Grrrrrrr. Has anyone walked into the petshop and seen the owner giving false information ? I went to the pet shop near me and saw a guy trying to buy a baby boy budgie to teach it how to talk for his 2 year old daughter. I was looking at the conditions of the budgies there. The cages were still the same way that they have been for years! I don't mean inside the cages, which all small, but in between them. The gunk in there is unbelievable! Anyway, the guy asked for a budgie that he could teach to talk and the owner said that a really old FEMALE budgie always sat on her hand. Anyway, I quickly pointed out the beak problems and that it was breathing very heavily. The guy, thankfully took my advice. Then he was shown another old female! He asked the petshop owner if it would talk and she said, 'oh yes! Of course! no doubt about it!' As the owner was packing the bird into a box, I tried to tell the man that it probably wouldn't ever even imitate anything, but he just said, 'Of course it will talk, I think that lady there knows more than you. Anyway, my mate has one and it talks!' Those were his exact words! Before I could point out the reasons why she wouldn't talk, the lady gave me the evil eye and lead the man over to the counter. I just hate it when nobody takes my advice because I'm a kid!

Very annoying but at the same time he didn't want to listen

There are good Pet Shops ... and then there are the rest.

 

Ratzy, you did the right thing - pity the poor guy who knew best and will be sitting in front of a bird cage for some time to come trying to get that bird to say something!

Grrrrrrrr. I just hate people who don't listen to me because a grown up said differently. I do pity the poor man, but it was for his kid.

I agree with speaking out when people are being sold old birds as babies etc etc

 

BUT Ratzy......................females DO talk Admittedly not older ones being passed off as trainable babies

 

..........BUT females do talk. The thing about only males being talkers is an old wives tale.

Edited January 28, 201015 yr by KAZ
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Good on you for trying to set the record straight Ratzy. And just for the record, people don't hear what they don't want to hear no matter who delivers the information!

I agree with speaking out when people are being sold old birds as babies etc etc BUT Ratzy......................females DO talk Admittedly not older ones being passed off as trainable babies..........BUT females do talk. The thing about only males being talkers is an old wives tale.

Sorry , I guess I believed it. But they don't talk as much as males, do they?Thankyou nubbly5.

I agree with speaking out when people are being sold old birds as babies etc etc BUT Ratzy......................females DO talk Admittedly not older ones being passed off as trainable babies..........BUT females do talk. The thing about only males being talkers is an old wives tale.

Sorry , I guess I believed it. But they don't talk as much as males, do they?Thankyou nubbly5.

Because so many people believe that females dont talk, they dont bother trying to teach them

GENERALLY male budgies are nicer and less aggressive and USUALLY easier to hand tame. Thats why people say that males are better as pets. Female budgies still do mimick quite well and some have made good pets but not as a general rule.

Because so many people believe that females dont talk, they dont bother trying to teach them

 

We are talking about budgies here aren't we?!?!?!

Edited January 31, 201015 yr by KAZ
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Because so many people believe that females dont talk, they dont bother trying to teach them

 

We are talking about budgies here aren't we?!?!?!

 

 

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snh snh snh - that's most mens wish isn't it?!

kaz is right sex has no real structure on what a baby bird will learn infact my friends aviry its mainly here hens who com sit on her for companionship

the cocks come once the girls fly down to her

my friend when i was young i gave her one my birds she tamed it from 6 weeks old it could write a dictionary i think it said that much

they kept it in the main area where everyone conversed and lots was repeated to it by all that walked passed

it did not become nasty however i do know some hens are head strong but cocks can be also

not all my chicks make it to tame pets i asses their personality at two weeks sometimes sooner if they show inquisitive behavior i then strt to handle them more than the others

both males and females talk and make loving pets