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Post by fidsandfrats on Jun 15, 2011 7:57:49 GMT -7
Hello it has been some time since my last post.
Wondering if anyone else has this problem with their CAG and how you deal with this.
My CAG turned 2 in May. He has a high pitch chirp that he does to get my attention. It works! Normally when he starts I will answer him once to let him know I'm nearby and ok. All other chirps I try to ignore. But I gotta tell ya it can be extremely difficult as this high pitch, perpetual chirp can be most annoying. After making sure his is safe and not hurt I try to ignore his chirps. Eventually he'll quit for a while but will start again. I know I need to continue to ignore his calls each and every time (as long as he is safe and not hurt) to break him of this habit. Anyone know how long it may take before his chirp calls are extinguished - weeks, months, years?
Thanks
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Post by Jane on Jun 15, 2011 8:12:42 GMT -7
Monty does this; he can't talk so he does a lot of squawking instead. He will do it as a welcome greeting and also as his way of saying bye bye.
Sometimes he does it when he wants something - food, toys, attention and he stops when he gets what it is he wants.
Sometimes he does it to compete with the TV and he stops as soon as the TV is switched off.
Jane
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Post by fidsandfrats on Jun 16, 2011 7:44:44 GMT -7
I would like to find a way to replace the chip with a word/sound that is more pleasing. Maybe others will chime in here.
Thanks.
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Post by Haz on Jun 18, 2011 9:29:08 GMT -7
I have been lucky to have two big talkers. Both preferred talking to making noise.
They always want to know where you are. If we are not in the room with Chyloe, she will call to us. Just this morning she kept saying, "Daddy" over and over until he answered, "Yes, Chyloe". Then she said, "What are you doing".
We let her know where we are going and when we will come back. She is usually O.K. with that and when we are leaving says, "Bye bye, see you later".
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Post by goz083 on Jun 19, 2011 19:54:07 GMT -7
Jill does a high pitch cockatiel screech at 10,000 decimals louder than the tiel. It makes me nuts and I wind up screaming at her to stop and she will calmly say to me "what?" Usually I am the one that ends up looking like the nut and with her all rational.
Ignoring anything with Jill is not really an option, she knows it bugs me before I ever let on its bugging me.
She has quit calling me jeemar, she still addresses all 3 of my children by their names and still uses her former owners names. So have been trying to get her to say mom or mama. One day I was saying can you say mama? she comes right up to the bars and says to me "can you say....bird?"
I give up
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Post by lenke on Jul 8, 2011 6:51:24 GMT -7
Jill does a high pitch cockatiel screech at 10,000 decimals louder than the tiel. It makes me nuts and I wind up screaming at her to stop and she will calmly say to me "what?" Usually I am the one that ends up looking like the nut and with her all rational. Ignoring anything with Jill is not really an option, she knows it bugs me before I ever let on its bugging me. She has quit calling me jeemar, she still addresses all 3 of my children by their names and still uses her former owners names. So have been trying to get her to say mom or mama. One day I was saying can you say mama? she comes right up to the bars and says to me "can you say....bird?" I give up ROTFL!!!! i can soooooo identify! |
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Post by heybird1 on Jan 21, 2018 9:00:54 GMT -7
You aren't the only one. My Timneh just started doing this. He learns to say everything he hears and puts sentences together. He had some squeaking noises at first, when he only knew a few words. I bought a strobe light with a remote control and turn it on every time he squeaked, to distract him. He learned to stop doing it after just a few days. Now that he is almost two, he knows so many words, but started this new smoke alarm squeak. I don't have one, so I don't know where he heard it. He has. OT responded to the strobe light method, but he says "stop that" after every squeak. This tells me that he knows it annoys me. I'm gonna' try the ignoring method for this one. He's smart enough to know that I'm trying to stop it and he seems to be doing it for the effect.
So, I think I have to stop giving him any reaction as he knows what I'm trying to do.
I'll let you know if ignoring it works.
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Post by Charleigh&Sean on Mar 21, 2018 17:49:39 GMT -7
Jill does a high pitch cockatiel screech at 10,000 decimals louder than the tiel. It makes me nuts and I wind up screaming at her to stop and she will calmly say to me "what?" Usually I am the one that ends up looking like the nut and with her all rational. Ignoring anything with Jill is not really an option, she knows it bugs me before I ever let on its bugging me. She has quit calling me jeemar, she still addresses all 3 of my children by their names and still uses her former owners names. So have been trying to get her to say mom or mama. One day I was saying can you say mama? she comes right up to the bars and says to me "can you say....bird?" I give up Sorry for your frustrations but I literally just almost choked to death on a mouth full of cashews because of the last sentence. Laughing so hard I'm crying. |
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Post by Thomas on Mar 22, 2018 12:46:32 GMT -7
Sheeba does the high pitched cockatiel squeek when she comes back from being boarded at the vets. After a few weeks she forgets and moves on to something new. We also have a smoke alarm that will make an intermittent chirp when the battery is low. You don't want to wait long to change the battery, Sheeba will start with that noise. But she will move on to the next noise, eventually.
Thomas
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Post by beakertrout on Mar 22, 2018 14:30:11 GMT -7
I call it Beakers screet,a screaming tweet.
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