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Do You Have a Bird That Bites?

Biting is a natural behavior for birds. They do it when feeling playful, tired, stressed, injured, or sick. The most common reason for biting is fear or distrust of humans.
Anyone, even a family member that your bird doesn't recognize or trust might get bitten. Your best bet is to never let children and guests to handle your bird without your
close supervision. Usually when a bird is about to bite it will have fluffed feathers and eyes that are dilate and constrict rapidly.

Never try to punish a bird that bites. Birds remember mistreatment and hold grudges. A way to try to win a bird over is to give it special treats; for example something that
you know is its favorite food. Any interaction you have with your bird should be trust-building. And don’t forget, when it comes to pets patience is a virtue.

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Why Is Your Parrot So Vocal?

Parrots are very vocal animals, this is how they communicate. Parrots will try to communicate with humans just as they would communicate with their wild flock. When you leave home or even go into another room, birds often feel abandoned by their human flock. Some parrots call out, and if you don't answer them, its calls will get louder
and more persistent. If you often go back to check when there is loud noise, you teach the bird that it must scream very loudly to be reunited with its “family”. A good idea to
ease its separation anxiety could be to develop you our own contact call with the bird. A simple whistle can work if used consistently. Eventually, the bird will learn that your
call means that you will be coming back.

Parrots also make noise when they are bored, ill, injured, or simply happy. If you plan to leave them alone for more than couple hours make sure to provide good variety of toys
and food. Parrots need to be out of their cages for at least 3-4 hours a day. It is a good exercise as well as a good interaction with the family members & social interaction
keeps birds happy. An injured bird will usually scream in pain, so if you hear sudden screaming make sure you check to see that everything is all right.

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Is Your Parrot Always Going to Be Loud?

When trying to control screaming quick fixes won’t work in the long run. Birds naturally quiet down when it is dark, so you could cover the cage or place the bird in a darker
room. Although, it is not humane to keep your bird locked away simply for doing what is natural to it. Also, there is a chance that its health and mental stability would deteriorate if subjected to this kind of treatment.

Hitting the cage, throwing things at the cage, or hitting your bird are highly unethical and could result in permanent physical and mental damage to your feathered friend. Once your bird loses trust in you, there is no winning it back. Vocalization, including screaming, comes natural to parrots and should be expected. If you, your family members or neighbors can not tolerate noise, parrot would not be a good feathered companion.

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