How to teach a budgerigar to speak?

• If a budgerigar’s ability to speak is key to you, choose the most inquisitive individuals who listen with interest to the surrounding sounds.
• It is better to start the learning process from an early age.
• Keep in mind that young tame birds pick up words more easily.
• Conduct training at strictly defined hours, preferably in the morning.
• During the time when you teach a boy or girl budgerigar to speak, repeat the same word several times until the pet learns it.
• The duration of the lesson should be at least 30 minutes per day.
• If you have several birds, then for the duration of the training, place the budgerigar (in a cage) in a separate room so that his comrades do not distract him.
• After the lesson, be sure to treat your pet with a treat, even if his success did not fully meet your expectations, and return the cage to its original place.
• In the process of learning, move from simple to complex. Teach your budgerigar to speak simple words first, and only then move on to longer, more complex phrases.
• The first words should contain the consonants “k”, “p”, “r”, “t” and the vowels “a”, “o”. Their birds learn faster.
• As practice shows, a pet responds better to a female voice than to a male one.
• In no case do not raise your voice if the bird is mistaken or refuses to talk. Rudeness and punishment will call into question the effectiveness of your undertaking. Budgerigars are quite sensitive pets that are prone to stress. In an unfriendly atmosphere, they will never learn to speak.
• Do not interrupt the learning process. Classes must be held daily, otherwise they will not bring any benefit.
• Repetition is the mother of learning. Do not forget to repeat old, already learned words so that the pet does not forget them.

Good luck with your educational process. Let your budgerigar learn to talk and become a great conversationalist!