KristynJanelle
Meeting neighbors
I am just curious as to the pace your amazon has learned new words at. Huntington is the only amazon I've really known, so I have little basis for comparison. I know that some species of amazon are particularly adept at learning. Also, how's their pronunciation, how clearly do they speak? Hunt is a bit of a mumbler, often times other people mishear what he's saying and I have to explain because I know by the tone what he's imitating.
Huntington is currently two and a half. He can use some words in what would seem to be the right context, so maybe he gets the general idea of what they mean, but it's hard to say. These are the words and phrases he uses for specific purposes :
1. Hello (when he's uncovered in the morning, when someone enters the room, etc.)
2. Hello Hunt (he uses this to request attention for himself)
3. Hello Noah / Noah! (it would seem he knows this name belongs to my budgie, because that's the only bird he ever directs it at!)
4. Good Boy/You're A Good Boy (tell this to the other birds frequently)
He also laughs whenever anyone else laughs, which tends to just make us all laugh harder
Then he has some newer words and phrases that he uses more randomly.
5. What's up?
6. What are you doing?
7. Hi
8. I love you
Beyond that, he has a number of noises he's picked up. He says "huh?" a lot when people talk to him, and occasionally "ohhh!". I feel like I'm forgetting something, if I remember I will add it later.
So tell me about your Amazon!
Huntington is currently two and a half. He can use some words in what would seem to be the right context, so maybe he gets the general idea of what they mean, but it's hard to say. These are the words and phrases he uses for specific purposes :
1. Hello (when he's uncovered in the morning, when someone enters the room, etc.)
2. Hello Hunt (he uses this to request attention for himself)
3. Hello Noah / Noah! (it would seem he knows this name belongs to my budgie, because that's the only bird he ever directs it at!)
4. Good Boy/You're A Good Boy (tell this to the other birds frequently)
He also laughs whenever anyone else laughs, which tends to just make us all laugh harder
Then he has some newer words and phrases that he uses more randomly.
5. What's up?
6. What are you doing?
7. Hi
8. I love you
Beyond that, he has a number of noises he's picked up. He says "huh?" a lot when people talk to him, and occasionally "ohhh!". I feel like I'm forgetting something, if I remember I will add it later.
So tell me about your Amazon!