Hi everyone! I am asking for advice on moving with my bird to Finland.
Video 1 : normal sounds during the day
Video 2 : sounds they make randomly when scared. The beeping in the first few seconds.
Video 3: Sound they make when excited
(None of these videos are of my bird, however my bird is also a Goffin Cockatoo)
Most of the noises she makes are like video 1. She isn’t a noisy bird, she doesn’t make a lot of noise or make noise often, but she can be loud. When she is loud she makes sounds like in video 2 and 3. She doesn’t repeat the sound over and over. She just makes it once or twice. Typically this happens once or twice a day. We have worked a lot on other communication methods so she doesn’t need to scream, but just like a kid, sometimes she gets irritated or excited and gets loud.
I am worried that she will make too much noise for an apartment. I don’t want to be a bad neighbor or cause disturbances. I absolutely want to avoid being evicted due to noise complaints.
Right now we live in the USA in a rented house. If we had to move to an apartment in the USA I would have no worries about bringing my bird. But, it is warmer here, I can take her outside on walks year round when she is feisty.
I have heard that most Finnish apartments have decent sound proofing… but I don’t know if it is enough.
I would appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
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100% depends on the apartment. Inquire specifically about this and ensure potential neighbours are aware of the noise. If possible at all, check the level of soundproofing before in person.
On another note, make sure you have all papers and registrations in order – while the border guards may not check too deeply into it depending on means of travel, official Finnish rules for bringing pet birds into the country are both tight and even a bit obscure. Within EU, marked rings plus attached papers and a veterinary certificate of health are required, but inform yourself if there are additional requirements for entry from a non-EU country to avoid quarantine or worse.
Like has been said, it depends on the apartment but also your relationship with your neighbours. My sister and BIL had a cockatoo and lived in different apartments. They never had any problems. Apparently neighbours never heard anything even tho the bird had its loud moments.
Now they have two cockatoos and live in a semi-detached house and no problems there either even tho the birds can be a very very noisy duo…
But they have always been very open and friendly with their neighbours which I think is also important. If your neighbour doesn’t like you they’re more likely to complain about stuff. So my sis and BIL always make sure to check on with them and ask if the noise has been an issue.
It really depends on the company that rents the house; modern built apartments have really good sound proofing. We used to own a parrot, and he didn’t make much noise, but when he did, he was loud. (I miss him very much 😢) We never received any complaints – once I even asked our rental company directly about it and nobody said a thing. Also, I discovered much to my delight that the neighbor on the same floor as us owns a parrot – and I haven’t heard anything. Our sound proofing is super good, don’t hear kids crying, people arguing or dogs barking. The apartment complex is very new though. Cockatoos are very loud, but if yours only makes the occasional noise and it isn’t constant and you live in a modern built apartment complex you should be ok.
Depends on the place of course.
That saying I know parrots, and parrots and Finland are not a good combination, parrots and apartments are by itself not a good combination; they like to be outside, and parrots have very little cold tolerance which means they only get to enjoy themselves what, on warm summer days? everything else artificial and stuck inside.
Also you have, just 1 parrot?… you know how social these creatures are, now it’s fully dependent on you?… does she consider you the mate?…
Also parrots are not quiet, unless they are cold, tired, depressed or sick; if you’ve seen wild parrots they are very noisy; the loudness tends to depend on their size more than anything; so how can your parrot be more quiet?… they get “excited” often as you say, but that’s humanizing them, because that’s just the way they operate in the wild while being normal, not excitement; they do thing among other parrots, and they start doing it the moment there are 2 or more.
Now you have the trouble of that she probably thinks you are the mate, and will suffer if you are gone, and living conditions in Finland aren’t appropriate; get her a second parrot already, and likely a male, and let her stay home where it’s warmer; that’s my honest advice, without considering the whole apartment thing.