Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:21 am Post subject: Can your kak talk?
I'm interested to hear if anyone's kakariki can talk. I've been teaching my male kak Batfink to say 'mummy' and so far he manages a sound like 'wuh-weee' which really sounds like hes trying. He is now 9months old and I've had him since he was 5months old so is he too old by this point to pick up words? Its not important as I love him the way he is, i'm just curious if they have the ability to talk. I appreciate any feedback or stories!
Hey
If your Kak is male he should be able to talk. I hand raised my Yellow crown Kaki, "Tiki" he is so cute. He loves me to death, doesn't like anyone sittting on my chair and chases my husband. I am sure when he does this he look across at me and goes,"Watch this for a reaction." When he gets one he looks back at me and has a Kak laugh as if to say, "Got him again that was so much fun."
Tiki says:
Hello cheeky Tiki
Hello Tiki
Wendy
Where's Wendy
What do you think ya doing
What are you doin
OK
There you go
Wendy Wendy What do you think you are doin
cheeky Tiki
Come out
Ready
He wolf whistles
He can also whistle part of pop goes the weazle. That sounds funny as he gets confused.
He is one smart little Mummys boy he is now approx 6.5 months old. I have had other birds, but this little guy is so cute. I could never imagine life without my little Kaki.
Good luck with your little guy.
Cheers Wendo
Talking - yes, they certainly do! You can see my kak Cricket talking here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiXt65ewOC0
Most of it is not amazingly clear, but he certainly tries to say a lot of things. The clearest thing he says is in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tky4lB8Wzsw but you have to wait until 1:30 mins into the video to hear it.
He learned to say "Arriba Cricket" in the first 3 weeks. Since then, he's learned:
What? What Cricket? Hey Cricket!
Whatchya doin, Cricket?
Whereya goin, Cricket?
Kaka-riki
Huh?
Ohhh! (As in "what are you doing Cricket?... Ohhh!")
Where's Ben, Cricket?
Hey, Crickie?
I'm sure he'd learn more if we said more things to him, but I'm busy training him to do other things right now. If you use words in some kind of context e.g. Hello, hungry, bathtime, for things they enjoy, your kak will pick it up quicker.
By the way, Wendo, I can really relate to your story about your kak chasing your husband! When I got Beaker the cockatiel last year, Cricket knew he wasn't allowed to attack him; he worked this out very quickly. But what he would do instead is to attack the bell hanging next to Beaker's cage - he would hold on with both feet, flap wildly and bite it rapidly. Then he'd stop, run over to Beaker, and eyeball him REALLY intensely, before attacking the bell again. As if, "See that? That's what would happen to you if I was allowed anywhere near you, buddy!". (Nowadays, Beaker chases Cricket off - who would have thought!)
They are great little birds - I love him to death! And incredibly sweet under that feisty exterior.
Can you guys give some detailed methods of teaching to talk?
I used to have a sulphur crested I caught from the wild, that we tought to talk..they are a very different 'kettle of fish'
I have never attempted to teach a kakariki to talk.
Personaly Im not a fan of talking pet parrots, unless they belong to someone else...got to be a pain in the bottom...sound of cars pulling up in the drive, inviting people at the door to cone in, phone ringing...
Detailed "how to teach to talk" help for those who have kakariki as compainion pets who be great.
Age, method, time of day, other birds/people around and any small details that may help.
Cheers
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Want your Kaki to talk?
For starters, Males are better talkers. That is not to say that your Female won't talk. They do not talk as much , or are not as clear to hear.
Get your bird as young as you can. A hand raised one is a great idea.
My bird Tiki was 2.5 to 3 weeks old when I got him. I hand feed him, which was so much fun. They are so comical.
Hold them and talk to them every chance you get. When you walk past say something. I would pick one or two words and repeat it for a week, then start on a new word or two the following week. Not forgetting to add the other words they are learning as you go. I would tell everyone in the family and they would use the same words as they walked past the cage. Before long he became a right 'royal little chatter box'.
When I am on the phone and he is sitting on my shoulder he will talk and talk. I have had to stop my conversation on the phone to ask "Tiki" to put a sock in it. One particular day the person on the other end of the phone thought it was one of my children, chatting away in the back ground.
I don't really think it makes a difference if you talk to them in the dark. The main think is to talk to then when you walk into the room. Remember to repeat words over and over. You will sound like a broken record, but it will pay of in most cases.
