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  • im taching mine to say puenny human

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  • What a cutie! Really clever!

  • Shakey is adorable. Mine is 10 months and only says: "what what". Like Shakey, he likes to talk to my fingers too, sometimes biting them hard, lol! But, that's ok.

  • What was that bird saying? It sounds like he was saying, "are you a good little poo poo?","Smack your key there, Smack your key you bite to me!" lol

  • My two parakeet's talk just like shakey and my female look's like shakey by the way shakey is a pretty bird out west 03

  • he defiantly is talking, and articulating VERY well. my keet doesn't talk too clearly.

  • Such a sweet birdie! I love the color, and even more I love his face. I have had too many budgies at one time for any of them to talk much.

  • iz thr any other birds in ur house cuz if thr iz its hard to let it tlk but but but i tried to teach my bird (budgie ) looks like urs (luckey) yer but i gave up adn putted it in with otha birds to see and play by the way aswome gwd bird hope u can make more words to teach have u tried shcakeys a pritty bird ??? hhe oky now 5/5

  • What a sweetheart!

    Please keep these videos coming!

    I want to hear more!

    ;-)

  • Aww I just adore your budgie. I used to own a bright yellow male and he talked and danced. I miss him so much!

  • it sounds like a alien.and i know why you called him skakey because he is shakey lol

  • all of my parakeets, all males, did like to "talk" to our thumb nails... that or regurgitate food to it. ^^

  • ahhh he's so cute!

  • what is that on your budgie's right foot? is that an anklet?

  • Cute! We used to have a bird named Debbie. We didn't teach her to talk, but she used to call our pug dog like we did: "ROCKY!!!!" and the bird drove the dog nuts.

  • I'm guessing that keet was hand fed as a baby? My keets would never ever be that friendly to me! They're all scared!!

  • cool i never knew that parakeets could talk

  • cool little budgie

  • it sounds electronic...wierd XD

  • yes thats how parkts talk.

  • can some 1 tell me how to learn this

  • What a cute bird...how old is he now? ^_^

  • when parakeets talk they sound like a robot...

  • how long did it take for him to talk,,

    I have a male on which I wish was female :|

  • I LOVE parakeets. They're toooo cute. I love the way those cute little claws feel on your hands/fingers when they get playful like that.

    Very cute birdie you have there =)

  • lmao sounds like my bird ^^

  • We own two budgies and I sure wish they would talk. Our male sings like crazy....is it the males who would talk???? Do they travel in your RV with you? We are planning on taking our two on the road.

  • I hear it! Too cute. My 'keet, Tiger, passed away 2 weeks ago and I really miss him and his chatter. He used to say his and my & my fiance's names, "be a good bird", "whassup" among many other things and would mimic tv laugh tracks and our phone ringer. Parakeets rule!

  • He's doing alot of talking.

  • Yes he is. You have never owned a parakeet or you would know. For Pete's sake, they don't and close their beeks when talking like we do.

  • D: i don't open my beak to talk earthier

    <3 haha sorry just the way you worded it made me laugh

  • At first I didn't think he was either....but then I realized it was YOU talking to him, and I thought you were trying to say that the you talking was him....haha, but now that I get it....he's a cute little birdie. =)

  • hi i have two parakeets my self and i dont know how to teach them to talk i repeat repeat the same thing over and over all the time and their not talking please tell me how YOU tought your bird

  • You can see his talking cuz under his peak its moving

  • what's on he's right foot?

  • What a cute little birdie!! Adorable!

  • We counted 193 words we can make out that my Mickey budgie says .He says lots more that I can not count because I can't tell what they are .lol A budgie named Puck holds the world record for the largest vocabulary of any bird, at 1,728 words. died in 1994

  • what this parrot want doing with this finger :D:D ??

    i have too this parrot, green ;]

  • Hi,

    Shakey is so cute! I love his necklace.

    I can see your thumb has taken a beating. I know the feeling. He even says something about "biting" in his little rattled-off speech.

    My birds don't mean to nip, and I assume Shakey doesn't either.

    You might like my bird videos, too.

  • No, I had red ink on my thumb. Shakey never bites.

  • He's so cute!

  • Could Shakey be  any cuter?!?!?! Love him!

  • well actually thats not dancin he wants to f**k the thumb^^

  • Amazing...but it's really got your thumb looking pretty sore!

