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ShellyBorg
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Lots of talking , just like you would a human baby.
BirdBrains2233
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Both Shelly and Loto are spot on. The only thing you can really do is repeat the words you want her/him to learn until your blue in the face, and follow it up with the action you want to go along with the word, just as Loto explained. Leave the TV and Radio on when you leave, and things of the sort. Outside of that the bird will decide if he/she wants to repeat what your doing.
ShellyBorg
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My Grey talks vary rarely. A few years ago I busted my toe with him on my shoulder and dropped the F bomb. He got really excited and started yelling it. I started yelling DUCK! and jumping around and just kept saying duck. A couple years goes by and Spirit has a spoon with peanut butter and he dropped it. "Duck" he said. LOL
ShellyBorg
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On cue. Start with a human friend with a sense of humor. You say the que and the friend says what the response is give treat to friend with lots of praise. Then repeat with bird. It can take awhile. I can ask "Spirit are you related to dinosaur?" he goes "Rawr!"
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Just keep talking and reward any time they try and say what you want. Verbal praise and excitement goes a long way.
My DYH said for the first time ""beautiful"" cause every time he opens his wings I call him beautiful.
Amazons are hams, they love attention, talk, talk and talk some more, get excited when they make sounds, and also give food treats.
All that being said, they do say what they want when they want LOL
My DYH said for the first time ""beautiful"" cause every time he opens his wings I call him beautiful.
Amazons are hams, they love attention, talk, talk and talk some more, get excited when they make sounds, and also give food treats.
All that being said, they do say what they want when they want LOL
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My guy likes cashews, break them into small pieces.
Almonds, pine nuts, walnuts, cashews, cheese, popcorn, sunflower seeds, crackers. Anything he really likes works and lots of verbal excitement and praise.
Almonds, pine nuts, walnuts, cashews, cheese, popcorn, sunflower seeds, crackers. Anything he really likes works and lots of verbal excitement and praise.
Begin by using simple words
Hello - when approaching your bird
Bye bye - walking out
I love you - each time you talk to your bird
Ask your bird questions pertaining to words that are being taught.
EG: I love you - Mommy loves you - who loves you mommy loves you
Make the words sound fun and exciting
Only teach a new word or phrase when you are 100% sure your bird understands what he/she is saying.
Below are two links which I am sure you will find most helpful.
Talking - How I teach Mishka to talk
Mishka "Magic" Vidoe's Thread
Hello - when approaching your bird
Bye bye - walking out
I love you - each time you talk to your bird
Ask your bird questions pertaining to words that are being taught.
EG: I love you - Mommy loves you - who loves you mommy loves you
Make the words sound fun and exciting
Only teach a new word or phrase when you are 100% sure your bird understands what he/she is saying.
Below are two links which I am sure you will find most helpful.
Talking - How I teach Mishka to talk
Mishka "Magic" Vidoe's Thread
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Well me and my gf Skype alot and whenever he sees us Skype he says what ou doing and whenever I walk into the room I say hello and then goodbye or bye bye when I leave
I always say I love you and I usually leave an audiotape for him playing because he is in my room all day
I always say I love you and I usually leave an audiotape for him playing because he is in my room all day
Can somebody tells me what makes them talk? My bird can say "hello". When I brought her home after I'd adopted her, she kept saying "hello" all the way home in the car, but she doesn't talk much or say it very often any more, she's usually very quiet (including chatter/bird noise/whistling/whatever).
She said it today when she was sitting on a table in front of me. I say other things to her, but she never tries to "parrot" anything back when I'm talking to her. She just sits and listens and tries to climb on me.
Today I was up a ladder next to her cage putting up a blind and I'm sure she asked me what I was doing. She asked me a few times, she wasn't saying 'hello'. I didn't even know she could say that, all I knew she could say was "hello". Not only did she say it, it seemed to make sense.
When they talk, do they understand the language? I thought they just copied sounds, are they actually understanding what it is they are saying? Sorry for my ignorance.
I don't care whether she talks, she's wonderful whatever she likes to do. I'm just curious as to why she suddenly came out with something I didn't even know she knew and what provokes them to say things or keep quiet.
She said it today when she was sitting on a table in front of me. I say other things to her, but she never tries to "parrot" anything back when I'm talking to her. She just sits and listens and tries to climb on me.
Today I was up a ladder next to her cage putting up a blind and I'm sure she asked me what I was doing. She asked me a few times, she wasn't saying 'hello'. I didn't even know she could say that, all I knew she could say was "hello". Not only did she say it, it seemed to make sense.
When they talk, do they understand the language? I thought they just copied sounds, are they actually understanding what it is they are saying? Sorry for my ignorance.
I don't care whether she talks, she's wonderful whatever she likes to do. I'm just curious as to why she suddenly came out with something I didn't even know she knew and what provokes them to say things or keep quiet.
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My personal opinion is that parrots usually do know what they are saying. You should watch some videos on Alex, the African grey. He was pretty amazing.
My own experience is that our grey talked when he wanted something or something interested him/made him excited.
My own experience is that our grey talked when he wanted something or something interested him/made him excited.
JerseyWendy
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IME the more you talk to your bird, the more he/she will understand, and the more likely he/she will talk in CONTEXT. 
Not all birds WANT to talk, even though they might very well be capable. Don't know why that is though.
My husband is used to me talking to my fids (AND dogs) as if they are people. I tell them what I'm doing, ask them questions and yes, I often even answer them out aloud. :54:
Not all birds WANT to talk, even though they might very well be capable. Don't know why that is though.
