure that they are interesting to look at, and that they have a certain durability to them that will allow the parrot to chew on them and not break them the day that they are bought.  If you decide to let your parrot out, make sure that you are with them at all times, especially early on, to make sure that they do not bite or chew on things that you love or that could hurt them.  Choosing to chew on an electrical cord or on your furniture are habits that you should train your parrot not to do for their safety and for your personal sanity.

Parrots are also known as biters.  In the wild, parrots use their beaks as a tool to help them climb when they are roaming about.  Within the confines of their cage, or when you have let them out into your home, they will instinctively use their beaks on almost any object, including human flesh.  By training your parrot early in its life to not bite, or to not bite very hard, you can save yourself endless bleeding and replacement of furniture by training your bird properly.  Parrots can break small bones, such as the bones in your finger, especially when they are frightened or enraged.  It is simply a defense mechanism that is genetically part of them.  With proper training, and a strong relationship between you and your bird, can avert damage or injury.

Be sure to wear earplugs in your household if you decide to get a parrot that is very noisy.  Parrots such as Macaws can make horribly noisy squawks that can be heard as far as the neighbors across the street.  Therefore, before choosing a particular kind of parrot as a pet, be sure to go into the pet store and listen to the birds before purchasing.  Most parrots make a very loud noise which can be curtailed through training and bonding.  However, they will never be completely silent unless they are sick.  So, if you like a quiet household, a parrot is probably not for you.

Lastly, the most important thing to consider is the amount of time that you must spend with your parrot.  Parrots are naturally geared to spend their time with many other parrots.  They are social creatures and need almost constant interaction.  Therefore, when deciding to get a parrot, remember that you must be set aside several hours of your week in order to properly raise your parrot in your household.  Please make these considerations before subjecting yourself, and your potential parrot, to hardships that can be overcome by making the right decision.

There are five things to consider when your parrot gets hurt and you are going to try to mend its yourself.  Although the first choice that most people should make is taking your parrot to veterinarian to get professional help, if it is a small injury that you believe you can mend, then there are five things to consider when taking care of your injured bird.

The first thing to consider is where you will keep your parrot.  Obviously, if you own a parrot, you must have the cage.  Although a parrot should typically be In a well trafficked area of the home, if you’re bird is injured, the best place to keep you’re bird is probably in a safe quiet place to allow it to have time to mend properly.  Keeping it in a noisy section of the house will stimulate its senses and divert any energy that it has from the healing process to trying to process outside stimulus.

The next thing to consider, especially if your parrot has a respiratory problem, is to make sure that the room that you are keeping your parrot in is well humidified.  The reason for this is actually quite simple.  Parrots indigenously come from the tropics.  In their natural environment, the air is usually very humid and is therefore what they are naturally used to.  Humidified air is also easier for the parrot to breathe and therefore it is probably a necessity when you’re bird is injured, and very important if it is a sickness that has to do with the lungs.

Another thing to consider is how warm the room is in which were parrot stays.  Again, parrots are from the tropics.  They are naturally designed to exist in a very humid and warm climate.  Therefore, if you’re bird is ill, it is very important that the room that it stays in is kept at about 85° to 90°.  This may be a very uncomfortable situation for other tenants of your home, including yourself, therefore isolate your parrot in a room and make sure that it has a heater and a humidifier to ensure a fast recovery.

Although parrots are typically very active and very noisy at times, a parrot that is under the weather tends to be very quiet.  This is because the body is trying to recover from whatever disease or injury that it may have.  It is important for the parrot to get as much rest is possible.  In the wild, a parrot would sleep at night.  Therefore, make sure that your parrot has a room that allows it to sleep for longer hours.  Pull the shades and make sure that the parrot has extra time to sleep to make sure that it gets well very quickly.

Most importantly, make sure that your parrot has an adequate amount of water to drink.  Make sure that the water is fresh by changing it at least three times a day.  If your parrot has a sickness that has caused it to have a fever, this extra heat within its body will cause it to lose liquids much more quickly.  Therefore, it is imperative that you make sure that the water in the dish, especially in a much hotter room, is constantly kept cool and fresh.  By ensuring that your parrot has enough water to drink, this will accelerate the healing process exponentially.

As a last resort, and probably in most cases, the best choice to make for your parrot is to take it to a veterinarian.  Although a veterinarian is not free, if you truly do love your parrot, you should take it in to get professional help, especially if it is suffering from something that you simply cannot identify.  If you’re bird is weak or very quiet, or if it cannot fly, it is probably a very good decision to take your parrot immediately to a veterinarian to get it professional help to make sure it gets well in the fastest possible time.

Parrot breeding should not be an avenue for a person who is simply seeking to make money off of the parrots that they own.  Parrot breeding should be taken seriously and it also depends on whether you are going to sell the birds after weaning or if you are going to hand feed and raise them.  This takes a great deal of work and care on the part of the parrot owner.  Here are a few tips to consider before you decide that parrot breeding is the business for you.

