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)

 

[DonnaBudgie]

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?

You really shouldn't fear your birds' volcabulary. Most reasonable people wouldn't pass judgment on the owners of a bird that picked up a few colorful words along the way. Birds love those words because they sound fun and get a reaction out of people. Amost everyone I know at least occasionally uses curse words and as long as they are not directed at someone or used deliberately in front of the ultra sensitive, l don't have any problems with it. I have even less problem hearing them out of a parrot because it's not their fault and they don't know what they're saying. I hear parrot owners say "What will people think of ME if my parrot curses?" and to that I say who cares? I wouldn't care about the opinion of anyone who thinks less of you because your parrot says curse words, much less foreign language curse words.

 

[nkrbkr]

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