How to teach a pet cockteil to talk ?
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Teaching a bird to talk is not difficult if you have the right kind of bird. The difficulty is teaching the bird to say what you want it to say. Birds have a habit of picking up things that we don't necessarily want them to be repeating, and of course, not repeating the things that we do want them to repeat. The trick to teaching a bird to talk is repetition, emotion, and reward. So, any word or phrase that you're going to repeat to the bird over and over again, is going to be more likely to be learned by the bird. Also, any word that's repeated over and over again, but, and with lots of emotion is going to be learned by the bird more frequently. This is why curse words tend to be learned very quickly and very easily by birds, because they're yelled, with lots of emotion and they tend to be said over and over again. So, be aware of that when you have a bird in the house, because if you happen to curse a lot, and you curse loud, and you curse with a lot of emotion, chances are he's going to be doing it too. So, definitely be aware of that. And, of course, whenever he says what you want him to say, reward him. Be it with a treat, like a piece of papaya, look at him, this guy's being a little butt head today, a piece of papaya, or a special seed, or, you know, whatever treat that that bird in particular likes. Over time you will discover the birds individual personality and what kind of treats he likes and what's the best reward. So, repetition, saying a word, saying words or phrases over and over again. And saying them with lots of emotion. Also, words that are associated with actions tend to be picked up pretty quickly. Most birds that do talk, generally pick up the phrase step up, from the training process, and they generally pick up phrases like, how you doing, or what you doing, or you know, something that, a lot of people tend to say when they come up to a bird and they see it for the first time, or they're coming home and greeting the bird. These phrases tend to be picked up very quickly because, they're being rewarded by attention when you come home, or come up to see them. And they're being said repeatedly over and over again, and there tends to be at least a small bit of emotion behind them. So, repetition, emotion and reward. Those three things together, you can teach your bird pretty much how to do anything. But, those are going to be the easiest and quickest ways to teach your bird how to talk. And, sometimes we teach them things we don't really want to teach them. So, be aware of that, because it can be a problem down the line, even though it may not be a problem right now. It may be even funny, or kind of cute. Curse words can be very hard to re-home a bird, if it's necessary. Lot's of homes won't take birds in that swear a lot. And also, if you have children later, or have children in the house now, it can be problematic. So, repetition, emotion and reward.
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