I have an approximately 5yo IRN named angel. I’ve had him for about four years and I’m his third home. His first home was a breeder and his second home couldn’t keep him after several months due to a disabled child. I say this because I don’t know if this is partly why he is so attached to me.
Basically my problem is we’lol be in the same room together and within sight and he’ll scream (piercingly) when I’m not always paying him attention or when I’m about to leave the room (ie back turned/ heading to the door). I don’t expect him to always be quiet but the screams are very annoying and consistent whenever I’m not around. I spend a lot of time with him hanging out and we’ve started having training sessions to increase his mental stimulation. He knows how to speak (kisses, “I love you angel”, “come here”...). Sometimes he says “come here” to get my attention and while it’s less annoying for sure he says it just as constantly when I’m not around and I’m not sure if it’s a solution since I can’t always give him the attention when he says it and then he just screams.
Whenever he screams I’ve not akbowledges him, kept my back turnednor continued to do what I am doing or walk out of the room. But often he just flies over to me from his cage and I feel like that makes it hard to discipline him. I’ve trimmed his wings once to help with this but he will still just fly to my shoulder.
I love my bird and I’m really just struggling on how to best reinforce his behavior to benefit us both.
Basically my problem is we’lol be in the same room together and within sight and he’ll scream (piercingly) when I’m not always paying him attention or when I’m about to leave the room (ie back turned/ heading to the door). I don’t expect him to always be quiet but the screams are very annoying and consistent whenever I’m not around. I spend a lot of time with him hanging out and we’ve started having training sessions to increase his mental stimulation. He knows how to speak (kisses, “I love you angel”, “come here”...). Sometimes he says “come here” to get my attention and while it’s less annoying for sure he says it just as constantly when I’m not around and I’m not sure if it’s a solution since I can’t always give him the attention when he says it and then he just screams.
Whenever he screams I’ve not akbowledges him, kept my back turnednor continued to do what I am doing or walk out of the room. But often he just flies over to me from his cage and I feel like that makes it hard to discipline him. I’ve trimmed his wings once to help with this but he will still just fly to my shoulder.
I love my bird and I’m really just struggling on how to best reinforce his behavior to benefit us both.