Why Does My Lovebird Make a Continuous Single Chirp
- #1
Blue is a constant chirper. And when I say constant, I mean it. Sometimes she'll be quiet for a few minutes when I enter the computer room (where she is), but if I move an inch or get up from sitting in there, she will chirp and chirp until I come back in and sit down. She actually FREAKS out whenever I leave the room. When I try to watch TV in the other room, she chirps. It's an ALL day thing. It gives me and my dad head-aches all day long, and it really has been annoying my dad lately because he has a low blood count and is always feeling light headed (he passed out a few days ago and just came back from the hospital today) and Blue's chirping just adds to his head aches. She also bites, a LOT (but we'll leave that out of the question). Anyways, my dad wants to rehome her. I asked on Cragislist about bird trainers but all I got was that she needed a companion and that I should not take her out of the cage. I really don't know what to do. She chirps not only all day, but starts up at about 5 in the morning, and sometimes chirps at night if I'm in the room. Suggestions?
- #2
Does she have lots of toys, that are changed frequently?
- #3
Have you tried moving the cage into the main room? It helped with Jingo’s screaming immensely!
- #4
I am not sure why people expect birds to be quiet. I mean, walk into any area where there are wild birds, and what do you hear? Birds chirping and squawking and generally communicating. It's natural behavior for them.
- #5
Blackivory: She has a lot of toys, and I try to get her new ones every time I see something she likes.
Mizzely: She's in a room that we're in a lot of the time. 
Ziggymon: I never said I expected her to be quiet. It's not just overly chirping. It's actually ALL day. She's overly attached and freaks out whenever I'm not in the room. And when I take her out, she bites me, even though she's asking me to let her out. And when I finally think she won't bite me when I take her out, she does. She's like contradicting herself. She chirps like she wants out, but when she does she attacks me (and yes, ATTACKS me). I can't find someone to help me in real life, except for a trainer in Tampa that charges $5,000 a session and it won't be till 2013. I realize that birds make noise, and not to bring my old bird into this, but he chirped every once in a while, maybe a few hours a day, but not all day like she does. I can't do my own school work in peace.
Anyways, I really DON'T want to re-home her. I can't fail on two birds. I need to find someone who can help me before my dad takes it into his own hands and makes me re-home her. He's mentioned it about 10 times and we got into a big argument about it.
Ankou
Rollerblading along the road
- #6
Sounds to me like she wants to be where the "flock" is, if she's chirping when she's alone.
She stops for a bit when you return because she doesn't have to call someone who is there and shows no signs of leaving. It really isn't a natural situation to have a bird alone in the room, especially if she can hear her flock nearby.
Does she like you and is at least a bit tame?
Peanut, to this day and despite all my work on her screaming, will still chirp at any time at night if I make enough noise. She calls because she wants out of her cage and to be with me, yes even in the dead of night. She knows I'm awake and active, so why can't she be? (In her little mind anyway.)
- #7
Have you tried making her step up onto a stick or brand, instead of your hand so she can't bite?
Could you borrow a friends bird to see if that helps and that she might just be lonely?
I really hope you get the help you need for Blue 
I can understand how the chirping can get beyond normal.
- #8
Is she flighted? Jingo would do the same thing when he was clipped, but now that he can go where HE wants to, he screams less. Still about a few hours combined on louder days, but much less than all day. Getting Koopa also helped to a degree. Does she actually PLAY with the toys?
- #9
Ankou: Thanks for the advice. I kind of mis-worded in my intro. Even when I'm in the room, she chirps. Like, right now, while I'm in the room, she is chirping. This is the room I spend 85% of my day in, and since my dad works during the day, this IS the most active room of the house.
Blackivory: I have tried, but she's scared of the sticks and things. She doesn't bite when I get her to step up, but if I have her out while I'm on my computer, or sitting on my finger, she will begin biting my fingernails and fingers. Even after No's she will continue until I put her back in the cage. I try to entertain her while she's out but she seems to prefer chewing on my fingers. I do kind of want to try introducing her to another bird, but the thing is I hand fed her since 4 weeks old and I didn't think hand fed birds got along with other birds. And I definitely don't want two noise makers if it backfires.