  • Our Parakeet talked like this, what on earth do you think they do? Perhaps you have never been lucky to hear one until this video, but it is not fake. It is just whistling, but they are amazing whistlers. Check out the Einstein the parrot video, to see what other birds can do.

  • i love the way h/she dances, that's so cute. My Skyler says hi to yours..lol. very cute video (added to my playlist, thank you so much!)

    -- Ruben and Linda

  • Awesome Vid !!

    I have a Parakeet that looks almost exactly like that.

    Id love to teach her some words...

    Any Tips ?! =o

    Keep on coming with the vids !!

    Cant wait for more... =]

  • If you read BirdTalk magazine they have some tips in there. They have a website too. Is your budgie friendly with you? Like to be held etc. Just talk to him/her and listen carefully. Budgies have tiny voices. Your little friend my already be talking, especially if it is an only bird or one you spend a lot of time with. Budgies (parakeets) are parrots just smaller versions and they can learn to speak like the bigs. Look up speech training online or in books. Hope this helps.

  • aha:)

    my birds name is shakey:)

    it has a "sibling" named shakey jr:)

  • My parakeet loves the last 10 secs. of this video. 8)

  • that bird is gettin his horny dance on while he's talking

  • cute <333

  • How adorable-good one-thanks!

  • He is trying to mate with your thumb.

    My old parakeet would try to mate with my hand just like that.

    How do I know? Because the first time I didn't know what he was doing until the end. :X

  • The colors of your bird is wonderful.

    Catherine

    5*****

  • whats that metal thing round his leg?

  • it is called a "bird band" it has numbers on it to identify the bird when its at a store i think. mine has one, all it does is chirp, how doyou get it to talk like a human talks, like make it say "hi"

  • breederband

  • It's an identification band which breeders use when they breed budgies to help differentiate between them.

  • that metal band has its hatchdate

  • it's a band....the bird came from a breeding farm so it has a band with a number so if he/she gets lost or stolen the owner has papers that has a number that is shown on the band. :)

  • Sometimes it sounds like he has an irish accent?

  • lol it's like a budgiw rap :P

  • what a cutie!

  • he has a male boice

  • i had a little parakeet exeacly like that but he lost his beek and we set him free his name was blueberry

  • you dont set a parakeet free the other big birds will get him hes probally used to being in a cage and will never know what the hellz goin on he wont beable to defend himself with no beek

  • Parakeets are so amazing when they talk! My mom has 4 parakeets (just got 2 of them awhile ago) and none of them talk human as of yet. The first two we have are very scared of humans unlike the two new ones, but they all "sing" when there is music playing.

  • Our Petey, a male keet, had a huge vocab and loved to dance and fly to people. His voice sounded similar to this keet. One day not long after we got him, he leaned into my ear and said, "Gonna bite your ear." Freaky. To me, that is speaking in context. He also said, "here kitty kitty! Prrrrr." When the cat would walk in the room. Drove the cat nuts but was great fun and impressed visitors. He died at about 5 years old this past February from an unknown cause.

  • Incredible. I have never heard a parakeet talk like that before.

  • i dont think you confuses your thumb for a bird, lots of birds do it and its just playing imatating their owners voice. hes cute though!

  • aw man this is HILARIOUS!!i just started laughing non stop

  • Wow! you did such a good job! I luv shakey he's so cute!!!I have a keet named Henry he can't talk

  • A male parakeet is considered to be the number 3 best talking parrot species. It looks like Shakey is a male, judging on how his nose is blue.

  • I love the video! Shakey is a fantastic talker. One of my budgies, Jerry, is a great talker and it always amazes me how different budgies can sound.

  • Absolutely Beautiful. Nice colours. I wonder how many years parakeets live for. Macaws can live for 30 years-in the right enviornment.

  • I believe they live up to about 15 to 17 years.

  • parakeets live for about 15 years

  • 15 years is maxumum

  • if in the right care about 10 years or longer. but it is hard to detect sicknessess because they hide it in the wild so as not to be caught by predators

  • Budgies/Parakeets live for about 15-20 years if cared for properly. And actually I have read about Macaws and it says they can live anywhere from 60-80 years. At least that is what I have read in many books, and I have a couple. but yeah I agree the budgie IS very beautiful!