My husband is used to me talking to my fids (AND dogs) as if they are people. I tell them what I'm doing, ask them questions and yes, I often even answer them out aloud. :54:
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My understanding is that they do understand what they are saying. I am the same as Wendy, talk to my animals all day. I did the same with my kids when they were babies. Rosie knows what I am saying and she knows what she is saying.
For instance, if she wants a drink, she says water. If she wants an apple she says apple and the same for cashews. If she wants what I am eating, she says, is that good? If I ask her if she has to poop when I am holding her she will say uh huh and then we go to her tree. She poops and then asks to cuddle. The other day she was so proud that she was able to say shower while showering. If I don't respond to a word or repeat the wrong word back to her, she keeps saying it until I get what she is trying to say. Also, if I ask her to give me a kiss or give me some sugar, she immediately starts kissing my face. So, my experience is yes, yes, yes. They are little smarties.
For instance, if she wants a drink, she says water. If she wants an apple she says apple and the same for cashews. If she wants what I am eating, she says, is that good? If I ask her if she has to poop when I am holding her she will say uh huh and then we go to her tree. She poops and then asks to cuddle. The other day she was so proud that she was able to say shower while showering. If I don't respond to a word or repeat the wrong word back to her, she keeps saying it until I get what she is trying to say. Also, if I ask her to give me a kiss or give me some sugar, she immediately starts kissing my face. So, my experience is yes, yes, yes. They are little smarties.
I've been talking to chili about everything, explain everything, say the same things at certain times-
I always say "good morning!" when I get her out in the morning, and "can I have a kiss?" she'll give me a smooch she mainly says "what?!" and "hi!!" but I've heard her practice "pretty bird" and some others, but she's still working on them.
I always say "good morning!" when I get her out in the morning, and "can I have a kiss?" she'll give me a smooch
she mainly says "what?!" and "hi!!" but I've heard her practice "pretty bird" and some others, but she's still working on them.Thanks for the replies, everyone.
I do talk a lot, I do it with all of my animals. She's just not a "chatty cathy" usually, she's very quiet. She doesn't yell or scream or anything if she wants attention (which I'd heard galahs can do), she's as quiet as a mouse. I do say things for actions, when I scratch her neck I say "scratch?" and stuff like that. Maybe she's storing up lots of things to say one day and she'll suddenly make a long and noteworthy speech.
It seems that she does because she only seems to speak when it seems logical and in correct context. She really doesn't need to be saying "hello" to me, she knows me. I wonder whether she'd say hello if somebody new comes along. And then to come out with "whatcha doing?" when I was actually doing something strange in front of her.... It was like "whoa, you talkin' to me?"(robert de niro voice). She wasn't parroting words, she seemed to be talking like as in a proper communication.
I do talk a lot, I do it with all of my animals. She's just not a "chatty cathy" usually, she's very quiet. She doesn't yell or scream or anything if she wants attention (which I'd heard galahs can do), she's as quiet as a mouse. I do say things for actions, when I scratch her neck I say "scratch?" and stuff like that. Maybe she's storing up lots of things to say one day and she'll suddenly make a long and noteworthy speech.
Talk to your bird as you would to a human.
Daily conversation is so important.
Whatever you are doing tell your bird
Explain exactly what you are doing
What is mommy doing?
Mommy is cleaning the floor.
Mommy is cleaning the floor with water
It may takes months and months for your bird to say the word, but remember your bird is absorbing new words all the time, in time hopefully the bird will say them.
When Mishka was learning the script for the advert he struggled to say the word forest, the only word he struggled with.
I included the word forest in many sentences knowing he would eventually say it.
Mommy went to the forest
The tiger was in the forest
I want to go to the forest
The tiger was sore in the forest
The birdies were eating in the forest
The birdies were washing in the forest
Can you hear the siren in the forest
Can you hear the boom booms in the forest
Stevieboy has gone to shower in the forest
The doggies are barking in the forest
The list is endless
Jokes aside it took me almost three weeks of constantly saying the word forest to him.
Mishka does not learn a word, just by hearing it. I explain what the word means knowing he will eventually use it in many different sentences, saying it in the proper context.
Today he says the word forest too beautifully, using it in so many different sentences in the proper context.
Be patient, take your time
Talk and repeat over again and again
Daily conversation is so important.
Whatever you are doing tell your bird
Explain exactly what you are doing
What is mommy doing?
Mommy is cleaning the floor.
Mommy is cleaning the floor with water
It may takes months and months for your bird to say the word, but remember your bird is absorbing new words all the time, in time hopefully the bird will say them.
When Mishka was learning the script for the advert he struggled to say the word forest, the only word he struggled with.
I included the word forest in many sentences knowing he would eventually say it.
Mommy went to the forest
The tiger was in the forest
I want to go to the forest
The tiger was sore in the forest
The birdies were eating in the forest
The birdies were washing in the forest
Can you hear the siren in the forest
Can you hear the boom booms in the forest
Stevieboy has gone to shower in the forest
The doggies are barking in the forest
The list is endless
Jokes aside it took me almost three weeks of constantly saying the word forest to him.
Mishka does not learn a word, just by hearing it. I explain what the word means knowing he will eventually use it in many different sentences, saying it in the proper context.
Today he says the word forest too beautifully, using it in so many different sentences in the proper context.
Be patient, take your time
Talk and repeat over again and again
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