Training parrots

[ninny]

Can a parrot be trained to interpret hand signals? Meaning if i gave the sign for eat could it be trained to say eat?

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Yes. I've seen performing parrots that talked on cue. Later, the trainer showed how when he moved a particular finger slightly, the parrot said a certain word. During the performance, nobody was looking at the trainer's hands, they were looking at the parrot or the trainer's face, as he talked to the parrot.

I think you could make up any hand signals you wanted, as a cue.

 

[BeccaB00]

Exactly what woodlandwoman said. They can easily be trained.

I've trained my hahns macaw to wave by a very quick movment

of my index finger. You can also have hand signals for a sertain

word. Parrots are smart (;