Will my Oranged Winged Amazon beable to talk

[oscar]

I have a beautiful Oranged Winged Amazon parrot who i believe is 3 -4 years old. Everywhere I read it says that this bread is not known for talking, is this true, and if it is not where is the best place to start in teaching oscar to talk. Thanks

 

[Birdieboy]

Any bird can talk. It is just a matter of if it will. I am sure if you work with him he has a good chance. Visit the thread training your bird to talk in the training section.

 

[Bobby34231]

Many amazon's are known for their great talking and mimicking abilities, yellow napes, blue front's and double yellow heads are considered to be among the best, unfortunatly orange wings are considered to be fair at best, that being said there are always exceptions to the rule

 

[myparrothelp]

I used to own an orange winged amazon named buddie and he was a great talker! And no he wasnt a blue fronted which some people confuse the two. My friend has him and i keep in touch with how hes doing, he is 3 years old, and he seems to learn something new every couple weeks. So dont go by the stereo type because buddie my orange winged amazon was a great talker and also very young. The trick is to repeat repeat threepeat and fourpeat! And give praise, and try not to whistle too much. He wasnt as clear speaking as my african grey is, but he did and does talk better than my friends double yellow crowned amazon who is 15 years old hope I have helped. Just dont give up....and try leaving the t.v. or stereo on so that he/she is exposed to more vocals...but I will also say that sometimes some parrots choose not to talk and all you can do is keep on trying

 

[antoinette]

I believe any bird can learn to talk, no matter what their age.
A friend of mine Barbara, who's AG Jessie, is 16 years old, only recently started saying a few words. Barbara followed my method, explained in the thread below. After only 3 weeks she has had fantastic results.
Try it out, you have nothing to loose

Training your bird to talk

Good luck

 

[oscar]

Thanks very much for your advice, I will keep trying he is s worth the effort

 

[oscar]

Thanks for your advice i will keep trying, he is well worth the effort, he is my baby

 

[izmail1215]

Timme time time! it take a lot of it

 

[ZaraAlston]

The most important thing when training a parrot is to establish a bond with the bird. She/he should trust you in order to follow your commends. Next thing is to keep each training session short - 10-15 mins max. Their attention span is extremely short and they tend to get bored easily. Start with an easy physical exercise as "flapping wings" and give a treat. This is the most preferred way to use a positive reinforcement method. After several physical activities, you can start teaching tricks and after that mimics, sounds, words and phrases. For the purpose of а quality training, always use a comfortable area with minimum distractions. Never raise your voice and make the bird feel like you are playing a game. Also teach and encourage your bird to play with toys, as this is an exercise that engages the mind as well as the body. Everything else depends on the bird. Even if a particular breed is very social and talkative like the Scarlet Macaw for example, there are some birds that just don't want to talk.

 

[JerseyWendy]

The most important thing when training a parrot is to establish a bond with the bird. She/he should trust you in order to follow your commends. Next thing is to keep each training session short - 10-15 mins max. Their attention span is extremely short and they tend to get bored easily. Start with an easy physical exercise as "flapping wings" and give a treat. This is the most preferred way to use a positive reinforcement method. After several physical activities, you can start teaching tricks and after that mimics, sounds, words and phrases. For the purpose of а quality training, always use a comfortable area with minimum distractions. Never raise your voice and make the bird feel like you are playing a game. Also teach and encourage your bird to play with toys, as this is an exercise that engages the mind as well as the body. Everything else depends on the bird. Even if a particular breed is very social and talkative like the Scarlet Macaw for example, there are some birds that just don't want to talk.

Ahem...this thread is nearly 5 years old. :54: