How to get your Sun Conure to BE QUIET!

In this video, I share tips on how I trained our sun conure Mango to be quieter and it worked! I also share some helpful tips to try/include in your daily routine with your bird to bring the noise levels down as well as things we don't want to do!

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[bobbymoore]

My Sun Conure Shmoopy understands when I just say no in my normal speaking voice and she stops her loud screeching or sounds. I taught all my parrots to stop the bad things they are doing when I say their name with no Just the tone of my voice is enough. These hook beaks or bills are very intelligent when it comes to sense displeasure, happiness, affection in their owners/ buddies, voices just like dogs.

[jacobisrael]

Omg do you think you can show us how you taught him to call for you with a different call other than screaming? Mango is so lucky to have such a committed family!

[pcpalan]

New toys and/or moving toys
around in their area always helps keep them entertained

[bunnybearmy]

Whispering helps my Mitred conure.
Also he created his own whistle of 3 particular notes. So I whistle those note to quieter and get him to whistle rather than squawk. I say talk- don't squawk!

[Why-I-Oughta]

Very informative! He seems very well looked after. Well done!

[jonetoshka]

I only have African Greys, but I’ve found that ignoring the loud noises and embracing the sweet sounds encourages them to be sweet, and quiet.

[kevinshotts]

Thank you soo much neika well be coming home march 4th my B d day he has a gray head an green back right now im very excided we got a very big cage an so many toys all ready you have ben very helpful

[PaulaPenman]

I just got my baby kiko 3 months so. She was 3 month old. Not hand reared. She really coming out of her shell. Damage funny & intriguing. Defo the joker of the bird world.

[SunConureDad]

One thing to remember that is VERY important is this - the key distinction of LOUDNESS vs NOISINESS. People often get the two confused. For example, budgies/parakeets are very noisy but not loud at all.

A few things I can share from my experiences with Skittles AND living in an apartment building (and living across from one of "those people" who insist on quiet) and having Skittles for ten years, is this - 1) CONSISTENCY is key. Set boundaries and keep them. Have a system in place and follow it. 2) Try and reach a mutual agreement with your conure. Skittles and I have a routine where he knows to do certain things when he needs/wants certain things. For example, he flies over to the top of the fridge and wags his tongue when he wants juice. He flies onto the faucet ruffles his feathers and sneezes when he wants a bath. If he goes "on alert" when he sees an 'intruder' (aka bug) I go and kill it and he quiets right down. Hes notorious for that. In fact he stares right at it til I kill it. He misses NOTHING. What I have found is he never screams for no reason. He does sometimes get vocal for a little bit in the afternoon but its nothing unbearable and never for too long. He also lets me know when its his bedtime. He was already potty trained so he is free-flighted. Im disabled and home all the time and hes out with me all day and that is one of the main reasons hes so quiet. I've no doubt if he was in his cage all day or most of the day hed be MUCH noisier. They are VERY much velcro birds. But I always wanted a velcro bird and I don't mind it one bit. He even keeps visitors away. Hes not properly socialized cause I hate having people over, so thats one drawback. I rarely have people over so hes super possessive which really is not a good thing for anyone except in my case it is cause of my unique situation.

[Mo-ali]

I just got two sun conures they are really friendly and good parrots, but the noise makes me annoyed, so thanks alot for the tips, i will try them and hopefully they redhce on their screaming, thank you❤

[Sphr]

Hello, thanks for loading up the helpful videos and taking the time to make these its much appreciated!
Maybe you can give me a couple tips on our new edition to the family "Roary" lol. We recently adopted a rescue sun conure that is 3 years old. It's only been a day or 2. I know patience is a virtue but we are a little concerned that "he" might have been abused. So today, we started with a breakfast of apples an some snap peas. There is a pellet mixture of 80/20 pellets to seeds (we think he might have been on 100% seed by previous owner because of foraging for seeds only this evening past all the pellets). But today, roary lunged at my wife's face around end of breakfast with distilled water for bathtime(trying to figure out routine). We thought it just might have been an accident and it was trying to land on her and thought nothing else of it. He did land on my shoulder yesterday once. today he landed on my shoulder but just started to repeatedly biting my neck hard (like aggressively drew blood). When I was walking away from the cage but close for flight. One person suggested in a reddit to leave him in the cage for a few days but idk that just doesn't feel right. He is very nippy at fingers near the cage and bit my wife's fingers twice and drew blood. I don't think there has been any targeting training done at all, perch stick up and down doesn't work, and just starts screaming like crazy when you get close to his cage, walk into room, or come in through front or back door. He will start flipping this bell and reflective toy and just yelling it feels like. There is also a hidey hunt in there and I'm thinking about just removing it completely because it could be a source of aggressiveness to protect it maybe? They don't technically need one right?
I know that was a lot but what are your thoughts?

[fouzalkharji]

Thank you so much this video is helpful and I love lambo and mango🦜♥️

[jenjen]

Hi there! I am about to get a sun conure very soon, excited to train him/her to be a reasonably quiet little champ with your tips. Do you know if training to be quiet is only effective when sun conures are young?

[dillonjurjevich]

Heyo im getting a sun conure soon and ill definitely put this into practice it will be my first ever bird i already have bought a huge cage and i am going to get a pirtch that can stick onto windows i saw it in one of your videos and i thought it looked cool. Cant wait to get him.

[Qoaching]

I'm getting my two Sun conures today :D

[brianwilliams]

I like watching your videos for our sun conure 1 year old today. He only eats apples and seed from Petco but not eat pellets at all.Should I worry if he or she is going to live a healthy life?

[juliabowman]

Where did you get those extra bird perches? I have been searching for years to find my conure an appropriate perch for the living room so he has his own space with us but I can't find anything. I've searched at local pet stores and online but can't find what I need. I'm looking for a standing perch with a water and food bowl. I also liked the one that you have for the window.

[AkshayMukhi]

I am thinking about getting a sun concurs can u tell me every thing I need to get and very nice going with mango and lambo

[pcpalan]

I’ve had my female sun conure since she was about 10 weeks. She is 2.5 years now I imagine that she thinks I’m her mother since I fed her since birth, and took care of her. But lately, I think she views me as her partner. She screams if I put her in her cage and I’m not around. She spends most of the day outside of her cage on the top, playing and cleaning her self. But as soon as I walk out of the room, she goes crazy and starts screaming. She also (for lack of a better word) “offers” herself to me. If I’m just chilling on the couch with her, and she’s sitting on my lap or my arm, she will wrap her foot around her long tail feathers and move them out of the way and back herself up to my hand, arm, whatever she can. It’s very uncomfortable for me and awkward 😅. I try to scratch her on her head or around her beak, sometimes I’ll slip up and scratch her on the back of her neck and next thing I know she has slid up a little bit and I’m scratching her back and that’s what seems to arouse her… anyway, I’m going to try some of these tips to get her to quiet down a little bit. Thank you. They sound like they will really work. I’ll get back to you in a week or so.

[eyestock]

Thank you so much, you provided logical points. In watching, I did come to realize that kiki doesn't scream a lot. He truly screams the most when I enter house after work. His cage is near large picture windows, and we feed wild birds outside, he sees them and sometimes screams at them. Overall kiki is a great bird, and I will try some of your points. Right now, after typing this, im going to let him out for some kisses, hugs and snuggles, because he's being quiet. Thanks again so much!!