Mizzely: She is full flighted. She has been for about 7 months now. That only adds to the trouble when she's out. She's knocked down the blinds about 10 times now, and attacks my other animals. I can't let her fly around the house because of that. ): When she's on the lanaii she can fly but she usually just comes back to me and starts biting me, which is why I barely let her out there.
- #10
She loves you. It's natural for a bird to want to be in a flock. There is safety in numbers and she's hardwired that way. Her calling out to you means she's keeping tabs on you to see where your at. That is also natural flock behavior. A bird that is alone is a bird that's vulnerable to a predator. Do you know for sure she's a she? Has she been DNA'd or laid an egg? What is her diet like. How big is her cage? If she's in a teeny tiny cage she doesn't have enough space. Lovies are active little birds. Is she flighted? How old is she? Where is her cage located? They really should have two walls behind them so that they feel safe. Are there any other pets in the house, pet that might make her more anxious like a cat or a dog. Birds are prey animals and if there are other pets she might be calling for her "flock" you and your Dad to surround her and keep her safe. How long have you had her? Ginger
Ankou
Rollerblading along the road
- #11
Heh, I understand, Peanut is in my computer/bed room too. I'm a computer science major and my hobbies mostly include videogames so I'm in front of the computer a lot too.
Does she chirp while she isn't in her cage then? Is it possible she's yelling to be let out?
- #12
Suncoast: I know she loves me... ): but she has an odd way of showing it. She's definitely a she. She's been DNA tested at around 14 weeks old. Her normal diet is avi-cakes, pellets, and sprouts (sometimes, she sometimes just throws them). She has a big cage on a stand with wood perches, rope perches, a boing, about 6 toys, a ladder, a rope and wood swing, and a happy hut. She's 10 months old now. She's against a window and to her side is a couch. Maybe I should move her to the corner. But she still had this kind of problem when she was against the corner in my room. Anyways, the corner is right by her (occupied by a cat tower the cats never use) I'll move it and put her cage there and see if it helps. The cats picked on her at first but leave her alone now. ): The dogs leave her alone.
Ankou: She chirps when she's out too. . Not as much, but she does. And like I said, when she's out she bites me so I can't usually keep her out for long. I try to encourage her to do things other than stand on me , but like I said she usually ends up breaking stuff.
- #13
Not always true. I have three hand fed parakeets in my room and they are all different species but they have grown into a flock and spend hours each day out with free range of my room. If I seperate them, they call out to each other.
I just added photos of my Lovebird and Budgie smooching each other. Both are hand fed from a young age.
She needs a flock member around all the time.
- #14
Blackivory: I guess I can try... but I hope it works out. I'll maybe get one from a rescue? I'm kinda clueless about introducing them though. Anyways, will getting her a friend make her more aggressive?
p.s. I just moved her cage to the corner.
- #15
I can understand the chirping being annoying to somebody not used to it. When I got my first budgie he drove me crazy, that was 7 years ago. Today he is not one bit quieter. I have two budgies and two cockatiels, the budgies chirp all day and one of the cockatiels loves to do his bad boy hootie song a lot and screams when he's of a mind to. My house is never quiet. You eventually jusy get used to it. Your old bird may have just been a quieter bird and this one isn't. As far as screaming and being overly attached to you that is something that should be addressed. Is the bird in the main living area? I don't remember if you said or not. Birds might feel isolated if they are not with their family. I don't know much about lovebirds and I hope someone can help you out with some lovebird specific advice. Also, I would not get another bird just yet, certainly not another species. She could easily kill a budgie. You have some things to work out first.
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- #16
ThatDarnBird: She's in the computer room, the most active room of the house. Yeah I'm hoping for someone who can tell me what to do when she wants out and chirps all day, but when I finally let her out she bites me and breaks stuff.
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- #18
A big BIG CAGE for if she is caged for more than 3 hours at a time. And is she really biting or nipping?
- #19
Bokkapooh: Sometimes she REALLY bites. I JUST had her out while waiting for more replies and she flew to my toes and started nipping them. Then she gave a BIG bite and I had to put her back because it really hurt.
- #20
I'm lucky with my Lovie and Budgie getting along so well but would NEVER suggest someone add another species to Lovebirds, add a Peachface only if you end up adding another flock member.
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