Now wait just a darn minute, Toolady.  Don't you threaten me with sending that chainsaw of a bird to me.  My babies are all sweeties and that's just what I need these days.

I agree that Hyfie could be of great help to corral those lil biting, screaming stinkers.  Annie

 Experienced advice and insight about bird behavior is always welcome! Glad you visited the flock!

 

Wow great to have you in the flock...  I have a sun conure, she's very smart, talks very friendly, but spoiled, if she's not on a shoulder or being held, she squaks, is there someway to cut down on some of the squaks, as you probably know Sun Conures are very loud.  Any tips would help. Yes, I know we created this monster by holding her too much.  Would a  companion bird help her?

Thanks for any advise.

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We'd like to get a larger bird but need more info.  We live in an apartment and the only other pet is a mouse.  Looking for the most intelligent bird for under $1000

flit

Thanks for pulling this up--its like reading ancient history! The bird Toolady was kidding about sending to Okla. ended up in Minnesota and is now mine--its just funny to read this stuff!

As to what kind of bird--intelligent apartment sized--How thick are the walls? If its going to be an only bird I would start looking at greys--here from a breeder they are around 700-900 dollars.       Katz

I got a good laugh while re-reading this, too.
I have a bunch of quiet birds, a grey, an amazon, a pionus, an eclectus and the loudest of the gang is a cockatiel.  From reading the bird boards I know mine are unusual in how quiet they are.  They all whistle and several talk but it is rare for any of them to scream. They usually only scream when terribly frightened by something.  My eclectus talks really well, the grey talks some but not like lots of them, the amazon only says a few words, the pionus doesn't speak a word and the cockatiel jabbers constantly but not loudly.  None of my birds do the morning and evening jungle calls but they all talk and whistle more during those times of day.
My house is very quiet except for 5 barking dogs, usually no TV and no music. The birds all bark just to get the dogs in trouble. One bird barks exactly like my tiny little Chihuahua.
The comment above about the screaming blue headed pionus has been made by others.  Mine is a female Maximillian pionus, wildcaught, and over 16 years old. Maybe she is quiet because she lived in the jungle where she would have not survived very long if she had screamed.
Annie

their life is about 1 to 3 years at the most.