The things they learn!

[Freespin]

On their own! Barry has taken to mimicking Nelsons "begging". My previoulsy sweet little Barry who only ever makes lovely cutesy little noises between chit chat now squawks! Haha its rather funny and luckily not very loud. He also learnt to call the dogs "Pup pup!" after hearing me do it so often.

What have your fids taught themselves/ what have you taught them accidentally?

 

[Terry57]

My Pi can cry just like one of my dogs. I also notice them learning from each other, sometimes it sounds like a convention when I come into the room, hellos coming from every direction in different pitches.

 

[MikeyTN]

My macaws learned to call all the dogs by their names. And they also learned to scream hell in the morning when the dogs whine to go outside. The dogs would be up whining and carry on and then both macaws start.

 

[Terry57]

My macaws learned to call all the dogs by their names. And they also learned to scream hell in the morning when the dogs whine to go outside. The dogs would be up whining and carry on and then both macaws start.

So I guess there's no sleeping in at your house

 

[MikeyTN]

You got that correct Terry!!!!!

 

[Allee]

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.