please does anyone knows how i can teach a rainbow lorikeet parrot talking ?

Question

how can I teach a rainnbow lorikeet parrot talking?

Answer 1

I've had my rainbow lorikeet 18 years and he talks up a storm. You have to talk to it A LOT, say simple things over and over. They can't say more than 2 or 3 syllables at a time. The favorites of my bird: "Gimme kiss" "c'mere" "hi Lance" (His name is Lance) "Hi bird" "hi baby" "kittycat" "kiss kiss kiss" "bird bird bird" and "goodnight". He also makes kissy noises and shakes my finger with his foot.
DO NOT teach the bird to whistle first. Wait until it says some words. The two rainbow lories I had which came from breeders who whistled didn't speak as much.

Answer 2

How do you teach a bird to talk? Well, you can talk at the bird, or you can talk to it. Teaching a bird to talk with a tape or CD is essentially talking at the bird. Say that you've purchased a baby parrot, and perhaps finished handfeeding it yourself for a few weeks. Obviously, just leaving it alone in the cage and playing a recording will be confusing. Some parrots do pick up some phrases this way; however, your bird will probably learn better by interacting with you (on the other hand, one friend found that when his Amazon and Conure became too noisy, putting on a training tape actually shut them both up!).

Many of us may not even realize that our birds have talking potential. The old books list only a few parrots the authors thought could talk. I never realized that my own Rainbow Lorikeet, Romana, had the capability of talking till the breeder mentioned it. Once I heard this, I immediately started teaching her. Some parrots may not be the best talkers, but it's fun trying to teach them, and they could always surprise you.

Answer 3

That is not true. Rainbow lorikeets are very smart. They love to play and make all sorts of noises and if you get just one it will definitely learn how to talk. The record was i think about 100 words that 1 lorikeet learnt. I have 2 rainbow lorikeets and although they do not quite talk I hear them practicing all the time. To teach them how to talk repeat the same word over and over until they eventually say it then you can teach them another word. P.S. They are not parrots, parrots and lorikeets are 2 different species all together.

Answer 4

Rainbow Lorikeets are not the quickest at becoming talkers, however, early in the morning and shortly before sleep are good times to use small treats in conjunction with repetition. Use single syllable words, and limit sentences to a maximum of 6 words.

Of course, you'll need a lot of patience!

Answer 5

I can tell repetitive words work, treats can work in a special way on things of movement contact me if you need more info I am tired and going to sleep but just to say We had 4 aviaries of exotic bird for 10 yrs in Moorpark Ca Sugar Puss Farms

Answer 6

take it slow and everyday repeat a sentence to him, like Hi pretty bird. Eventully if you do it often to him enough he'll say it.
reward him with fresh treat if he does.
Let him master one then move on to another

Answer 7

its not so much teaching to talk . you just have to repeat the words over and over again, just like teaching a kid to talk

Answer 8

same way you teach a baby to talk