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| Axl |
I bought one of those CDs where you can pick a track with a word or
phrase and have it loop every so often. Do these work?
Sometimes I'll try it myself by repeatedly saying hello. One of the two
moves its beak and tongue as if it were 'talking', just without any
sound coming out. What's that about? lol
The other is sort of responsive when I say hello...I may get a chirp or two.
What works best? Theyre both most likely female. I know they're more
quiet, but can they still learn?
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| Z.Q. |
"Axl" <nope@noway.com> wrote in message
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>I bought one of those CDs where you can pick a track with a word or phrase
>and have it loop every so often. Do these work?
>
> Sometimes I'll try it myself by repeatedly saying hello. One of the two
> moves its beak and tongue as if it were 'talking', just without any sound
> coming out. What's that about? lol
>
> The other is sort of responsive when I say hello...I may get a chirp or
> two.
>
> What works best? Theyre both most likely female. I know they're more
> quiet, but can they still learn?
Female budgies tend to be more chatty than the males.
What works for one bird may not for another. Generally speaking using
recordings is a waste of time.
ZQ
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| foxidrive |
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:50:01 -0600, Z.Q. wrote:
> "Axl" <nope@noway.com> wrote in message
> news:UpG1e.21189$rL3.16372@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
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> Female budgies tend to be more chatty than the males.
The opposite is true. Males talk far more often and clearly than females.
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| Alex Clayton |
"Axl" <nope@noway.com> wrote in message
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>I bought one of those CDs where you can pick a track with a word or phrase
>and have it loop every so often. Do these work?
>
> Sometimes I'll try it myself by repeatedly saying hello. One of the two
> moves its beak and tongue as if it were 'talking', just without any sound
> coming out. What's that about? lol
>
> The other is sort of responsive when I say hello...I may get a chirp or
> two.
>
> What works best? Theyre both most likely female. I know they're more
> quiet, but can they still learn?
I have seen some of these that talk real well, but they are not real common.
The general theme for ones that do talk seems to be they picked it up on
their own, just with the owner talking to them. Even if they do not talk
they make a GREAT pet. Just talk to the bird when you are holding it, it may
one day start repeating something back to you.
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| usamistreatbirds |
More american crap so you dont have to waste time with your bird. Just clip
it's wings and put the cd on while it's eating its pellets.
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"Axl" <nope@noway.com> wrote in message
news:UpG1e.21189$rL3.16372@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>I bought one of those CDs where you can pick a track with a word or phrase
>and have it loop every so often. Do these work?
>
> Sometimes I'll try it myself by repeatedly saying hello. One of the two
> moves its beak and tongue as if it were 'talking', just without any sound
> coming out. What's that about? lol
>
> The other is sort of responsive when I say hello...I may get a chirp or
> two.
>
> What works best? Theyre both most likely female. I know they're more
> quiet, but can they still learn?
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| NKara |
Male budgies are better talkers, but you might have a problem with
teaching either to talk anyway if they are housed in the same cage.
Still, it's always worth a try. Does either bird pay close attention
when you speak to them? Try the old reliable phrases - speak clearly
and stand close to the cage, the closer the better.
Old reliable phrases:
Pretty bird.
Give me a kiss.
Hello.
Tickle?
Sometimes a bird will like the sound of a particular phrase, in which
case you will be able to hear attempts to mimic them within a few days.
Good luck.
n
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| Axl |
NKara wrote:
> Still, it's always worth a try. Does either bird pay close attention
> when you speak to them? Try the old reliable phrases - speak clearly
> and stand close to the cage, the closer the better.
Yeah they tilt their head and make some noise in response...but nothing
close to a word....
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| LT |
usamistreatbirds wrote:
> More american crap so you dont have to waste time with your bird. Just clip
> it's wings and put the cd on while it's eating its pellets.
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LMAO!! Sorry, I couldn't help but laugh at that comment!!!
Nice one!
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| mL |
I've had several budgies, but only one that ever talked. We had gotten him
very young. Nobody was trying to teach him to talk, but he used to sit on my
dad's shoulder while he read the paper. The bird would nip at his ear. This
bird chattered a lot, and one day admidst the chatter we heard "g*d d*mned
bird!" in a miniature version of my dad's voice, unmistakeably! :-)
This same bird learned numerous phrases, in different voices of the family
members. Even called the dog's name and barked when the dog walked by.
