Loud Girl

[kendrafitz]

Summer is here and we spend time in the backyard in the pool. Rosie is no longer allowed outside so she hangs in the family room or my room.

Every time the back door opens this is what we hear:


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If I am not the person entering, it can continue for a minute or so. It has gotten to the point that if we have guests, I have to enter the house first so she stops contact calling.

My girl has got a great set of lungs.

[Mr Peepers]

Summer is here and we spend time in the backyard in the pool. Rosie is no longer allowed outside so she hangs in the family room or my room.

Every time the back door opens this is what we hear:


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If I am not the person entering, it can continue for a minute or so. It has gotten to the point that if we have guests, I have to enter the house first so she stops contact calling.

My girl has got a great set of lungs.


She's no happy happy, no she isn't! LOL

Its a good thing she listens to you. :th_biggrin:

[kendrafitz]

Lol Nick! She doesn't listen to me at all. But she stops yelling once she knows I am inside.

[Mr Peepers]

She's listening, she knows you will speak to her when you come in how could you not want to speak to her whether she's being good or bad. She's no dummy! :th_biggrin:

[Lady]

As I have been told, they have US well trained :th_biggrin:.

[PlaxMacaws]

Aww, she's just lonely :(

[spiritbird]

She wants to be part of the party. She is away from her flock.

[kendrafitz]

Very true. But you need to know that the contact calling goes on any time I leave her sight. When we are out back, I just know exactly when it is going to happen. I wish I could bring her out with me, but the vet said it is a no go.

[PeachyDoll]

Oh boy do I know this situation. What's interesting is we've been told by several bird people not to enter the room if she's screaming, because then they associate "If I scream, they'll come running for me". If Rosie happens to scream or make irritating noises we allow for a break in her contact calling. It is very difficult to do, I know. Sometimes I can just say through the door "I'm right here Boo" and that is enough for her to calm down. Her cage is right outside of our bedroom/office where we spend 80% of our time. Funny thing, if our Boxer is in the office with me and Rosie is calling when the Boxer runs through the doggy door Rosie stops calling. It's like Oh, there's somebody here with me.

I agree with Dianne, she's away from her flock and wants to know what's going on outside. For the past 6 months whenever the doorbell rings the dogs start whining and then Rosie whoops it up and "Woohoo's" and they all let me know when there is someone at the door. And Rosie insists on knowing who it is and saying Hello. If there is a guest at the door, she must be a part of the situation. God forbid it's a neighbor dropping something off and they don't come in, Rosie mumbles about it for the next 15 minutes.

What is your contact call back to her when you are away from her K? Can Rosie see the backyard pool area from inside?

I enjoyed seeing Rosie on video. Macaws tails and their colorings are so spectacular!

[wingman]

She is yelling Momma!

[Mr Peepers]

I agree with everyone else, she wants her mama and wants to be where everyone else is laughing and talking and hanging out together. You are excluding a vital part of the flock from the flocking dang party out there! :th_biggrin:

[kendrafitz]

PeachyDoll - We deal with the whole dog bark, Rosie scream thing here as well. She also really gets her beak out of joint if someone comes to the door and she isn't involved. Screaming ensues. To avoid this I get her and bring her with me to answer the door...unless it is dinner being delivered. Then it is just to crazy.

My reaction varies. If she is yelling and I am out of eyesight I will tell her where I am. Mind you I tell her where I am going before I go. She seems ok with me getting laundry but everything else is a no no in her book.

If she is yelling when we are outside I ignore her. She can't see us by the pool from her tree which is good. If she thinks I am not home she will chill out. She can see the pool from her cage though. So the few times she was in her cage she worked herself up into a frenzy.

Rosie also screams if she sees me paying attention to or talking to anyone...if she is not on my person. In this case I wait until she is done, give her a stern look (which she ignores) and tell her to use her words, no yelling. Once she makes any noise that is not a scream (even if it is her saying NO!) I go over as and pick her up. All the while saying...see, it's so much nicer when you use your words i/o screaming.

I love the picture in my head of your Rosie grumbling about not seeing your neighbor!!! ;)

If anyone has any other suggestions, I am open!!

[kendrafitz]

Lol Nick!

[Mr Peepers]

Rosie RULES! :th_biggrin:

[Mare]

Well, my only inappropriate suggestion would be..she needs some freedom. I know, this doesn't help. My next suggestion, (which I'm sure will not fly in your house), is..Rosie needs a companion bird. As hard as this thought may be to grasp..it works in my house and I never thought it would, not till I tried it. It doesn't have to be another macaw or even large bird..a cockatiel worked for us :)

Not to say they don't ALL go off when something exciting is happening without them but..they all seem to know they are all in the same boat and if one goes down..they go down together :)