The first thing to consider before you start your parrot breeding endeavor is to make sure that you have an adequate amount of space by which to properly take care of the new parrots that you will soon be responsible for.  Once the parrots have been weaned from their mothers, you must have another cage to put them in to show potential clients the new birds.  Without having extra space in your home, or having an extra cage, this can be a very crowded and a difficult situation for you and your other parrots.

You must also have the extra time to do this properly.  Having one or two parrots can be an extremely difficult and time-consuming process.  Developing a relationship with your parrots is one thing, but if you have decided to hand feed the parrots that will soon be coming, you must multiply your current time spent by a factor of however many parrots that will soon be here.  If you do not have the time to properly take care of them, or to raise them, it would probably be best not to breed parrots.

The expense that it will cost you in extra feed, extra time, extra cages, and potential extra veterinarian expenses must also be factored in to the equation.  You must look at this business endeavor and ask yourself if all of the extra money invested, and the extra time invested, will actually net you a profit at the end.  Most people that get into parrot breeding do not consider the initial costs, nor the extra time involved.  They only see the large dollar signs of the potential sales that they have not even made.

Another thing to consider is your own personal demeanor.  Having that many extra parrots in the house will not only be time-consuming, but will also add extra noise and stress to your environment.  Unless you have someone helping you to take care of all of your new feathered friends, your parrot breeding business may bring you to your knees in regard to your patience and stress level.  Parrots are not a quiet animal, nor are they a forgiving animal if you do not take the time and create a relationship with them during this breeding process.

The last thing to consider is which kind of parrot you would like to raise.  Different parrots demand a different price range.  African Gray parrots can be sold at a very early age for around $900.  However, if you were going to raise cockatiels, you would get around $50 for each bird.  Each one takes time to raise, yet each one will yield a different amount of money for your efforts.  So before embarking on your new business, you must consider which parrot would like to raise based upon the time that you have, the space that you have, and the monetary investment necessary before beginning your parrot breeding business.

If you have ever had a child where you were responsible for the upbringing of this young person, you will know some of the responsibilities that you will need when you begin to raise a parrot.  Parrots are very similar to children.  The younger that you get them, the more trust you can build.  If you begin raising their parrot at a later age, building that trust will take more time but is very easy to do if you follow a plan.  Here are a few tips to use for raising a pet parrot.

The first thing to consider is that your parrot will need a great deal of attention early on.  Buying it a fancy cage and providing it with the most nutritious foods is nice, but the other half of the equation is spending time with your parrot and developing a relationship with it.

So many times, pet owners of any kind of animal, will purchase the animal with the intent of building a solid relationship.  But as time passes, jobs, daily life, and emergencies seem to get in the way of taking just a few minutes a day to bond with their new animal.  Parrots demand a great deal of attention.  If you are unable to provide your parrot with daily attention and instruction, this is probably not the animal for you.

Gaining the respect of your parrot is actually a very easy process.  It has to do with being consistent and providing it with enough freedom and attention early on in its life.  The first step is obviously speaking with your parrot.  Allow it to get used to your hand near the cage.  Later on, you should be able to place your hand in the cage and begin to teach it to take steps up on the perch to further build your bond.

One of the most important things to do when raising your parrot is to make sure that you are talking to it.  Whether or not you are focused upon teaching your parrot to talk or not, speaking with your parrot is a major contributor to building trust.  Speaking to your parrot is used when talking to it in general, instructing it on behavioral problems such as biting, or praising it when it does something well like taking its first step onto a perch on command.

The bottom line is that your parrot’s behavior, and its relationship with you, begins with you taking the time to bond with your parrot.  There are some parrots that are genetically born with a predisposition to screaming, biting, and being nonsocial altogether.  If this is the case, the parrot that you have purchased is probably not going to respond to any of your efforts, despite your greatest intentions.  At this point, you might want to take your parrot into a veterinarian just make sure it is not sick.  However, if it is not, more than likely your parrot simply is not designed to be a human companion.

The best tip is to make sure that your parrot comes from a hand feeder.  Parrots that are hand fed early on our typically the most calm.  The person you are purchasing the parrot from can tell you more about your parrot before you make a decision to take this parrot home with you.  Doing so will make your life easier, and more than likely make your decision a sound one before embarking on any relationship building.

Finally, you will always have times when you will be away from your parrot.  Make sure that your parrot is in a room that has high activity or place it in a room that has a television set so that it has some format of company during the times when you’re gone.  You have to remember that the parrot is in the cage, alone, and probably does not understand why you were gone.  By making sure that your parrot is comfortable and feels safe, your relationship building will blossom and your efforts to raise your pet parrot will inevitably succeed.