chris-md
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- Feb 6, 2010
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Parker - male Eclectus
Aphrodite - red throated conure (RIP)
I've been working with Parker for two weeks on speech training. Like many here he's a closet talker, only talks when by himself as an attention getting device.
I don't want to jinx it, but I'm seeing better-than-small steps! Here's the results so far:
1) MORE speech when by himself compared to before
2) taking him to his cage for the night downstairs, while sitting on me he says one of two things which he times to just before he enters the cage, "hey parkerdoodles" or "goodnight parkerdoodles". I get this maybe every night to every other night.
3) I just got, out of the blue while passing his playstand "good boy!"
I'm super excited! Talking on cue and in context are still a ways away, but he's starting to speak in front of me a bit more. I'll take that progress any day!
I don't want to jinx it, but I'm seeing better-than-small steps! Here's the results so far:
1) MORE speech when by himself compared to before
2) taking him to his cage for the night downstairs, while sitting on me he says one of two things which he times to just before he enters the cage, "hey parkerdoodles" or "goodnight parkerdoodles". I get this maybe every night to every other night.
3) I just got, out of the blue while passing his playstand "good boy!"
I'm super excited! Talking on cue and in context are still a ways away, but he's starting to speak in front of me a bit more. I'll take that progress any day!