  • budgies live 5 - 15 years, when have u ever seen a 20 year old budgie

  • absolutely amazing... I have never heard a budgie's speech sound so human-like. even my OWA doesn't have that clarity of voice

    bravo

  • did i heard poop poop? when parakeets talk, its absolutely CREEPY! lol but thats cool that they can talk. how do you teach them?

  • How do you teach them? You just talk to them, saying the same thing over and over. One day, with any luck, they repeat the word or phrase back to you.

  • lol, his talking is kind of creepy

  • this was the cutest video on you tube. he is so spoiled:)

  • mine talks to me like that to!!!

  • Why don't you remove the breeder band?

  • Because trying to remove it by yourself can cause serious injury. Some vets will remove it, but there's really no reason to as it doesn't bother the bird at all, and tells what year the bird was hatched in. Not to mention, taking a bird to the vet when it isn't needed causes stress to the bird.

  • You actually aren't supposed to remove the breeder band, it helps your vet out and it can help you if you need to contact the breeder (pet stores keep that on record). The only time you should remove the band is if it is hurting the bird. At least that is what I have been told by many vets and breeders. You can but it helps to identify your bird.

  • I guess you have to have a parakeet to know their vocal limitations. They aren't like your talking parrots. This is a very good talking parakeet! Adorable!!

  • I herd "Poop poop?" and "You gonna bite me?"

  • haha!!!!!

    a bird that says poop. that is too funny.

  • wat a cute but hyperactive bird!

  • that is too creepy

  • lol the noise he was making sounds like a space ship haha

  • he idd say are you gonna poop at 00:42 !

  • i think so and he also said BIT ME at 46

  • i heard somehitng about poop!

  • I believe I heard him say "You gonna be a good little bird - be a little poop." - LOL!

  • He said "you gonna be a good little birdy- a good little poopoo!"- so cute!!! :D

  • it doesn't look like he is saying anythink but he probly is!

  • Your bird is courting your thumb. :-) My bird does that too.

  • Just wait until he founds out it's not a bird... if he ever does.

  • Sorry about all the comments, Outwest03, but I just have to leave this response.

    I guess Shakey is courting his thumb... after he said "Are you gonna talk to me?" I noticed some kind of kissing sound... just in time for Valentine's Day, too!

  • He's so cute! I tried teaching a parakeet of mine to talk. I failed miserably, but I never realized they had such low-pitched voices for birds that chirp so high.

  • Boomer does the same thing with thumbs. Strange. Have you ever tried to show shakey stuffed animals? Boomer just loves them =D

  • Did he say "are you gonna poop"? lol!

  • I don't think so.

  • i heard "are you gonna poop?" too!! hahaha! XD

  • mee too!

  • It can't really talk can it...

  • Yes, absolutely!

  • Budgies get along with both male and female companions.

  • is shakey really a parakeet or a budgie?it seems no difference at all.

  • In Europe they're called budgies but in America the same birds are called parakeets. Also I think parakeet is an umbrella term for a range of certain types of birds (which include budgies who are called something like "parakeet undulat").

  • Bro "budgie" is short for "budgerigar" which is the type of parakeet it is

  • Budgies are parakeets...

  • "Parakeet" is a class of small parrots, with many different species. One of those species is known as "budgerigar", the australian aboriginal name for this little guy, shortened to "budgie". The stockier ones with the bigger foreheads, sometimes known as "English Budgies" are the same bird, only bred to look nicer and to have these fun personality traits.

  • How can you tell the difference from a Parakeet and a Budgie?

  • Budgies are a type of parakeet - budgie is short for budgerigar.

  • cool.

    (hey did he bite ur thumb?its really red haha)

  • No, I just had some red ink on my thumb.

  • He just sounds like a little human... :)

  • he is eating the mans thumb!

  • I used to have a budgie that looked exactly like Shakey! :D

  • I love him! Post more? :)

  • :S do this parakeet talk like that??? I tough it was a sound effect... Really I have one in it just make parakeet noise xD...

  • It's my understanding that males talk more than females. I talk to Shakey a lot, repeating words often, and that's why he has such a large vocabulary.

  • very cute! looks like my parakeet!

  • lol he sounded like a broken radio but good video.

  • He sounds like a box of cracker jacks! so

    cute with a clear voice.

