2007-06-13 04:20:15 · 21 answers · asked by chuck d 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
we lived in an apartment and the neighbors yelled all the time, and he still remembers this three years after we've moved .he did'nt start screaming till he started breeding last year this year he would rather scream then breed.He is in a huge out door avary and when ever he sees a squirrel or bird he screams.
2007-06-13 05:05:03 · update #1
once he learns a word I have yet to see one forget a word. Sorry!
Try to limit his encounters with bad word or words you don't want him to repeat!
mine scolds my children every time I do and sometimes when I don't...lol they learn quickly too.
2007-06-18 06:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by knight_janette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parrots have a lovely way of remembering things we'd rather have them forget, don't they? ^.^
It's going to take some work changing your guy's repertoire. When around your bird and he's using the swear word, start using an alternative, ie 'F**K Y*U!' is turned into 'DUCK POO!'. When he uses the swears, ignore him and use the alternative in everyday conversations. It can take months to change his opinion, so be warned!
Another way of changing his vocabulary is start playing games with him that encourages different sounds that you can live with. One grey learned a really annoying cockatiel chirp and to distract him, his owner started playing 'peek a boo'. The bird learned to say 'peek a boo' and forgot about the cockatiel chirp :-)
Squirting with water and removing toys does more to ruin a good bird than change bad behaviors.
Good luck!
2007-06-13 05:26:39 · answer #2 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop speaking the offending word in front of him...and if you're lucky, he might grow out of it.
8 years ago, my Macaw picked up "Shut the F*** Up!!!"...thankfully, that was the ONLY time he ever said it! But we can't get him to stop approximating my wife speaking on the phone to her mom and saying, "holy sh*t!"
ps--when we lived in an apartment, we had a neighbor across the hall with an African Grey that she would have regular fits with...then she'd go out and you'd hear her bird saying, "Shut the F*** Up, you God-Damned Mother-F***ing Piece of Sh*T!!"
Luckily for her we had a great sense of humor!
2007-06-13 04:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put on Spanish or french radio, preferably one that plays music as well. Then as he learns a new language he'll get bored with swearing and will sing opera or mariachi instead.
2007-06-20 08:10:16 · answer #4 · answered by bubblelator 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it feel loved. Make sure it knows that eveything around him is safe, even if its not. Teach him new words. All i did was to simply say Pretty Birdy over and over again to my bird and he picks up on it.
2007-06-13 07:40:10 · answer #5 · answered by hardworker :D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOLthat is SO sad..... well say nice thing like preety bird or sumthing esle like ur adress and dont swear!
2007-06-13 09:59:56 · answer #6 · answered by Julia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im afraid your parrot will always do that once he has learned how to swear. Maybe you should teach him to stop yelling.
2007-06-13 05:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by koolgirl43 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the parrots vocabulary is 350 words. So teach him a bunch of words till he forgets.
Or just smack him around a bit when he curses...
2007-06-13 05:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am sure that you have heard the famous..Do onto others as they do onto you. You/or someone else has set the example here. Reward for good behavior!
2007-06-20 18:35:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't acknowledge the words you don't want him to say and reward the words you do want him to say. Also, get the whole family and any visitors to do the same thing.
2007-06-13 04:25:27 · answer #10 · answered by Christie D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