Parakeet

At two year old I'm not sure she'll ever talk. As for biting females bite harder then males I'm not sure how to get her to stop biting either but pretty budgie.

 

Usually around 4-5 years of age is when it gets too hard for them to learn to talk, so it depends on how old she is. If she can still learn, though, then the best phrases are ones with hard syllables, such as pretty birdie. Her name would actually be a pretty good word to start with. The best way to teach any bird to talk is consistency. Once you have decided which word you want to teach her, you need to spend at least thirty minutes a day with her, repeating the word over and over and over. Make sure your voice sounds the same each time you say the word. The best way to do this (in order to save your sanity) is to record your voice in the first session. Once you have the CD, you can simply play that while you do something else. When you are having your sessions, you want to remove as many distractions as possible, so that the bird can focus. Place a blanket around the back half of the cage, put her in a smaller cage, take her into the bathroom, or all the above. The more she focuses, the faster she learns. It is usually best to have one session in the morning and one at night. Again, the most important thing is consistency. I can not stress this enough. No matter what it is you are teaching your bird, the key is consistency. I hope this helps you, and I hope you can enjoy the rewards of teaching your bird something, whether or not that something is talking. Good luck!

 

Is your budgie tame? If not, that might be the first thing to do, make friends so they want to communicate with you. I can't teach my tiel to talk, but can wolf whistle, fetch, spin, come, ring a bell, and go through a hoop. I figure although she is bonded, she may not talk as she doesn't really have much vocal capacity beyond whistling like a male may have.

 

I think every one that I have ever met that could talk learned "pretty bird" first... seems to be one of the easier phrases for them to learn

 

Quote:i agree totally