I've had many parrots, and never EVER had a bird that had the vocabulary that
this budgie had, it was amazing. Dozens of phrases! Not just the words, but
the individual voices with all the expression.. He'd come up with phrases
like "Did you buy it at Sears?" and "Two beers and a burrito", as well as the
old standby stuff like "pretty bird" and "i love you"... It was a "tiny"
voice, like coming through a small speaker, but very clear.
I had a cockateil once, named George. All he learned to say was "George", but
he'd repeat it over and over and over and over. :-) I also had a yellow-naped
amazon with quite a vocabulary, but still nothing like that budgie.
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| Alex Clayton |
"mL" <inky56NOSPAM@hellokitty.com> wrote in message
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> I've had several budgies, but only one that ever talked. We had gotten
> him
> very young. Nobody was trying to teach him to talk, but he used to sit on
> my
> dad's shoulder while he read the paper. The bird would nip at his ear.
> This
> bird chattered a lot, and one day admidst the chatter we heard "g*d d*mned
> bird!" in a miniature version of my dad's voice, unmistakeably! :-)
> This same bird learned numerous phrases, in different voices of the family
> members. Even called the dog's name and barked when the dog walked by.
> I've had many parrots, and never EVER had a bird that had the vocabulary
> that
> this budgie had, it was amazing. Dozens of phrases! Not just the words,
> but
> the individual voices with all the expression.. He'd come up with phrases
> like "Did you buy it at Sears?" and "Two beers and a burrito", as well as
> the
> old standby stuff like "pretty bird" and "i love you"... It was a "tiny"
> voice, like coming through a small speaker, but very clear.
>
> I had a cockateil once, named George. All he learned to say was "George",
> but
> he'd repeat it over and over and over and over. :-) I also had a
> yellow-naped
> amazon with quite a vocabulary, but still nothing like that budgie.
LOL, got to love those birds!!!!
Many years ago one of the wife's sisters had an Amazon that (un known to
wife) was a problem biter. She was visiting, and of course went to the bird.
The bird was doing fine and all of a sudden clamped onto a finger real good.
Wife screamed and bird said "OH NO!!" as it was used to doing when it got
this reaction. Everyone laughed. Later we laughed about it at home several
times about the "OH NO". One day our BCC stated saying "OH NO", and he still
does every now and then. Never know what the bird is going to decide to
repeat. I have always been VERY glad neither of our talkers ever decided to
repeat any profanity. Could be embarrassing <G>
--
Things get better with age. I'm approaching magnificent!!
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| nk |
Many of our budgies have talked; but recently we added a 3 month old
cockatiel (male) to our flock and I could NOT believe this bird! He
started talking one week after we brought him home (Jan) and hasn't
stopped since. He's adding a word or two a week and mixes them up to
make some funny comments. His favorite expression right now is "give me
a tickle", lowers his head and waits. If I don't respond, he repeats it
until somebody does give him a tickle (i.e., scratch)! What a character!
Unfortunately, getting him and my quieter 'tiel to become buddies is
taking much more time than I'd hoped. Oh, well...
n
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| mL |
In article <9%f2e.50$Jn3.15143@newshog.newsread.com>, nk <anps@enter.net> wrote:
>Many of our budgies have talked; but recently we added a 3 month old
>cockatiel (male) to our flock and I could NOT believe this bird! He
>started talking one week after we brought him home (Jan) and hasn't
>stopped since. He's adding a word or two a week and mixes them up to
>make some funny comments. His favorite expression right now is "give me
>a tickle", lowers his head and waits. If I don't respond, he repeats it
>until somebody does give him a tickle (i.e., scratch)! What a character!
I love it when they mix up words!
The talking budgie i had used to say something about a "butt". He'd also say
"Merry Christmas". I remember when he came out with "Merry Chris-butt".
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| nk |
mL wrote:
> I love it when they mix up words!
> The talking budgie i had used to say something about a "butt". He'd also say
> "Merry Christmas". I remember when he came out with "Merry Chris-butt".
Our family eats in the dining room where all the birds are as well, so a
vocalization like this would have caused us all to choke! Very, very
funny.
n
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| Z-Q |
foxidrive wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:50:01 -0600, Z.Q. wrote:
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>>"Axl" <nope@noway.com> wrote in message
>>news:UpG1e.21189$rL3.16372@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
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>>Female budgies tend to be more chatty than the males.
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> The opposite is true. Males talk far more often and clearly than females.
I made no mention of talking ability at all, much less state that
females are better at it.
ZQ
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