budgies.

[Tahrey1043]

how do you get the f***ing things to shut up?

this bird has been driving me crazy this week, what with me working 6 nights

absolutely knackered because its been keeping me awake (kinda why i've been online til 7, 8am as well - just staying up til i drop down exhausted cuz otherwise im just lying there) - and it's in the furthest room in the house from my bedroom, be a nightmare if i had to share with it.

if it wasnt the pet of a small cousin who i am both 1. fond and 2. completely terrified of, it'd be either roaming free in the bushes outside, or sleeping the endless nuclear sleep of the viciously microwaved by now.

put a dark sheet over its cage but that has had an effect on it's chirrupings that could only be measured with an electron microscope!

tweep...... tweep..... tweep tweep, tweep....... chakakakakak..... tweep.... .... .... tweep .. tweep...... chak, twip.. chak.. frrp... twichitititititit....... tweep

[madmatt]

air rifle + 1 pellet + noisy birdy = dead quiet birdy lol

[Tahrey1043]

the stupid thing has to survive unfortunately!

found an ok method in the end - just pile coats on top of the cage until it becomes dark enough inside for it to go to sleep

might have to stick a fan and some ducting thru there though, only did that for about a half hour when the thing was doing my head in and i had to make phone calls!

[bstardchild]

Get a cat - they go real quiet then