Why my eclectus parrot only talks while alone?
Category: QA
ive had my male ECLECTUS parrot CHICO for approx 5 months & he didnt speak a word & now he never stops talking! but only when he is alone…
i have to stand outside the room & listen & smile as the sheer joy of him repeating words & phrases that ive tought him over the few months that ive had him! but id like some 1 on 1 talking sessions.. he will make silly noises when im in the room but no words..
is there anything to help this or will he talk with me when he is ready & not before?
im afraid of him thinking that this is right & then he might stick to this routine…
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The reason he waits to talk when you are out of the room is this….”Talking” for a bird is attention getting behavior. SO…when you leave the room, he usines his “talking” to lure you BACK into the room, where he wants you. Once your back, he’s happy, and has no need to talk anymore.
Spend enough time with the bird and he will begin to talk to you when you are in the room as well.
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Ekkies do not talk to learn a behaviour that it gets your attention back.
“Closet Talkers” are very common in eclectus parrots & nothing to worry about. It’s their way of practice talking.
When they are learning to talk they do take everything on board that you teach them & say to them. Majority of them become closet talkers until they’re a little more comfortable talking around you & anywhere in the house. This can also come with age. His continual closet talking is only the first step to you hearing his never ending talking. Give him a few months & he will be talking around & to you directly.
He will talk to you, give him time. It won’t make him think it’s a routine & stick to it. It’s a very normal & common behaviour in young ekkies & they grow out of it.
FYI: You can teach your ekkie to talk up until about 1 year old. After this they actually teach themselves. Once they reach this age they become a lot more observant, they will watch your every move & listen to your every word, even if you’re not in the same room. They teach themselves more talking in this way. It’s amazing what they pick up!!
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Kim is right on! Eclectus like to practice talking, which they do alone, and then when they figure they have it right, they will talk in front of you.
Age will help him through this. And then you should have a bird that talks to you.