[Pappagallo]

Both my girls are 5 years old, well Nikki will be 5 on the 19th.

I notice that they are slowing down in terms of learning new words and tricks. I am teaching them both the word Ciao and I can tell they are interested but I am not not having much success. So far Nikki opens her mouth and nothing comes out and Sunny grunts or makes some gutteral sound LOL. Is there like a time period for when birds learn new words. I mean are they too old to learn anything.

Right now Sunny is hitting the keyboard with her beak and Nikk is nipping at my fingers as I type this.

Sometimes I feel like I am with Beavis and Butthead but I just love these two little feathered balls to death.

[tjbird]

My Polly is 7 and has learned lots of new words and phrases in the last year and a half. Buddy is 17, not much of a talker, but has learned new behavior.

Maybe your birds are on a self-imposed sabbatical.

[Siobhan]

Clyde learned a couple of new things right away after he came to live with us. Then he didn't learn anything for months. Then when Jade came, he learned a couple of things from her (and vice versa). Now both of them are in a not-learning-anything phase. I think it just comes and goes in spurts. We're about due for another bout of learning new things. Both of mine are adults -- Jade's almost 5 and I don't know Clyde's age.

[Carrie~Anne]

I don't think they are ever too old to learn new things...but they might be interested in wanting to learn something new I have a g/f whose 27 year old Quaker was still learning new words when he passed away.

[Pappagallo]

27 year old quaker? Wow. He lived to 27? I am hoping the girls make it to 40 what do you think?

[Jen_and_spiggy]

Been teaching my bird to say ciou bella for years he get excited a bops his head up and down and says ciou but not bella(beautifull). Maybe he wants me to say ciou bello(handsome) rather hehe . Ps don't think they ever to old to learn something

[Pappagallo]

That might work. They are both girls so I would say Ciao Bella. But I was teaching Nikki to say Tutto Bene and all she says is Tutto. Maybe I will drill Ciao Bella into their little brains LOL

[Jen_and_spiggy]

Long as we dont teach them the swear words in italian the words everyone learns alot faster .

[bird-man-iac]

yeah i dont tink they ae ever too old my birds some of them have each other and they just love each other and me and it just seems like they have no desire to learn no more . they just want to be with dady and each other and wow 27 years old ?? kool ernie is 23 rite now this year my quaker i really would like to know wut the average is of a quakers age but i dont know i dont think its 30 though but who knows

[Pappagallo]

Long as we dont teach them the swear words in italian the words everyone learns alot faster .

Yeah I better not teach them Che Cazzo vuoi? (What the **** do you want?). That would not go well LOL