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I`ve had Buddy about 3 years now. I am struggling with the decision to rehome him. But everytime I think about doing that, I get very upset, guilty and depressed. He is a screamer. And I don`t mean for a few minutes or even a few hours in the day. He screams non stop from morning till night. My nerves are frayed. I have about 25 birds, and he is the only one you can hear. He wants to be with me ....constantly. He is overly sexy, spending most of his time humping on me. He attacks my husband, or others , when they walk into the room. He loves me....but way too much. Owning him is beginning to feel like a ball and chain. He reguritates the whole time he is with me and the smell makes me gag. Then, he`ll get a big wad up in his beak, and shake his head....and the nasty smelling stuff goes flying all over everything.I love this crazy little sex fiend, but it is becoming so stressful. Is there something I can put in his water to settle him down?

And yes, he has lots of toys. He does`nt play with toys. And he does`nt care to buddy up with any other birds. I am his one and only....sigh. He is only happy when he is ON me.He is upstairs in the bird room with all the other birds. It did`nt help to bring his cage downstairs. The screaming makes it impossible. And he does`nt stop, just because he can see me. He does`nt want to hang out on his play top and has no use for toys.

Have you tried getting him to interact with his toys? Ways to forage? Have you made sure he gets 12-14 hours of sleep? Plenty of bathes? A good diet? Exercise? Training?

Doing some clicker training with him to try and get him to show interest in other areas may help. With clicker training you could get him to play with toys, and perhaps even interact with other family members in a non-aggressive way. You will of course have to change things around. So clicker training may be a start.