can you teach a parakeet to talk and sing?

Question

im going to get a parakeet in crismas and i want to know if it can talk if so im getting it.Is thier any bird that can talk please awnser my question

Answer 1

One of the reasons humans love parrots is their ability to talk. We love their vocalizations (well, maybe not the screaming they are sometimes prone to), and we enjoy the feeling of communicating with these intelligent, beautiful creatures.

However, you should never buy a bird only because you expect a talking genius. Frankly, you should assume the bird will NOT learn to talk, because a bird should not be traded in or abandoned just because it doesn't learn human speech.

Most parrots learn to talk when they are either:

1. Kept alone with humans

2. Kept with other parrots who talk

3. Are members of a species with a facility for talking

The best talkers are those tiny budgies - parakeets still hold the record for vocabulary. I have never met a male budgie kept singly that has not learned words. However, budgies kept in pairs and female budgies generally do not learn to talk (there are always exceptions).

Parrots are vocal by nature. Talking is just another way of communicating with you. If they can communicate fine without words, why bother? For this reason, teaching talking is really about associating pleasant and positive events with words. Arbitrarily trying to teach your bird words you think are cool is not very easy - and in most cases doesn't work.

African Greys are considered one of the best talkers - mainly because they have the uncanny ability to speak in voices that sound very human. Most other parrots have "parroty voices" that are clearly NOT human. People have been tricked by an African grey on many an occasion by the accuracy of their mimicry.

So talking is about communicating. How would you teach a parrot to talk then? Think about how a child learns to talk - they hear you say things IN RELATION TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

When you come in the room you say, "Hello."

When you give them food you say, "Yummy cereal!"

When you change their diaper you say, "Oh oh! Messy poops!" (grin).

The child learns words because she sees that they relate TO SOMETHING HAPPENING in the world.

They also relate to emotions - if you hug your child and say "I Love You," the child understands these words confer the meaning that is associated with a hug.

The best way to teach your bird to talk is to use the SAME WORDS with the SAME ACTIVITIES - association - pure and simple.

Why do you think birds tend to learn their names first? Because that word is associated with the pleasant fact that their human companion has come home or come over to pay attention to them.

My Amazon parrot learned MY name because my neighbor would come back and call "Vera? Vera?" until I would come out to greet her. Inca has a tree on my covered patio - so when she was out there, she quickly associated the word "Vera" with me coming out to where she was.

She now uses "Vera" to call any person she likes or wants to see - to her, Vera is the thing you say to bring a favorite person into your line of sight.

Inca also says, ""Up Up" when she wants to come out of her cage. Every time I picked her up, from babyhood on, I said, "Up Up" as the verbal command. She now knows that word means "I get to be with a person!"

She really likes the "Up Up" words and even uses it as a sort of mantra when she is in a good mood and going through her vocalizations. You can listen to her repetitive use of this phrase by clicking here.

Anytime you bring food, clean the cage, walk in the room, turn on the TV, walk out the door...associate a phrase with the activity. This is the best way to get your parrot communicating with you with human words!

I highly recommend these parrot training videos if you want to see some great training techniques in action.

Answer 2

Yes you can it takes lots of patients and lots of training.Here are some helpful facts from
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Birds learn best in the morning, when their mind is fresh and ready for new information. If you use a towel or cover over your bird's cage, talk to them for 1/2 hr before you remove it each morning. Repeat the same phrases loudly, slowly and clearly. Parakeets do best with hard letters like K and T, so the traditional "hello" is actually sort of hard for a Parakeet. "Cutie" would be much better! Parakeets tend to mumble and to talk quickly, so the more slowly you talk, the more normal it will sound when the bird starts to repeat it.

Have patience, and eventually your parakeet will start to answer back to you! Once they get the hang of it, they'll learn more and more quickly as you go. While you can try taping yourself and playing the tape, the parakeet really needs to learn that this is a way for you and it to talk to each other. So it works best if you physically talk to your parakeet, and that you do it often.

Parakeets can also learn to mimic other sounds around them. They can learn to chirp like a cell phone, whistle a short tune, and much more! I've taught my parakeets to sing like chickadees, which drives the chickadees outside the windows crazy :)

Answer 3

I've had two birds that I taught to talk. The first was a parakeet, and he had a vocabulary that wouldn't quit. It took about 4 months to teach him, and then he learned his first word from the TV. I had been trying to get him to say 'pretty boy' but he heard the word 'thankyou' on TV and that was the first. He was a wonderful little guy - was hardly ever in his cage.
The second was a cockatiel and he talked, slept on the pillow next to me - took a shower with me. Cockatiels are a little hardier than parakeets, and there are certain ways to train birds. It also takes a lot of patience. I learned from a bird breeder.

Answer 4

Yes, they certainly can talk. I work in a retirement home & we inherited a budgie. He said a few words but when we moved his cage from the lounge to the main hallway he really started! The old folks all talk to him when they walk past his cage. They learn from repetition. Even by accident! Every time I clean his cage, he tips his water dish on purpose & I say 'oh you little brat!' or 'Jerry's a bad boy!' Now he says it all the time. The previous owner spoke Spanish & English. He speaks both. He can say 'give us a little kiss today' & 'Jerry's got a secret.' They are nice little pets & I think you will have lots of fun.

Answer 5

I had one named Romeo and he was quite the character. He could say a few words and would repeat any whistle I worked with him on. He also followed commands. Really cool bird!!

Answer 6

certainly you can teach a parakeet to talk, my son has one, you have to constantly repeat the same words over and over again and eventually it will mimick you

Answer 7

ya you can. it just takes time. say whatever you want it to say a bunch of times every day and see if it works. not all birds talk though.

Answer 8

you can you just have to spend a long time with it then u could teach it a couple words

Answer 9

yes u can teach them any thing that u want to

Answer 10

yes you can, they talk in mimicks, they mimick what you say, they don't have a vocabulary as large as a parrot though