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Help! Bird stopped learning new words....

Postby Ollie1013 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:52 pm

Hello! My 3 year old Moustache Parrot stopped learning new words/phrases around age 2. He says about 10 different things that he learned in his first 2 years of life but now.. Nothing new! Just the same stuff over and over.
Is this normal? Will he ever learn new words again? :irn:
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Re: Help! Bird stopped learning new words....

Postby CrazzMc » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:22 pm

Think of a bird as a child you learn the most when young. Babies evolve and learn so much its absolutely ridiculous. Apparently from Psych Statistics when a child is about the age of 5 he/she can learn up to 10,000 words a day. But think of your bird as a teenager now. It doesn't want to learn, its sick of learning. It may be possible to teach it if it has motivation. I know African Greys start loosing their motivation to learn (if properly trained/tame/healthy) when about 10 years old. You could definitely get a few more words/phrases in. I don't think its impossible at all. Everyone learns at all ages its the motivation for learning which isn't always easy to get.
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