Sun Conures

Conures are notorious for being loud. You can try to quiet him/her down by speaking to him in whispers- so he starts trying to imitate your whispering, but don't count on that doing much. Do you blanket him at night? If you do you can try putting the blanket on for short 'time-outs' during the day, 10 minutes while you're on the phone say- but if he's not use to it he may just scream more if you try it.

Little Bit looks just like my Fischer lovebirds. And did they know when you had been out the night before! When you wanted to lie in and get rid of that hangover these two would sqwark the place down, you almost wanted to kill them (but of course you couldn't!) They used to love it when I listened to nature programmes - especially the David Attenborough ones - they would put their heads to one side and if a bird was making a noise then they would go hell for leather. No way could you hear what was being said. They were trying to say that this was their home these other birds were intruders! It was so funny. When I had people round they would love to join in in the conversation. Or if I played music a little loud. Lucky I had a cordless phone and got into the habbit of taking it out of 'their' room but they would still squeek and squark. The worst was when I had my B/F's family over (parents and grandparents). They sat right next to the tv in pride of place and then they would make love - oh the embarrassment... Everybody laughed, but honestly they hardly ever did it any other time. Little devils! The only way I could mine to quieten down was to put a blanket over their cage, they would then go to sleep.

the ability to out squawk just about anything seems to be the gift of just about every type of conure out there lol! i had a patagonia conure, definatly NOT an apartment bird! for that matter if any noise is going to be a problem, stay away from conures as a general rule. i used to buy brightly colored bits of wood that were small enough to be held and soft (pine)enough to be instantly mesmerizing to a loud parrot! if i HAD to have the conversation in the same room then she immediatly got one of those little chew bits. that usually worked...course you have to use those little chew bits ONLY when you're on the phone, otherwise they will lose the whole "wow look at this fabulous new thing!" attraction and will go back to the squawking. another trick i figured out was that Patty (the patagonian conure lol) was sqawking like that cause SHE wanted to be talked to. so if it was someone i new well, i would say whatever i needed to but in the "voice" i spoke to Patty with, and she would instantly stop yelling and do little murmer coos at me in response until i could get off the phone or out of the room! cute as all hell, but kind of weird for the person you're talking to lol!

I never had a Sun Conure though I don't think you can get them to quiet down any as I have heard they are one of the most noisy parrots out there. On a bright note it could be worse. Instead of a bird it could be your child that does this instead. Have you ever had someone on the phone mistake your child for a bird? I have! And more than once! It's hard to explain that it's not a bird but my special needs son instead. Just enjoy your bird and try not to let the squawking get to you. Good luck!

I never bought a conure for just that reason. Those little guys are loud. One of my cockatiels (Sweetpea) would get noisy and we kept getting him friends so he would be quiet. It would only work for a few days to a week before he would go back to being noisy. One thing we tried was wearing him out by doing the ladder technique and just telling him to step up over and over until he got tired. That worked for a little while but then he would just scream and say "Step up" along with his screams. It didn't get better till a female cockatiel quite literally fell from the sky into my wifes lap and we adopted her. Sweetpea was instantly in love with her and finally stopped screaming. He still makes a bit of noise now and then, but she really fixed the problem. Of course, I'm not saying you should buy Little Bit a girlfriend since two birds can be louder than one, that's just what fixed our problem.