Teaching Parrots to Speak - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Well, if you are getting a bird for the reason of talking, only, do not get a bird because they come with...
(more)Teaching Parrots to Speak - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Well, if you are getting a bird for the reason of talking, only, do not get a bird because they come with a lot of responsibility and they live a long, long time. But, one of the best ways to teach a bird to talk is to actually have a rival. I am, I am Spaulding's favorite person. Step up, good girl. So, she does not tend to imitate me. She imitates my husband because when he calls my name, I respond. So, you want to use a rival technique, where you would have, say, myself, the bird, and the rival person. I do not want to say not liked person, but not the favorite person. And then, you talk to the non favorite person and reward that, and the bird watches and will usually imitate, although, I do believe that it is not always imitation, but they will then turn to imitate that. Another way to help learn, with Grays, you know, they are so well-known. Congo African Grays are so well-known for their talking ability, but I've come across several that do not talk at all. So, just because you get an African Gray does not guarantee talking ability. Cockatoos are really great and easy to talk, although their vocabulary is more limited, because if you just get real excited with your voice they tend to pick it up. The same with the Amazons. So, with like a Cockatoo, or a Macaw, or an Amazon, a lot of it comes from the fact that it is the excitement in your voice. So, the more excited you are to see them, the more
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