2007-01-23 02:13:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
When you do anything with him, say the same thing, with enthusiasm every time. We have a baby greenwing macaw (Katie) that's almost 20 weeks old. She's already talking. What I do is when I walk into her nursery, I say "Hello! Hi!" Every time. Now, when anyone walks in, she says "Hello! Hi!" To them.
When I leave her room, I say Bye-Bye! I love you! and she says it too. She actually says it for everyone when the leave now. She's still at the pet store and can't come home until she's finished weaning (probably the end of February) and the patrons that visit the store are tickled to death with her talking to them all the time.
When she bites, I remove her beak and say "No biting!" Now, she'll pinch me just so she can say "No biting!" in her matter of fact little voice. LOL
I also tell her what everything is. If we're playing with a ball, I'll say "get the ball" or "play with the white ball" .
Basically, just make sure you consistently label everything she comes into contact with in English. This gives her the opportunity to put names with objects.
A note on repetition: Birds get bored just like we do. No one wants to hear 3 hours of "Polly want a cracker?" and, there's no scientific proof that those things actually work. The best talking birds come from people who have put the time and energy into teaching them to talk. Birds can learn to use words and phrases in context, but it's you who has to teach them that.
You'll be fine. If you need any other help with any training or behavior issues, feel free to email me.
2007-01-23 06:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by sdkramer76 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would not worry too much about teaching it to talk just yet, the first think you should focus on is building a trusting relationship between you and the bird, make sure it feels comfortable around you and your family, play with it often, give it treats, that sort of thing. Then when the bird is comfortable enough and it feels like part of the family it will start to mimic the sounds that you make, then it will learn to talk. This goes for allmsot all hand-fed social birds.
2007-01-23 04:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by quizikin 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have a young parrot, he may not be able to talk yet. Just use phrases you wish him to repeat regulary and stay away from things you don't want him to repeat because in time they will come back to haunt you.
2007-01-23 02:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha Kelly.!!! Excellent joke so 10/10.!!! Still laughing, I have an African Grey parrot and when she's on heat it's funny to watch her parade around.!!!
2016-05-24 00:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
find something a sentance or a word that you want him/her to say and just repeat it for ages, and do it everyday, and when they start to say the word award them a treat, and keep doing it, every time you want the to say the wrd, give them a treat after and it will encourage him/her to do it again.
2007-01-23 02:19:08 · answer #5 · answered by Lucyy - 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't mention what type of parrot?
2007-01-23 02:40:11 · answer #6 · answered by stop_staring_please 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you have something that you can record your voice on try that and just repeat what you want it to say and play it over and over again.
2007-01-23 13:42:28 · answer #7 · answered by JG78 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a tape or make one of the phrases you want him to say and just let it play when you're not around.
2007-01-23 02:17:48 · answer #8 · answered by Bobbie 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
teach him to say "Daddy's feelin freaky"
that would be frickin hilarious lol.
2007-01-23 02:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by Reflective Deception 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
repetition
2007-01-23 02:16:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