Talking Parrot

Funny birds, learn how to train your budgie, your budgerigar will love this

A budgie is a lively and chatty little bird, they are kind of parrots.

Learning To Speak And Sing: Teach its name. It is easier to start with the animal’s name as it hears it all the time. Repeat your budgie’s name every time you see it and when you bring food. Try to speak in a high-pitched voice and say the name slowly and clearly.

Wait until the budgie is old enough. The bird should be at least three months old before it can speak.

If you have more than one budgie, stick to the teaching of one name. You don’t want to make it too hard at first.

Don’t forget to reward your budgie. If it doesn’t learn quickly, don’t punish it. It doesn’t understand right or wrong and will just mistrust you.

Expend its vocabulary. Talented budgies can learn over a thousand words over their lifetime. Once your bird knows its name, target the words you want to teach. Your budgie will eventually make the connection between the words and the objects or actions.

When you enter the room, systematically say ‘hi coco [or the budgie’s name]’. When you feed it, point at the seeds and say ‘food’.

Look at their corporal language and take advantage. When the bird is in a threatening posture (biting or pecking), say ‘Angry’. When the budgie is resting on one leg and looking happy, say ‘happy’.

Your budgie can also say simple sentences. When your bird eats, say ‘coco [or the bird’s name] eats’. When it drinks, say ‘coco drinks’.

Don't teach your bird insults. The budgie will remember it for a long time and might embarrass you in front of your guests.

Teach a song : There is nothing funnier than having your bird singing a song. Your budgie can remember simple tunes and will happily delight the whole family. The easiest way to teach a song is to sing it over and over to your bird. Don’t try to teach the whole song but just a few seconds.

Pick a song you like. Remember that your budgie might sing it for a long time.

Record yourself singing a song and play it to your bird when you’re away. This is an extremely efficient way to teach a song without having to sing it a thousand times. You can do the same to teach words.

The actual recording of a song might not be the best way to teach the bird. The instruments will probably disturb it.

Make your budgie feel at home. If your budgie is new, it will need time to get used to its cage. You should let it adjust for at least two weeks and make sure that the bird is in a quiet environment before attempting to train it. By this time, the budgie should start to relax and feel comfortable.

Let the budgie fly in a room. Once the bird is at ease with you, you can let it fly in a room with all of the windows and doors closed. This extra space will make your budgie happy and will keep it fit for the forthcoming training.[4]

To call it back, switch off all the lights and leave the curtain of one window open, but remember to close the window. The budgie will be attracted towards the light. Hold it gently and put it back inside the cage.

Make sure that there is no cat or predator in the room.

If you have a child, don’t let him frighten the bird.

Teaching Tricks: Encourage physical contact. Once your budgie is settled, place your hand in the cage and keep it immobile. Repeat this for days to let your bird get used to your physical presence in the cage.

When the budgie seems okay with your hand, place your finger inside the cage. Then push it slightly against your budgie’s chest. This will encourage it to climb on your finger. Be patient as the bird might be reluctant at first.

If the bird is intimidated, just stroke its breast with the back of your finger. Show love and care.

Alternatively, you can put a few seeds on your finger. Your budgie will probably climb on your hand to eat them. Doing this for a few days will teach your pet to trust you.

Warnings :

If your budgie does not come to you, do not chase him around the cage.