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Post by biteybird on Apr 9, 2015 23:24:47 GMT -5
I forgot to mention that Bonnie can say her name and started doing so after we'd had her for about 2 months. She says "Bonnie, Bonnie" or "Good girl, Bonnie" reasonably often.
These parrots are SMART! We went away for Easter and stayed with friends who had just bought a 3-year-old cocky. They'd had him only 2 weeks and he knew the names of the couple - even said "Hello, Myrtle" when she said good morning to him the last morning we were there (that was exciting because it was the first time he'd said her name).
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 9, 2015 23:56:06 GMT -5
Wish Shah would learn my name  |
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Post by msdani1981 on Apr 10, 2015 0:41:49 GMT -5
Oh, for sure! Chewy knows his name (and says it quite often..."Hi Chewy!" "Wherrrre's Chewy? Peek a bird!" "Yay, Chewy! Woot woot!" LOL He thinks he's pretty hot stuff!  He also calls for Taz (their cages are next to each other)..."Where's Taz? Peek a bird!" or "Where's Taz? Where are you?? Taz??" LOL The little stinker. |
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Post by easttex on Apr 10, 2015 3:00:26 GMT -5
Wish Shah would learn my name What's the matter? You don't like being called Monkey Breath? |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 10, 2015 5:41:36 GMT -5
It is very soul destroying being called Monkey Breath all the time. I kiss him goodbye in the morning and tell him I love him and then, as I walk away, I get called Monkey Breath. Rude boy!!!! I sometimes call him Budgie Bottom in return |
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Post by biteybird on Apr 10, 2015 7:21:32 GMT -5
"Yay, Chewy! Woot woot!" LOL He thinks he's pretty hot stuff! I like the "woot woot" bit! We reserve lots of 'insults' for Bonnie (as we all know, it's a 2-way street). When she's feeding her face I call her Garbage Guts - of course, she just ignores me - but when I'm making a fuss of her I say "What a divine creation/gorgeous little creature/pretty birdie" etc. and she LOVES it.  She purrs and nestles under my chin with her tail in the air, then opens her beak and does a strange hissing noise (not aggressive) and tries to stand on one foot.
Getting back to the name thing, I'd have to say that Quakers are just as smart as a cat or dog in recognising and responding to their names.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 10, 2015 7:32:17 GMT -5
Mr P does not say his name or mine, or anyone else's. I have been trying to teach him "I love you" for as long as I've had him (about 1.5 yrs now) but nothing doing. He will "mouth" the words and work his throat muscles, almost as though he is whispering it with me, but never says it outloud.
However, Mr P does know the name of certain yummies and will get really excited if you ask him if he wants a treat, using the specific name of the food. He also knows the word "dinner" as I ask him all the time if he'd like to eat dinner with us.
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Post by aaron on Apr 10, 2015 9:29:53 GMT -5
Man it would be nice if Cupcake would talk... simply so we could communicate a bit better. Oh well.
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Post by julianna on Apr 10, 2015 11:25:33 GMT -5
Oscar will not talk to me when I want him to. Not for food or anything. But we do have a great communication link. He understands the different tones in my voice and what I have learned is to talk in his language. Once I know the sound he makes for "NO" which is usually a little grunt... that is what I do when I mean "no" as well.
He has many little sounds that he will make that I have learned to understand... however... I really wish he would talk when I ask him to. He knows a lot of words but you can only hear them if I ignore him for a long period. I would even take "monkey breath"... lol
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Post by siobhan on Apr 10, 2015 11:57:28 GMT -5
Ringo Starling trotted out something new this morning while I was drying my hair (so I didn't catch what it was exactly due to the noise of the dryer). I know I've never heard that combination of syllables before and, naturally, she didn't do it again when I turned off the dryer so I could hear better. But she's not shy about talking. She just doesn't converse like a parrot does. She chatters kind of aimlessly, while the parrots want me to repeat things to them.
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Post by rickygonzalez on Apr 10, 2015 21:14:37 GMT -5
Sonic is making me out to look like a liar. He apparently only wants to talk when it's just he and I. I have been telling my folks he was speaking well, today I tried to show my mom.... Not a peep from Sonic. Now,mind you all day long he hadn't stopped saying hello, peak-a-boo and so on.I spent ten minutes or better trying to get him to say something in front of my mom,nothing, take him back to his cage put him down start to walk away guess what.... He says hello... Figures, I'm gonna have to set up a hidden camera or something. Oh well,very quaker like stubbornness. At least I know you guys on here would believe me, if for nothing else your birds probably do the same thing. I'm trying to keep him from becoming a one person bird, it looks like I'm losing that battle too. He won't go to anyone but me anymore. Oh well, I can say he has impeccable taste in picking his human. Lol!
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Post by biteybird on Apr 11, 2015 0:58:19 GMT -5
Sonic is making me out to look like a liar. He apparently only wants to talk when it's just he and I. I have been telling my folks he was speaking well, today I tried to show my mom.... Not a peep from Sonic. Now,mind you all day long he hadn't stopped saying hello, peak-a-boo and so on.I spent ten minutes or better trying to get him to say something in front of my mom,nothing, take him back to his cage put him down start to walk away guess what.... He says hello... Welcome to 'our world', Ricky! Sorry, I just have to laugh at this, it's so familiar to us. Bonnie talks, laughs, whistles - but only in front of my hubby and I. Whenever anyone else is around she regresses into a squawking alien freak bird or simply a stuffed animal. I'm sure others will attest to their own experiences in this area. My husband has taken Bonnie to work with him several times and she has sat in her cage squawking VERY loudly at 2-second intervals for hours on end. The moment he puts her cage in the car to come home she begins whistling and talking. My parents and brother are coming for lunch tomorrow and I just know she will behave like a freak the entire time they are here. We sympathise with what you are experiencing...neither of us enjoys the sceptical looks we receive when we tell people she can talk. 
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 11, 2015 4:20:48 GMT -5
Well, Shah gave me the greatest insult today. His best friend Diana, who he hasn't seen for nearly 2 years walks in - he hears her voice and calls out Hi Di then had a conversation with her as well as showing off in front of her. And the best he can do for me is to call me Monkey Breath and yell abuse at me in quaker language |
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Post by biteybird on Apr 11, 2015 7:13:28 GMT -5
Perhaps Shah thinks calling you Monkey Breath is a term of endearment - it might be his way of saying "I love you" or "bye"...particularly as you say he usually does this when you are leaving in the morning. I agree though, it'd be frustrating and embarrassing when your fid responds more to others. Rotten little chickens!
Edit: I actually think these quakers are a bit flirtatious. Again, it's the old theme of 'familiarity breeds contempt'. You have to teach him how to treat you (easier said than done).  |
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Post by txlulu on Apr 11, 2015 9:00:54 GMT -5
Kritter's former home was with a family with a toddler, and his cage was in her room, so he babbles like a little girl. He knows his name and now makes "kissy" sounds back to me when I take him out of his cage. Hopefully he will learn to talk more as we have him longer.
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She purrs and nestles under my chin with her tail in the air, then opens her beak and does a strange hissing noise (not aggressive) and tries to stand on one foot.
