Vocalization

carrienh · Mar 13, 2019

I just got a 1 yr old cag. It is very verbal know lots of words and phrases.
Also, has many screeching sounds. Will it become a bit more quiet with age? And do more talking than screeching?

ChristaNL · Mar 13, 2019

My CAGs started to use only the sounds and words they hear here a lot, so if you ignore the creaming and just teach it some nice words or whistles it will "calm down'very soon.

(You cannot reprogram them completely of course, once they learn something it is theirs for life - that is why most people have a no-cursing/no-swearwords -rule in the house.)

If your bird gives a long high piercing one: that is the contactcall most greys use.
So if you use another one like "I am here!" or a special whistle they will adapt to that.

CAGs do not mature untill they are 2 years old, so he/she is still a baby.
(Are the eyes still grey-ish or are they bright yellow yet?)

carrienh · Mar 13, 2019

Thanks for your help. I do leave the room if it is screeching and talk to it calmly from other room. When it quite I return. Is that good.

Still a bit grayish. I can’t believe how smart they are. Already taught 2 tricks

ChristaNL · Mar 13, 2019

I think you are doing great

bigfellasdad · Mar 14, 2019

Agreed with Christa, your CAGs vocalistion will become more in tune with its surroundings, they will never go away but just be used less and less.... he's trying to talk with YOU after all.

My sons when they are over, seem to lose the ability to use their legs and are constantly shouting me.... Guess how Enzo gets my attention now, you guessed it 'DaaaD, Come here!', at various levels of tone and obvious frustration, exactly how my kids talk. Enzo has seen how it works and she uses it. Its funny, but 2 sons is enough and they will grow up and live their own lives, me however has a little feathered lady here who will never leave me and who will remind me of my kids all of the time, its not that bad after all hey

Allee · Mar 14, 2019

It’s normal for a parrot to vocalize more during a huge transition like being moved to a new home and family. CAG’s are highly intelligent, he’ll catch on quick and once he’s familiar with the new routine he’s likely to limit most of his vocalizing to flock calling twice a day, morning and evening. Keep talking to him, humans need time to adjust to parrot language too, in time you’ll accept a conversation with your grey as perfectly normal.

chris-md · Mar 14, 2019

ChristaNL said:
(You cannot reprogram them completely of course, once they learn something it is theirs for life - that is why most people have a no-cursing/no-swearwords -rule in the house.)

Boy howdy is this right! Within a week of Parker coming into our home he showed us that he knows a couple bad words. Eddie and I, me in particular, are relatively liberal with the cursewords, but we certainly do not want Parker repeating all of it *doh!*.

The proper way to handle situations like this is to not give any reaction when the words are said. Positive reinforcement to other, more appropriate words and phrases will increase THEIR usage and decrease the curse words usage. . They call it ignoring to extinction.

Linking to Christas point, however, is that extinction doesn’t fully happen. Parker will still whip out his cursewords, but it’s only once every two years or so. Because we don’t react to the bad words, he doesn’t say them very much.

bigfellasdad · Mar 14, 2019

chris-md said:
Boy howdy is this right! Within a week of Parker coming into our home he showed us that he knows a couple bad words. Eddie and I, me in particular, are relatively liberal with the cursewords, but we certainly do not want Parker repeating all of it *doh!*.

Enzo will say F*$£ off, but only in context..... several people talking in a different room and everybody ignoring her, F*$£ off. We are eating in the kitchen and she is in another room and not invited in, F*$£ off.

So when she is clearly not involved and she wants to be, she will swear, so she knows its bad and she knows in which context to use it. clever.

carrienh · Mar 16, 2019

Glad mine doesn’t swear. Lol. But it is a smarty pants. It’s only been 3 weeks so we are getting to know each other.

ChristaNL · Mar 17, 2019

Unfortunately Appie sometimes will let slip a "Gawwddaawnit" (previous owner, not mine) and it always surpises me so much I forget to not-react.
So now she uses it to shock me!
(I am a horrible trainer)

We dutch use the f-word a LOT somehow it just slipped in the language (it almost doesn't mean anything anymore, just like all those diseases we fling about) I am trying to avoid the birds picking it up but it is not easy.
(I use "whale" instead of f now - and now no-one understands me ;P , saying "this is whaling annoying" does not make any sense to them

)

texsize · Mar 17, 2019

Of the things my Bella came home with (as far as vocalizations go) the main thing she continues to do are the things we continue to reinforce.
nocking/hammering noise is #1.
Unfortunately I still hear her say "I'm sick of you" even though we don't say this.
She use to make a clanging noise that reminded me of a flag pole in the wind. I have not heard that one in a long time.

The only time Bella makes a screech is if/when she gets scared of something. I always thought of this as a biologically programmed noise not something she learned anywhere.
First time she made that noise was when I took her into the shower for the first time.
Now she LOVES her red butt shower.

Inger · Mar 17, 2019

This is fascinating. Commenting just to follow.

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DRB · Apr 10, 2019

Perjo is something else when it comes to vocalizing, sound effects, clicks, words and phrases and even a random noise. When she gets going she just unleashes her entire cache.

There are few words she has not said yet that I say to her everyday, Yes and No and my name. I’m thinking she doesn’t really understand there place in her life so that’s why she doesn’t repeat them yet. Plus I live alone usually so there’s nobody here to properly associate my name to actually me, other than me of course.

bigfellasdad · Apr 11, 2019

Encourage good things, ignore bad things I think is the way.

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