Alfie is 2 yrs old we think. He came to us from an excellent home with a very severe behaviour problem, we took as we felt we could work with him. Alfie would scream top note, like nothing I have EVER heard before from morning till night, he wasnt hand tame & was extremely aggresive at times, he couldn,t be in the same room as our other birds as he attacked.
And so the work began..we put him in a seperate room with access to ropes, bells, chewable things e.c.t lots of stimulation. It helped once he was in there as he has a phobia of the front door being open & of new people. Once he wasnt near these things some of screaming stopped. We changed his diet & hid food in his toys e.c.t to keep him occupied, this helped too. Over time we noticed what triggered off the screaming & dealt with each thing as best we could. Alfie now only does the normal morning & night screaming & calling & about twice a day for 10mins or so. This is easy to cope with!! He loves a head scratch but still wont step up, we are using clicker trainig to overcome this. He is a great little guy.
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