He is 2 years old, so I think itās unlikely that heāll ever talk.
Thanks to everyone for the responses...
He is 2 years old, so I think itās unlikely that heāll ever talk.
I've read of some GCC's that didn't start talking until 2 or 3, so it's possible you have a late bloomer lol
Green Cheeks are not really known for being good talkers, or talkers at all really. I bred and hand-raised them for about 12 years, and rarely did any of them learn to talk, and when they did it was usually a very scratchy, garbled voice...However, that being said, there are a few people on the forum now who have Green Cheeks who are very good talkers despite it not being very common, myself included...So it's always possible. And a lot of the time they do say words that their owners understand, it's just not very clear...
Bowie is an excellent talker for a Green Cheek, and I was shocked when he started doing it at all, let alone when he started to get clearer and clearer when he spoke...He's a DNA-tested male, and he's turning 3 years-old this month. I brought him home when he was 13 weeks-old, and I think he first started talking when he was about 4 or 5 months old. When he first started talking his voice was a rough, scratchy voice that I had heard my former Green Cheek breeder-birds do...He kept trying to say "My Baby!" over and over again, and I knew what he was saying, but no one else could understand him...But over time Bowie's voice just got more and more clear, and now everyone knows what he is saying, and he says about 15-20 different words/phrases, which is excellent for a Green Cheek...
I'd say if your Green Cheek is starting to mumble or speak with a scratchy kind of voice already, she may very well get better and better over time...I will say that I owned about 30 Green Cheeks who were breeders over the years, and every one of them who spoke at all were males, which is typically how it goes for most species of parrots...But there are always exceptions, and it sounds like your girl is starting young, so hopefully she is the exception to that rule!
give it about a week and you will see words forming; repeat back in context.