Not sure of Rocky's age

[Thekatsmeow]

I was told when I got Rpcky that she was approx. 1 1/2 but I think her behavior and speach is off for that age. When I talk to her she chirps with every syllable I make. She makes cuddle cooing sounds often when I am holding her and her speach is still garbled. She says "Hello Rocky" perfectly clear but the rest is not so clear. Apparently, Reveille (the military morning wake up call) was taught to her. Good thing my Marine Corp. husband thinks that is amusing. Anyway, please tell me how baby zons respond to their owners and if this sounds like the same behavior? Lets not forget her wonderful regurgitating too. MMMM thank you Rocky, so appetizing(ew).

 

[henpecked]

I'm not sure about equating speech quality with age. My old hen mumbles a lot. LOL my parrot does too.

 

[Thekatsmeow]

Okay that's good to know but what about the little chirps she makes when I talk? Does yours do that also?

 

[henpecked]

Some of them chime in with every word i speak. It's more of a reaction, like when someone in the house is yelling, (not fighting ,but loud ,telling the dogs to hush,calling some one downstairs) they all yell back . rarely are they ever that loud ,it's just a reaction. Usually when they are learning speech your hear them "practice" quietly ,when they get it, they'll come right out with it.if she's chirping along with you she should be picking up words.

 

[Thekatsmeow]

Okay I was hoping that she was learning more words or even sounds. Her first exposure to water with me today went well. She never shows interest in playing nicely or preening her toys and is terrified of her swing. She pecks and bites the rope of one of her toys. I mean she really grinds on the rope hard. Do zons play really rough like that? Sigh, I have so much to learn about her. She is so rough with that toy and it looks like aggression to me but a friend of mine says thats just play. She was tossing the empty tube from toilet paper with her and I thought she was mad but my friend thinks I am reading her behavior wrong and that she was playing. I want her to enjoy playing independently with her toys so I can start making some foraging toys for her. Even newspaper freaks her out. I ripped it into strips and when it was her time to "groom" me I put the paper on my head. She enjoyed throwing them off and ripping some of them. Every day is a learning experience and I just want to do the right things for her to be well balanced.

 

[melissasparrots]

I have no experience with red lored amazons, but my baby yellow napes make a lot of squeaky noises in response to my voice. They do that less and less as they get older, but they will still do it for several years or more potentially. My four year olds still do it once in a while as does my 7 year old female.
Yes, they can be rough with their toys. Younger amazons play more vigerously. I've noticed as they approach the 5 year old mark, they start to settle down a little but all amazons have occassional bouts of blowing off steam by killing a toy. However, you may still be correct that your bird is being aggressive. Some amazons will kill their toy as part of displaced aggression if someone/thing they really dislike is near them. If the bird consistently kills its toy whenever a certain person approaches, chances are decent the bird is either really excited to be let out and go see that person and they just can't hold in their excitement they are so happy. Or, the opposite, they really want to kill that person but can't reach them through bars so they kill their toy instead. The latter situation is more common with amazons. Sometimes they just gotta kill a toy because they have pent up energy and it means nothing against anyone.