How do I teach my Cockatiel to whistle??

Question

1. My bird is 5 months old. she makes chirping noises and stuff but i want to teach him/her to whistle. He/she makes chirping and sounds like a Togepi (From Pokemon) and his/her crest is about 3 inches long. He/she has not molted yet.

2. First off I know you'll all say its too young and it might not be a boy but if it was a boy, how do I teach it to talk and whistle (By the way, I am really bad at whistling).

Answer 1

the best and only way is to continually repeat the same whistle or words until it repeats it back.

Answer 2

Both males and females can learn to whistle, but males are more likely too. Repetition is the key, you could perhaps record someone whistling a tune or a whistle you want your birds to learn and play it to him every day.

I'd like to correct a previous post, which stated that Cockatiels can live for 50 to 60 years. Cockatoos can live for 50 to 60 year. Cockatiels generally live from about 15 to 30 years. Everything else in the post was right though.

Answer 3

It takes a little while. My cockatiel whistles all the time. They pick it up pretty quickly. Also, if you want it to talk, teach it that first. If it learns to whistle first, it won't speak. -- I know that from experience! Mine is a female and she whistles!

Answer 4

When I inherited my tiel he talked a lot. About 20 words I could understand and 10 to 15 that made some sense, but were garbled. Well since I had no idea about cockatiel behavior at the time.....his words dwindled to good morning, ciao, and whatchyadoing, well kinda! He started doing a lot of whistling, and repetitive sounds like the sound of an exaggerated kiss over and over again. I spent more time talking to him and bought CD's that would play things over and over for him. I also left the radio on when I went to work. Now, (unless he has been by himself for to many hours) When I come home I say ciao and he says, "hello, hello, pasta eh pepper. As you can see I have researched cockatiels and now he is a spoiled king of my home. The pepper and pasta thing is because I put a buffet out for him daily. He eats seeds all day, but every night it is red,green,and yellow peppers,corn,peas,cooked plain pasta, and whatever else I research and find he might like. ONE LAST THING! After he has had dinner he comes to me and talks,kisses and I guess is being thankful I am his pet. Sorry long winded I am.......Good Luck.

Answer 5

Well, you've already guessed part of what I have to say. The bird is still very young. Cockatiels can live fifty or sixty years and are still immature until they are around two years of age. Be patient with the bird. Whistle around something you want to to imitate whenever you're around it. Repeat words when talking around it or talking to it. It will take time, but it will eventually surprise you with something you'll recognize you've been trying to teach it. From there, it will learn a large vocabulary.

Above all, be patient. You have years of companionship ahead of you with the bird.

Answer 6

find someone who can whistle and have them come over everyday for a few days. Or find someone with another male who does whistle and bring the two of them together. My male was whistling at around 6 months. He now talks some

Answer 7

My husband would give me the “wolf whistle” when I walk by.
Our cocktail soon learned that if he did that when I stepped out of our bedroom in the buff, I ran for the protection of the other room, anywhere I could find clothes.
This went on for weeks.
My husband returned from his out of town trip, sat on the couch, I came out to flirt, the cocktail whistled, and I went flying back into the bedroom.
All my husband could do was laugh.
The bird learned may more whistles and sounds just to see what kind of a response he could get from me.

Answer 8

oh god whatever you do don't whistle anywhere near a cockatiel-getting them to start is easy- it's getting them to stop that is the hard part! besides when you teach them to whistle before you teach them to talk they tend to like whisteling so much that they don't even try to talk- concentrate on the talking first-those garbled sounds it's making are probably attempts at talking-repeat what you want him/her to say over and over and be patient- it is still pretty young-

Answer 9

If you go to a pet store that sells birds, they will usually have tapes that your bird can listen to and learn how to whistle from that.

Answer 10

well that sucks that you can't whistle cause that is one of the best way to teach your cockatiel to whistle! say the words repeatedly until he/she says it back! hope you teach it well

good luck