Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets General Parakeet Chat Is it likely that my budgie will talk?

Hi, I have a budgie (not in my picture) who's tame and I think he's got a lot of talking potential (he babbles all day to himself, despite the other two birds who completely ignore him). I've noticed he can make all kinds of noises. However, due to the other 2 bird's presence, will it be unlikely that he will talk? I keep him in a separate cage because my blue bird kinda bullies him, but the cages are 4 inches next to each other.

im in the same sitation lol, i dont think he will talk, mine is a male too, i dont try to teach him to talk either tho, i realy dont want to stand there and keep repeating the same word for 45 mins.. does anyone have some other trick?

oh he can talk if you give him time. rico is my 3rd bird and he talks up a storm he talks almost as well as my first bird

kariva, if ud be so kind, how EXACTLY did you teach ur keet to talk? i want to teach my male to talk, he wabbles so much and im sure he could say words instead of just wabbling all day lol, so what did u do exactly that made ur keet talk? and how did u start?

um well i just talked to him all the time like a person i would have conversatoins with him and i found out he loves the song jingle bells he will coming from the other side of the house if he hears it and well he sings that now im pretty sure rico just learned from sam though all though rico says gorgeous and i only call him that

Lamonsas, you probably talk to your parakeets now don't you. If you just talk to them in lower tones and tell them the same sentences like: "your so cute aren't you" or "Good birdy". They can say some things easier. Words with B and D and K and S in them are easier. My guy's say M's really easy. Mine pick up the sentences that I say when I am just talking to them affectionately the fastest. A real talker can pick up something you say in about two weeks. Just say it every time you pass the cage.

ohhh and make sure they watch your mouth so they can see hw you make the words thats what my aunt told me when i was little who knows it might work haha

which word would be the easiest and fastest to teach? and i dont really talk to them, i whistle lol.. but they didnt learn to whistle lol, i whistle to them all the time.

if it is a whistle it has to be the same whistle all the time. It is easier to copy if you teach one thing at a time. You can do the same whistle over and over. At the same time you can just say something loveing to them every time you see them. They love the sound of soft words with love in them. They learn that the quickest. At least my guys do. The more you talk to them the more they will talk to you.

my bird talks =] he is mean tho.