Do your birds talk?

[DonnaBudgie]

Just listen to Disco the talking budgie who died a few years ago. He was an amazing talker and said the darndest things!

 

[onamom]

Next question: how do you make them stop talking?

“Yuri. Yuri. Yuri. Yuri. Yuri.”

 

[rheashard2]

If you find something that consistently works let me know! Distracting and redirection are my only suggestions. Be grateful it isn't screaming in parrot or hawk or dragon!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Now all you need is for Ona to start saying Yuri over and over again, too! Wouldn't that be fun!

 

[rheashard2]

I can see (hear) it now. Ona calling Yuri. It'll be fun. Especially if Yuri responds.

 

[Rozalka]

My conure keeps repeating one word/phase too. The funniest thing is that he knows what he says - he sees someone eating something and he will start saying different combinations of "good" and "have nothing" (in Polish) to tell us that he has nothing good to eat and will stop after he gets something to eat

 

[DonnaBudgie]

It must be so funny to us Englush speakers to hear a parrot talk in Polish! My father's parents (Janiszewski) were from Poland and I rembember my Polish grandmother speaking the language. You should post a video of it! That would actually be a cool new thread- posting videos of parrots talking in languages other than English.

 

[rheashard2]

It must be so funny to us Englush speakers to hear a parrot talk in Polish! My father's parents (Janiszewski) were from Poland and I rembember my Polish grandmother speaking the language. You should post a video of it! That would actually be a cool new thread- posting videos of parrots talking in languages other than English.

That can lead to embarrassment. Had a Spanish-speaking bird sitter. I don't speak it. Long story short, Nameliss spoke Spanish to a couple (they were speaking it) on an outing. I was complimented on such a sweet, polite bird. I was too embarrassed to ask for a translation. I now live in fear. My daughter watches anime in original Japanese. The language can be a bit rough and rowdy. What (when) if she speaks Japanese to someone?

 

[Rozalka]

It must be so funny to us Englush speakers to hear a parrot talk in Polish! My father's parents (Janiszewski) were from Poland and I rembember my Polish grandmother speaking the language. You should post a video of it! That would actually be a cool new thread- posting videos of parrots talking in languages other than English.

I have a few videos of him saying a few words but I never shared them here because I didn't see any sense (also, I never recorded a moment when he talks a lot, it's just single words)