I taught my Quaker to say, Go Back, when she wants to go to her cage. She can fly but she likes to be carried so when she says, Go Back, I usually ask, Can't you fly, now when I take her to her cage she asks me, Can't you fly? We don't know anything about her previous home but she is an excellent talker, she makes a monkey noise, a duck, a chicken, a crying baby. She learned to imitate the sound of an electric drill after hearing it once and the sound of cats fighting after hearing them one night. She also came to us cussing, we don't encourage it, but she hasn't stopped after eight months. She was showing off for the cable guy recently, while he was working in the room next to hers. He asked her if she wanted to watch cartoons and she called him a pervert twice. She says much worse when she gets angry. She's taught our male quaker to quack like a duck and they practice together. For some reason this really annoys our cockatoo who doesn't talk nearly as well and when he has enough of their quacking he yells, Kwock, Kwock, Kwock, Duck!! He cries like a baby with the Quaker and yowls with her like a cat. He gurgles like a coffee pot, snores, and sings a song with his name in it. He asks, what are you doing, and says, Momma's bird, and a few other things.
