TamiL Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Help PHOEBE Stuck repeating...... Hello and Thank you already for taking time to read Phoebe, is are 2yr old African Grey.SHE REPEATS EVERYTHING.From telling Jokes to singing top country songs She does voices,yells at the dogs to get off furniture etc etc well I recently have been telling her whats doggy do,whats kitty do,whats santa do etc and now she is stuck on whats birdy do ? All day every day I try to tell her whats doggy do or anything to change the subject she will answer then say WHAT BIRDY DO ? Its is all day and yes I tried to teach her a new one and nope right back at it ? My question is Why and can I help her to move on ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 They do get stuck on their favorites. Our Huey won't shut it about going to take a 'shower' with mama. He loves to go 'shower'. It's all he asks about right now. I'm waiting to see if he'll move on from that too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamiL Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Ok so I feel way better now Thought I messed her up really bad or something ! She is soooo smart I swear einstein the grey on youtube has not nothing on my girl (serious) maybe she is to smart gets her and me in trouble (later story) Thanks for the quick response 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoow Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Alfie is not much of a talker. He prefers sounds (and the more obnoxious, the better as far as he is concerned!!). But he will fixate on certain noises for a while, so I don't think it's unusual. At the moment he does a whistle which sounds a little like R2D2 from star wars. He loves that one right now. But next week it might be a squeak or some other noise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I'd say it is very common. When Timber learns a word or phrase he really likes, that is all you hear for awhile. It's like he savors saying it. The good news is that so far, it has never lasted for more than a couple of weeks. Then he'll move on to other words or noises. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayd Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 These posts are so funny...(Maggie here)...Joe learned the high-pitched alarm sound that Jay's oxygen concentrator makes when it is in alarm mode. Now, (I know he does this just to mess with me), he will occasionally make this alarm sound, usually when I am somewhere else and he gets a kick out of seeing me run back in the room to see is there is a problem with Jay's oxygen...a few times he even lets out a little chuckle (evil, Joe, really evil...) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittykittykitty Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I think she will move on in her own time as long as not too much is made of it. Precious can send Harlene crazy with her repeating as well, but it doesn't last forever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoow Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Alfie learned how to yell my name in my dad's voice recently because my dad was helping out in the garden and kept calling me when he needed a hand or wanted something. It caught me out the first time as I thought my dad was back in my house calling me! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Greys will pick and choose what they like to repeat, sometimes its the way it is said that they like but there is not much you can do to discourage the repeating of certain words but ignore it and definitely do not laugh or give any reaction when the particular word or words are repeated as that will only encourage them to continue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytness Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Maalik's stuck on a phrase my son always says to him: 'Hi Chicken!" After which he burps. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acappella Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 A couple things you can almost count on with greys. 1. They will get stuck on a sound or phrase that you don't like. 2. They will not say the things you want them to say. Just don't react in any way when your bird says the phrase you want to get rid of and he'll eventually get tired of it and move on to the next favourite. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Ignore and find a phrase you would like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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