lol ya I read about the scream! I am told that this particular bird screams, which I plan to work on, I am very used to very loud noises, I have yet to go deaf spending 10 hours in a small echoy building with 500 dogs barking in my ear lol I am around so many activitys that I have gotten really used to extremly loud noises, after 10 minuts they tend not to bother me to much lol it just makes going outside REALLY quiet all of a sudden my dads reaction was funny he was like "I would not trust Blair with a bird" ok, what differnce does it make? the bird will be in my room, Blair is not allowed in my room lol Ripley and perky have extremly low prey drives and really dont care, Misty is not intrested in any other animal uless it looks like a sheep)last I checked sun conours did not look like sheep lol) and Happy is not a problem, she loves birds, my last bird and Happy were best friends, we could pry those to apart for feeding time, and would always kiss eachother through the bars, she would love to have another bird friend, she is kind of lonsome since casey passed she has no intrest in befriending other dogs. my dad figgered my dogs would scare the bird.. the bird lives with a borzoi, 2 rotties and a toy poodle for heavens sake , not to mention Happy and Misty would be the only ones allowed in my room when the bird is out in the first place, and probably neither for the first while.