How well does your sennie talk?

thekarens

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When I got Sammie I assumed she either wouldn't talk or would have one or two words in her vocabulary. Well, almost immediately she started saying "Step up!" and that was quickly followed by "good boy!"

She's now 6 months old and she's added a few more phrases. She says "Hi Sammie! Hi Baby! and Whatcha Doin?!" She only says these phrases though when she thinks I'm ignoring her and she says it in her "robot voice." The other phrases she says in a very sweet, cute voice.
 

SennieSlave

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Mine says .....
Alright?
Hey baby.
Night. Night.
Drink.
Eagle.
What ya doing?
Huh?
Jub. Jub. (his word for porridge, as he can't say porridge).
Dinner!
Come on.

He also blows raspberries at me, does kissy noises, makes shooting sounds at me, burps, meows, quacks, whispers, and does the "Anne from Little Britain" noise (a UK TV show).

Shame he prefers to scream. ;)
 
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That is a shame. He has quite the repertoire!
 

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Oh and when I'm crying because he's driven me to it - he says "awww" in a really patronising way. :D
 

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I have two senegals and only one says anything. JoJo only says her name and it isn't very clear at all.
 
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I have two senegals and only one says anything. JoJo only says her name and it isn't very clear at all.

How well do your two get along? I wouldn't mind a second poi in the family, but I'm pretty sure Sammie would eat it....or at least try to.
 

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Rio can say and do the following:

Rio
Wendy
Fluffy butt
What are you doing?
Pretty bird
Birdie

Man, can she scream like a girl. LOL my daughter taught her to do that.
Mimics the Macaw next door - not good.
Mimics the Cockatiels on the other side of me. - Lord help me.
Mimics our other bird, Kiwi - the Parrotlet when she is really ticked off.
She also does kissy raspberry sounds.
Mimics a smoke detector.
Clicks
Whistles
Pops
Tries to bark like my dog Mya.
She also has a begging sound she makes. She does it when she wants to go to bed or if she can't get to me.


She is 10 months old.
 
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Fluffy butt cracks me up!

Sammie also does the raspberry and kissing sounds.
 

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How well do your two get along? I wouldn't mind a second poi in the family, but I'm pretty sure Sammie would eat it....or at least try to.

NOT AT ALL!!!
Both birds are 17ish and I've had JoJo for almost 17 years and Georgie Girl for 12 years. JoJo is a runt at only 106g and only has one foot, but she has no problem instigating full on attacks on 148g Georgie Girl.
 
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How well do your two get along? I wouldn't mind a second poi in the family, but I'm pretty sure Sammie would eat it....or at least try to.

NOT AT ALL!!!
Both birds are 17ish and I've had JoJo for almost 17 years and Georgie Girl for 12 years. JoJo is a runt at only 106g and only has one foot, but she has no problem instigating full on attacks on 148g Georgie Girl.

That's about what I would expect if other sennie are like Sammie.
 

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So far I've heard and made out:
Hello Indy
Hello
Good boy (Indy is a girl)
Girl
Weeee
No
What?
Wave
Pretty bird

Indy also does tongue clicks, my alarm clock, lots of purring, catcalls, and various whistles. Her favorite is a very suggestive whistle when you go to give her scritches. Not sure how I feel about that one yet.
 

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Zuzu talks quite a bit, although we don't always understand him cause he does it real quiet like, have to mute the tv and tell him say it again and yes its like a feathery version of stephen hawkins lol.
He says

Zuzu
Dirty bird
zuzu bird
pretty bird
stop
gabriel (our youngest 6)
zachery (our oldest 10)
Moe (our dog)
Treat, treat, zuzu treat
nite nite
hey baby, baby bird
oh
up, step up
idiot (our boys love to call each other that when arguing, so now bird says it)
love you (followed with a kiss sound)
whatcha doing?
Me
what
gimme some or gimme that (esp if he sees us eating)
whoa (when bringing him down from night time cage)

those are the words we recognize, now as for sounds wow
phone (and he won't stop ringing, its sad when you have to ask someone to ans the bird too, walk over and say hello and he stops)

microwave
screen door screech
smoke alarm (think he's louder than it)
whistles for dogs to go outside
meows
barks
does a zipper sound, whenever he see my wifes purse he makes it
sexy whistle

and last 2 tunes his prior owners must have watched these he whistles
andy griffith show
adams family (even does loud double-click when your supposed to snap)
 

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