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Post by Rambosmother on May 31, 2019 12:07:28 GMT -5
Can you help with some research my child is doing for school. He is researching the intelligence of parrots. My Quaker can respond in context. Does your parrot respond in context rather than just mimicking? Can you share an example?
Thanks
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Post by cnyguy on May 31, 2019 20:38:10 GMT -5
One of the first things Ralph the QP learned to imitate was a chicken cluck. I'd ask him "can you be a chicken?" then make the clucking sound, which before long he learned. One afternoon Ralph was sitting on his cage and we were playing the parrots' version of Fetch. I paused the game and told Ralph "wait here while I go put the chicken in the oven." Ralph responded by clucking like a chicken.
When Scooter the CAG sees me pick up the telephone, she'll say "hello!" or will imitate the beeping sound the phone makes when any buttons on it are pressed. She only does that when it's the phone that I pick up, not similar looking things like the TV remote. She knows the difference.
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Post by Caseysmom on Jun 1, 2019 8:50:14 GMT -5
Casey talks in context. She starts the day by calling a very clear good morning when she hears me getting up and continues until I uncover her cage. If people visit and leave she says bye bye as they head out the door if she sees me getting food she says ‘want some ‘ at bedtime if I have not turned off the lights and covered her she will say night night night until I put her to bed. Conversely if I get her to step up and put her inside her cage for bed before she is ready she won’t step off my finger until she says night night Some nights she needs extra cuddles before agreeing to say night night night She knows how to join in laughing when she hears laughter. She sees your finger coming in her cage she will say step up as she is doing it. If you cover her eyes and uncover them she will say peekaboo. If we play wrestle she will say I am going to get you! There are more but those are the most common things she says
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Post by biteybird on Jun 5, 2019 5:10:44 GMT -5
When my husband picks up his backpack and undoes the zip Bonnie makes the zip noise. When she and I are playing and she nips me too hard she says "Oww!". She says "Goodnight" when I cover her cage for bed. When I want her to say something, e.g., "scratch", I say "Bonnie say..." and she joins in with the correct word. When she tricks me by putting her head down for a scratch, but then nips me, she follows this with a little laugh.  |
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