"Tiki runs up and down his perch when we walk into the room, saying "Hello Tiki" and hitting his bell over and over to get attention from anyone that will give it to him.
Talk? My Kakariki, Birdie, doesn't shut up. I love him to death and he makes me laugh with his constant chatter. This is what he says:
Hello
Hello Birdie
What are you doing?
What are you talking about?
Hello my little Birdie
I love you Birdie
Have a little drink
Good morning
Here we go
Come here
Come on
Quick
He also says Hello in all different tones of voice, same with his name, Birdie. He says it quite softly sometimes and then other times, it sounds like he's scolding himself.
I'm sure there's more. He wolf whistles, too.
I got him when he was just over five weeks old and still spoon feeding on formula. He's now nearly two years old. He drives my fiance mad with his "What are you doing?" over and over and over again.
My Kiko is constantly chattering, but it's hard to understand him. He can say the following things. It's not very clear, but it's obvious what he's saying, because his previous owners were trying to teach him how to swear.
Eh oh! ("Hello")
Ooh ooh ee ee! ("Poo poo, pee pee!")
Wha eh ooin'? ("What yeh doin'?")
Sha sha ee oh! ("Shut up, Kiko!")
Uh eh en it! ("Just a minute!" He only says this when someone knocks on the door.)
When the news is on he argues with the newscaster, but you can't understand what he's saying. XP
I have noticed over the yrs, that the words phrases parrots are most clear on are those that they have just picked up, not been tought...
I think this maybe because, when ppl teach, they tend to talk 'parrot' or 'baby' type talk and too fast, instead of clear normal tone, and well pronounced, and a little slowed down, and a slight emphasis on contantants. _________________ My Spelling is Not Incorrect...It's 'Creative'
Hi
I have read all this info on teaching your kak to talk which i found very interesting. My kak is 8 weeks old the whole family talk to him/her all the time. What age do they start talking
Charlie was 4 months old when I got him and he was taking within two months. He can say:
Charlie (in a few different voices and tones)
Hello
Come on
Mr Charlie
Mr pants (odd i know)
I know he wants to come out of his cage when he says 'Come on Charlie.'
When he sees me he also says, 'Hello wik-a-woo' and he says to my boyfriend, 'hello wee.'
God knows how he came up with them! Hes so clever, hehe.
Charlie will often practice his talking with me, he will say something, i.e Charliiiieeeeeeee, and i will say it back in a different tone and he will copy. He gets very excited about this and his pupils seriously dilate hehe.
He talks more when hes happy, usually when its around the time he comes out of his cage, right before my boyfriend comes in from work, when he hears my key in the door and when i give him food he likes. Hehe
not actually a "kakariki tale", but something like a year ago a good friend (breeder), gave to my girlfriend a nice tiny budgie. By the time he was already weaned and I would say that 3-4 months old.
Nobody at home learnt him to talk, he just started to pick up words, most of them words that were unintentionally repeated to him or just at home (like my girlfriend and her sisters say "let's go daddy", which now he repeats). He is still picking up some words, and he gets clearer with time.
And the alexandrine I had was trying to pick up words and whistles, but as well... nobody was "training" him. (he escaped when he was 6 months old).
Then.... in my humble opinion there are 2 determining factors for a parrot/parakeet to talk. First... between my birds I see some differences regarding how vocal they are, so I guess that they should have kind of an ability/willingness to talk and imitate. Second... I think the best method to teach them to talk is placing their cage in the room that most social activity is developed, and time out of the cage for them to interact with us and become part of the "flock", this way they hear us all the time and eventuallly pick up some words.
I don't have any scientific data supporting this theory, but for me it has worked.
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they tend to talk 'parrot' or 'baby'
Well... to be honest I really hate it when it's the owner who tries to imitate the parrot!!!
Regards / Pablo _________________ AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Can your kak talk?
Batfink wrote:
I'm interested to hear if anyone's kakariki can talk. I've been teaching my male kak Batfink to say 'mummy' and so far he manages a sound like 'wuh-weee' which really sounds like hes trying. He is now 9months old and I've had him since he was 5months old so is he too old by this point to pick up words? Its not important as I love him the way he is, i'm just curious if they have the ability to talk. I appreciate any feedback or stories!
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