Re: Loudness
 
> -> The screaming only happens when my kids are around so we've had to
> -> take some of his freedom away which I feel guilty about.
> Cage covers are just an everyday fact of life with most parrots in
> civilized society.  They can't help their exhuberance though.  Just
> wanna join in the general hubbub.  I'd have left home if I'd had to have
> kids and parrots TOO!
Actually he's got his own room...it's a little small right now (it's our
bedroom bathroom) but when we move into our house he shall have a bigger area
specially made for him..I'm hoping to get a little friend for him in his
little paradise complete with running water, but can't see having the money
for quite a while- hence hoping for an unwanted bird.  
He doesn't like all the noise that the kids do and tends to scream when they
are around- it's all the noise and movement that freaks him out.  When the
kids aren't around he's being a big suck and wanting to get scratched and
shows off his pretty colors (something he does on command as well) or trying
to put his butt in my face - I hate that!- by grabbing my ear and pulling my
face around.  When the kids do come back in from outdoors he usually ends up
flying home of his own accord- sometimes after telling them to be quiet 
first. 
If I use a cover on him - no matter how heavy and how dark it is- he will
still scream and sometimes louder...the bathroom works a lot better.
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