What does your ringneck/keet say?

Ashleigh · 4/6/12

I was wondering about other ringneck/other keet's owners and what their ringnecks/other keet's say, like how large is their vocabulary. What words can they say now? I would also love to see video's as they have the cutest voices

Well Im sure we all would like to see video's.

I know all birds are different and some may never talk.

My Alexandrine, Alex(his name is so original

) talks more and more everyday. He is camera shy so it's very hard to get a video of him. But Im trying

Anyways he says
"Hello" in different tones
"what's that"
"What" (I think this is his favourite atm

)
"What ya doing"
"ohhhh"
"I don't know"
And he meows like a cat,
that's all that I can make out from him. He has other gibberish that I can't understand.

He like's to emphasize "What" when he say's it. :heart:

Once im able to get a video of Alex, ill post it here

My Other Alexandrine Yuki doesn't really say anything. She has tried to say hello (she's only about 7 months).

:heart:

Renae · 4/6/12

My Indian Ringneck says some words, these are what I can remember off the top of my head:

“It’s alright”
“Come here”
“Boppy, come here, come on”
“Hello boppy”
“Step up”
“Emmy poo” (one of my Cockatiel’s he nicknamed, lol)
“Emmy boy” (another nickname)
“Leila”
“Good boy boppy”
“Good boy”
“Kisses for boppy”
“Oi”
“Hello Keiko”
“What”

Birdbabe · 4/6/12

Merlin says "what" his favorite.
Wheet wheet
Hi bird
Hey babe
Whats up with that
He said hello once.

Ranyart · 4/6/12

Schubert says:
Schoo-bee-do-bee-doooooo!
I love you.
What's up?
Shake hands.
Give a kiss.
Good birdie.
That's my beak/got your beak.
Hi Herbie.
There.
Yum yum.
Hiiiiii!

Any and all combinations of the above - I love it when he talks human (which he does more than birdie talk). Unfortunately, once the camera comes out he clams right up (how do they know?).

cassiesdad · 4/7/12

Titan,our IRN,has a short list of words:
HI
MORE
KISS
OKAY
THANK YOU
Many years ago, he didn't like being covered up at night. After you covered him up, he would say "••••••• it". If he could see out from underneath the cover, he would look right at you, and say "••••••• You"...with the word "you" drawn out. Thankfully, he hasn't said it for many years ... :rolleyes:

Ashleigh · 4/7/12

Ranyart said:
Schubert says:
Schoo-bee-do-bee-doooooo!
I love you.
What's up?
Shake hands.
Give a kiss.
Good birdie.
That's my beak/got your beak.
Hi Herbie.
There.
Yum yum.
Hiiiiii!

Any and all combinations of the above - I love it when he talks human (which he does more than birdie talk). Unfortunately, once the camera comes out he clams right up (how do they know?).

That's like alex.
I was able to get a video of him meowing, but I had to hide the camera. He does human talk almost every morning and every night.

[video=youtube;RPOAo9sNAU0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPOAo9sNAU0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

I just love their voice. It's interesting what birds pick up

danadear · 4/18/12

That is so cute! How old are they when the usually start talking. My IRN Henry is about 18 months old but doesn't talk. I have heard him saying gibberish a few times when I was not in the room and sometimes he moves his beak like he wants to talk but doesn't. Maybe he is just shy.

twelvewings · 4/20/12

Pepper says: Night, Night Hello Pepper Shake (Foot extended for a shake) Step up Tickle, Tickle Hi (While waving a foot) Whatcha Do'in Nice to meet you (while he is shaking "hands") Peek-a-boo Yeah I have probably left out a few of the things he says, but he is quite verbal!

ShirleyBird · 4/22/12

Wow...there are some VERY smart birds here....Laverne= silence...Shirley= Hello. Lol...

cassiesdad · 4/22/12

ShirleyBird said:
Wow...there are some VERY smart birds here....Laverne= silence...Shirley= Hello. Lol...

My humble opinion- talking in avians is VASTLY overrated, in particular, by avian non-owners. My example would be Laverne. "Nonverbal", but I would bet everything that you can tell what's going on with her in other ways, that non-owners wouldn't, or couldn't, understand...

ShirleyBird · 4/23/12

cassiesdad said:
My humble opinion- talking in avians is VASTLY overrated, in particular, by avian non-owners. My example would be Laverne. "Nonverbal", but I would bet everything that you can tell what's going on with her in other ways, that non-owners wouldn't, or couldn't, understand...

Thanks for that..I can,she is very understandable if you take the time to look for cues. It WOULD be nice if she would just say SOMETHING though.lol. Ringneck voices are just SO CUTE!lol.

animalcrazy · 4/23/12

ShirleyBird said:

Thanks for that..I can,she is very understandable if you take the time to look for cues. It WOULD be nice if she would just say SOMETHING though.lol. Ringneck voices are just SO CUTE!lol.

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Their voices are cute but their screeches are deafening!

cassiesdad · 4/23/12

animalcrazy said:
Their voices are cute but their screeches are deafening!

....and they can be VERY persistant with those screeches when the mood strikes them!

danadear · 4/23/12

Henry thinks he is a cockatiel. He calls to the tiels in their whistles. poor little guy.

impala400 · 4/24/12

Doisy has quite a vocabulary although he tends to have his favorite phrases.
Whatcha doing?
Hey
What
Huh
I see you
I love you
You're so silly
Good boy
You're a good bird
Come here
Peekaboo
Knock knock
Gimme a kiss
Wooooo
Weeeee
Oooh
Step up
Want a bath?
Did you miss me?
Do you like me?
Doisy
And various other gibberish, noises, and whistles...and he laughs like me

cassiesdad · 4/24/12

Doisy, you are a charmer!! :heart:

myrka2004 · 5/15/12

Rio talk all day long unstoppable and only stops when eat
He was started to talk when he was 7 months old.
He can say:
"Privet" (Russian Hello)
"What ya doing?"
"You my prettty pretty boy"
"You my baby"
"You so quite"
"I love you"
"Peek a Boo"
"Common"
"Step up"
"Pookie pokie "
laughing like me
"dancie dancie" and shake his head
"Turn around"
"Hi" and raise his one feet
"Weeee"
"Give me KISS" then say "Kiss" so many times then say " Good boy"
"OOO-yammy- yammy"
"Ko-ko-ko" like chiken
"tu-tu" like a train
"R-r-r-ioo" his name

[video=youtube_share;SaFlBeWEJw8]http://youtu.be/SaFlBeWEJw8[/video]

ShirleyBird · 5/17/12

I LOVE Rio....He's so smart and so cute.

Lesa1211 · 5/17/12

Paco says:
Hello
Pretty Bird
Pretty Pretty Birdy
Ohhh
Paco
Huh
Yeah
He also meows like cat.

prettycharlieboy · 6/18/12

danadear said:
That is so cute! How old are they when the usually start talking. My IRN Henry is about 18 months old but doesn't talk. I have heard him saying gibberish a few times when I was not in the room and sometimes he moves his beak like he wants to talk but doesn't. Maybe he is just shy.

Hi Dana,

That's a shame that your IRN hasn't started talking yet. I was told that they usually start talking between 8 - 12 months old.

To our surprise Charlie started at about 7 months. He started with "what ya doing?" and very very quickly picked up more phrases. He's now about 9 months and says:

"Gimmie Kiss......mwaaaa"
"Wana tickle?"
"What ya doing charlie?"
"Good Boy Charlie"
"Peek-a-boo"

More recently he's picked up my partners laugh.

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