my daughter has small babys i dont want them to swear like the parrot.
2006-10-23 11:43:43 · 11 answers · asked by intelligentshyunique 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
don't swear around him anymore at all if you do and when he does get a spray bottle and put water in it so when he swears from now on he knows its bad because you will spray him with it also leave the bottle hanging on the cage as a warning
2006-10-23 11:50:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't punish the parrot! Don't spray him with water! Bathing is too important for feather health. You don't want the parrot to associate water with punishment. Don't yell or scream at the bird because that is reinforcement for a parrot.
I agree that you might try treaching the bird a similar but less offensive variation of what he is saying. Or try ignoring the bird when he says the word. Don't say anything, don't even look at the bird when he swears. Praise and give him attention when he says non offensive words. Evenutally he will stop saying the word or at least say them a lot less often.
In the future you will all have to be more careful what the bird (as well as the new child) hears.
2006-10-23 13:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rags to Riches 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can do anything except tell the ones who swear to stop swearing. After all the parrot learned this type of behavior. Now having said that I would love to hear this parrot "talk". I would find it very amusing to say the least.
2006-10-23 11:51:47 · answer #3 · answered by no nickname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you might need to speak to your daughter, lol, someone must have taught the parrot in the first place.
I'd imagine not repeating the word in front of the parrot might help - but I remember our African Grey - shrieking the name of the dog, long after the dog had passed away.
You could try repeating the rude word but with a different letter in front - perhaps the parrot could be saying 'Buck It' or 'Kiss Off' or 'Rugger' ... all depending on what he actually says.
Ours always seemed to know when he shouldn't actually be swearing ... I remember my father being on the phone to my headmistress & the parrot yelling "Rugger rugger rugger" the whole time that he was on the phone. Bless.
Good luck!
2006-10-23 11:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by Solow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parrots do not consciously use language. They only replicate sounds they hear. To them language is nothing different from music or noise created by machinery. It's not the parrot's fault; it's the fault of whoever is swearing initially.
2006-10-23 11:45:56 · answer #5 · answered by Red Machine D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it quite is totally complicated, if no longer impossible to renounce a fowl from doing some thing it became taught to do. gaining knowledge of is often much less complicated than unlearning. the main suitable element u can do is prepare it greater words and words so as that it has a miles better database to go with from. that shouldn't so complicated, by way of fact he has already leant some thing.After u have taught the fowl greater words, then everytime he says some thing u like, reward him together with his well-known handle. while he says Fxxxx, dont reward him to in any respect. he will quickly understand which words are greater suitable (helpful) and at last the be conscious will fall away. bare in recommendations, that a fowl has no thought that what it is asserting is offensive, so dont get dissatisfied with it.
2016-10-16 07:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once they learn words you may never get them to stop saying them. Even if you do and they hear the word on tv or something you will have to start over. I had one that learned to memick the coffee pot. I tried everything in the world but when the sun came up even on Saturday and Sunday, he would wake me up with the coffee pot sound. One friend had one that spoke in Arabic and now it wont learn english.
2006-10-23 16:29:08 · answer #7 · answered by tim b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try not swearing and teach it other words give it treats when he says the other words you taught him when it swears don't give it treats then it will see it gets treats when it doesn't swear so hopfully it will work soon.GOOD LUCK!
2006-10-23 13:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by Rocker Chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's no hope exept to scold lightly when it does this and praise highly when it talks good words. also stop swearing!
2006-10-23 14:39:34 · answer #9 · answered by ☼Sunshine☼ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
teach him some new better words and maybe he'll use his new words more often then his old words.. its worth a try..
2006-10-23 11:54:32 · answer #10 · answered by Tiibii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