Kalu Talks

[Sidcup12]

it didn't talk...why does the title say it talks?

[JenJW]

Beautiful bird!  Our senegal parrot, Loki, doesn't talk but makes all kinds of sounds.

[Metal5Dark]

yeh they live up to 50 years to 2 years is yooooung

so mine is 10month so says the pet shop staff

but hes a slow eater and a weak climber and brealy intract with toys ?

so is it just his pearsonalty or its his age ? and hes tame and i got him 2 days ago

so info plz !!!

[ninja6kid]

um it didint talk...

[NillyTales]

Do Senegal Parrots like to be in pairs?

[EscortSportDriver]

aw you have similar as mine, mine was given to me by my fiance's mom and i also have cockatiels and the jenday conure. mine mocks both of them, their scream espically the conure and mine also talks alot, mostly sound effect noise like door creak, wolf whistle, actual kiss sound, saying eww, whistling for the dogs, laughs and alot more. mines also DNA sexed as female. she bobs head and drops her wings real low alot of times.

[juuliaaxo]

Hes soo cute i got a bird just like him it works to say step up to get him out of his cage but you finger on his belly and say step up when he bites calmly say no ow no ow constently and he will learn he also whislte tweet twoo hold a treet in ur hand then whislt then give it to him and he will learn same with talking

[HemNtjrSeth]

Oh grow up already. Immaturity is not amusing.

[JuhaVnt]

and you are the one to recommend that i should grow up? maybe in your country it´s like that, but mua ei vittuukaa kiinnosta sun kommenttis!!!

[OhWhatACutie]

Lol that's funny :p

[TropicalParadiseBird]

Okay I dont know how to delete my post above, but stop sending me mail saying im wrong. I know im wrong I researched more afterwards...please leave me alone

[TropicalParadiseBird]

Your friends parrot is a male senegal. Females dont have the V shape green feathers on their tummy. You can sex red bellies by males and their red chests and females dont.

hes a cutie btw

[Amagire]

Hi, I'm illucian's roommate. Kalu is DNA-sexed female. Additionally, she is in love with me, and she is a GIRL. Seriously. Trust me. ;>

[Hillarious87]

Um thats 100% wrong, sorry. Male AND female sennies have the V on their chest. Red Bellied Parrots are sexually dimorphic, Sennies are not.

[pinkpearlbutterfly]

I know for sure that females tend to have less orange and males more. There might be exceptions, that usually works in most cases. :)

[chavakiah07]

kalu is very sweet

[proviewsg]

Kalu is amazing. My uncle recently adopted a 2 year old Senegal. But i wonder whether is still possible to train the bird to talk when he's already 2years old?

[Illucian]

It definitely is. :) Two years old is barely puberty for a Senegal parrot, and in fact, Kalu is now three! They learn through their whole lives. From the time we started taking care of Kalu to a year later when she went back home with her actual owner, she learned so many new words and sounds. So it's definitely possible! They tend to be shy about it, though, and it may take them a while to get comfortable talking around people.

[proviewsg]

Ic. Any possible warm-up training that I can introduce to my uncle's Senegal?

[pinkpearlbutterfly]

there's the "step-up" (though I don't recommend it for people with slender fingers... if your finger it small enough to fit in it's beak then it'll bite sometimes and it hurts! trust me, I know) or the towel(they love that) :)

[senegalprt]

my senegal talks like 10 words and he talks loud.

senegals sould actually start talk young enough..

[daveythewavey19]

my senegal talks but its garbbled and sometimes he whistles the tune of the speech instead of saying the words. He says, "Hello," and "Howdy Ho!"

[Zfrk]

how old is yours? Mine is about 9 years old and isn't talking yet. He does alot of imitations though. Microwave, door hinges, house alarm, phone, tv laugh track, our late cockatiel and the cadence to our dog's name. But no words yet.

[cohencm]

how'd u teach the senegal to talk?

[sweetroar]

YAY! I heard that meow!