If your gray zhako does not talk to you, then only you are guilty of it. zhako - recognized chatterers among all parrots. They easily reproduce not only words or phrases, but are capable to imitate even a voice timbre, his intonation or some foreign sounds. But consider that zhako differ in difficult character and that your favourite started talking, you should try.
Instruction
1. Upon purchase choose a young bird. The parrot has to be quiet, sociable and not be afraid of people. The bird who watches you carefully and actively listens, has more abilities to training of the speech. Optimum age for purchase – 1-2 months.
2. Surely let's a bird adapt. On it can leave to two – three weeks. All parrots hardly transfer changes of a situation. The parrot, the higher for him a stress is more senior. You do not hurry, let's it accustom on the new place.
3. Accustom a parrot to the presence after he accustoms on the new place. Care for a bird, show her the friendliness. Talk in quiet tone and never raise the voice on a parrot. Start classes when the contact is come.
4. Constantly you speak with a parrot. You pronounce words accurately and slowly. Tenderly call it by name. Comment on all the actions aloud. Do it every time when you feed a bird, you clean a cage or just you get closer to a parrot.
5. Remove the distracting objects from the room, switch off the TV or music. The parrot is very curious and easily distracts therefore in the room it has to be silent. Be engaged every day at the same time, for example, after morning and evening feedings.
6. It is not recommended to close a cage dense fabric, the parrot can just fall asleep. Besides, it will be easier for you to provide training if you see reaction of a bird. Be engaged twice a day 15 minutes. Gradually time of classes can be increased.
7. The parrot easier will apprehend a word which is selected in the usual speech therefore for the first time choose a word in which there are hissing sounds or a sound "р". The word should not be long. Do not try to learn several words at once. You pass to a new word only after the bird say accurately and surely the first.
8. With a parrot only one person has to study the first words. Let it will be that family member whom the parrot treats with bigger sympathy. The bird has to understand that training she addresses her.
9. Very well existence of a mirror stimulates ability to a talk. The parrot will see other bird in a mirror and will want to draw her attention. Probability is very high that he will try to make it words. But for the period of study remove a mirror from a cage.
10. Occupation has to be only voluntary. Do not force a bird to repeat words if she lost to you interest. Do not try to draw its attention. Do not forget to praise after classes a parrot, to treat with some delicacy. He quickly will understand interrelation between events and will want to earn tasty food once again.