Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
Wayyyyyyyy back before I was seriously into reptiles, sort of, I worked with a few birds at a few pet stores.

Greys scream loud. Real loud. Not as much as a conure or some cockatoos, but loud enough and often enough to be really annoying.

No doubt there are some that don't. Somewhere. Maybe.
Yes they do, really bad too! But Greys can be taught to be some really good talkers too.

Ray whistles now- he would screech initially in the morning when he heard I was up- but I play "The bright side of life" as sung in Monty Python's life of Brian each morning & would reward him... at first for not screeching, then for whistling.

So he is no more "squeaky bird". I'm trying to teach him to talk... if I can get him to sound as good as Scooby-doo I think I'll be lucky. By giving him stuff to do, and other ways to vocalize he's very easy to live with.