well when i thought i had it all under control!! the flock calling!! its driving us insane!! it is really starting to become unbearable!! soon as you walk in the room!! get something to eat! walk out of the room! open certain doors.... toilet flushing.... tap turn on in the bathroom which is up the hall!! coughing!! sneezing! some other member walking into the room!! outside! inside! eekkkk !!! he is outside at the moment so i can have some peace!! and he is flock calling his heart out!! i have had it so when he is outside he can see me through the doors/windows. that didnt work then i faced him so he couldnt see me that didnt work!!he really isnt a pleasure any more even when i let him out of his cage so he can wander in and out he is worse! he sits on top and screeches!! so i have to put him back in and he settles for 5 min then when i disappear he starts!! ive yelled out to him... whistled etc.. it would be lovely for him to just play on his own and learn to occupy himself!!!! i get so jealous of when i see other peoples birds sitting in their cage even yukky horrible neglected cages, all quiet and playing lovely with their yukky one toy!! help how can i teach him to not be so concerned what we do!!! and be happy with just his own company?? should we not handle him for a few weeks?? dunno what to do!! HELP

Have you tried keeping music on for him ... Just a thought. They have said that music calms the savage beast ... !

SOOTHES the savage beast. Same difference, eh?

yeah tried radio on radio off. tv on tv off!! i think he just wants to be a permament fixture on our shoulders and will not settle for anything else! he is 9 months old and is talking inbetween his flock calling sometimes i have noticed he will flock call flock call flock call then break into a few words then flock call. i have prasied him for talking etc... i suppose i will have to wait a bit longer for him to grow out of his screeching and switch to the chattering. if we have the sanity!!

Try classical music. Clyde loves that and will just sing and whistle (in tune and in time!) and by halfway through a CD, has worn himself out and is quiet for a while. And yes, being out and on a shoulder or hand is definitely what makes him quiet and happy.

I know what you mean. Pascal can be pretty intense sometimes, but usually he's really good. He's totally spoiled because both I and our housemate are home most of the time, so he's out most of the time. Some days, though, he's just in a mood. Heve you tried giving yours a bath? Sometimes when Pascal is all cranky and out of sorts, getting him good and soaked (he loves showers)calms him down. He then usually contents himself fluffing and preening on a perch near (not on) us, flock calling abated.

Also, Pascal will flock call (and take attendance by running through our names) if not all of his flock is at home. He usually stops if I tell him, "No, John is a school. Sam is at work. Dan is asleep." Of course, sleep isn't a valid reason for not paying attention to him, so he replies, "Wake up!" "Breeet!" (loudly)

So how much one on one time is this little guy getting? Have you moved his cage differently somehow? Or brought something new into the house? Have you tried to repeat the words he knows to him when he's squawking?