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Originally Posted by donnarod

Love all of your parrot stories. I have a blue and gold macaw, not at home now because she screams so badly if I am not with her every second, she is at my husband's farm with lots of animals. She is so intelligent, calls us by our names, she talks to me on the phone in such a pitiful voice, "DONNA". Had a Maltese and she bossed him around, when he was outside and time to come in she would say, "Kojak, get in here right now!", or come on, come on Kojak". When I had her at home, got a Cockatoo and man, talk about screeming and demanding, she would scream and the macaw would tell her to shut up",well, that just made her scream more, "attention", any kind. When I gave the macaw and treat, she would say, "oooh, it's good, DO YOU LIKE IT?'''I could go on and on about their intelligence. Now I want an African Grey, do they scream a lot???

No, compared to Cockatoos, Greys are very quiet. Sam never makes loud squaws or shrieks or anything like that, and from what I've read that's typical for greys.