    Thankyou for posting

  • The best talker i have heard in a long time :)

  • "Are ya gonna poop?"

  • That is so clear, now my budgie is playing with my necless going crazy because of the sounds in the bird in the wideo, he was not hand fed and he will only sit on my finger but i can not touch him with my fingers, like pet him around the neck like most budgies like, he only bites my fingers, he doesn't kiss them like this one does:( but he kisses my mouth, how can I make him like my hands?

  • LOL english birds are more talented in speaking as german birds xD

  • wow lol cute boy ++++

  • I was just drinking a carbonated water and when Shakey started spinning and making those fast clicky budgie sounds, it nearly came out my nose!!!!

  • Why haven't you posted any more shakey videos? He looks so entertaining and funny, I think it would be fun to see more.

  • it sounds kinda freaky... but still cool.

  • It didn't talk.

    how many months did you tamed it? or did you have it when its still a baby or a young bird? mail me for the answer.

  • omg how did you teach him how 2 do that ive been trying to teach my keets for years

  • I've just talked to him since I first got him when he was a couple of months old. Shakey was hand-fed so was friendly to humans right from the start.

  • there was a long pause then i heard: "you- can't- bite- me"

    cute bird! I LOVE SHAKEY!

  • OMG How did you do that!! Give me tips PLEASE!!!

  • I've just talked to him a lot. He picks up words fast. He is actually a lot more fluent than what you see in this short video. He's an amazing little bird.

  • =O What a smart little bird I have 7 parakeets and none of them are smart enough to talk =[

  • They Won't talk if you have 7,If you only had one and a male and just talking over and over to him he would start talking,but if you have more than one they would rather talk to each other

  • tat bird needs a lady lol

  • KAWAII!!!!but umm ur thumb is it bleeding?

  • No, red ink from a leaky pen.

  • Lol in the end, the bird looks right in de camera like he is thinging: "omg, I got caught!"

  • XDD yes he did look like that at the end

  • hani was here

  • Aw....what a little darling you have there! You must be a most excellent "Dad", because he seems so cheerful, confident and full of enthusiasm. Thankyou for posting this clip, it was a lift to my day.

  • He doesn't mistake for another bird,they like the noise it makes when their beaks hit the nail

  • omg parakeets sound really freaky when they talk...like a ransom tape.

  • haha thats funny man! I was thinking like some playing DJ with voice of the owner but ransom tape is heeeelarious!!

  • Mine does the same and humps!hahhaha

  • "will you talk to me shakey bird?

    huh will ya?"

    XD

    it sounds like hes threating the thumb!!

    XD

  • when he chips it sounds like a tape when you rewind it and it is still playing, i though that was very funny. He is a little spaz too.

  • What a little spaz...I love it!!! I just love this video!!

  • He is so cute!!!

  • what a great bird! Sweet little pet!

  • Very cutee :))..I have question . My bird is overly enjoying her cage and especially the mirrors that she does not even pay attention to me and bites me to be able to get back to her cage :( Shall I remove the mirrors ? What would you recommend?

  • I'd remove it slowly. For example, let her have it all day, then half a day, then the morning only, and finally cut down to no mirror, to avoid separation anxiety.

  • thanks.that is a good idea.

  • hahahhahah! True: I never quite saw it that way until this moment.

  • shakey bird pretty little birdy pretty the shakey bird

    little birdy shakey bird can you talk to me can you stop biteing you better be a good little bird ya little poopoo stop biteing little shakey bird .

  • Whoa, his voice is outstanding, like a creature from out of space!! Cute!

  • How long did it to train him to sit on your finger.

  • woah! he speaks really clear@ great job ^_^!!

  • he sounds like stephen hawkins

  • hey how cute...i love his color as well

  • is that backround u talking? i didnt hear ANY bird in there

  • No, that's the bird only.

  • mashallaah ! He's sooooo cute !

  • did i hear that right? He says "you're gonna be a good little birdie, a good little poo poo???" :D

  • What a clever birdie and how cute. I don't normally like the American accent but on this little cutie it suits him. I grew up with talking budgies so I can tell this is real.

  • my budgie can say his name and thats about it :)

  • Incredibly freaky voice, but adorable. Mine never ever talked but he was the sweetest birdie ever :)