Moon's Graden

I have a 3 1/2 month old male budgie. I would like to get him a friend
but I am scared that if I get another then neither of them will ever
talk. I would probably get another male. I have heard that of you get
more than one then they just chirp at each other and won't talk. Is this
true???

I know that talking isn't supposed to be the basis on buying a bird, but
in this case it is. I would like a second one, but not if it is goind to
affect my first one's talking ability.

Thanks-

Renae

I hope you don't feel bad, here.

You didn't really buy the bird to hear it talk, did you?  Maybe that was
one of the reasons that you decided on a bird as opposed to another pet,
but my guess is that you wanted a companion of some sort and it was a
big plus if the cute little sucker could also converse with you! :)

You shouldn't feel "shallow" if a talking bird is a high priority with
you.  Actually, that's probably pretty common.

I think the problem is that if you feel disappointed in the bird
if he/she doesn't talk, then the bird will realize that you don't
like him/her so much anymore.  

I'm serious.  The bird will sense your emotions.  

And the bird will feel bad.

And the bird will lose his/her self-esteem.

And the bird will bite you.

And you will deserve it, then.

So ....

        keep talking to your birdie buddy.  

Someone else will have to help you with whether having another bird
will stop your little one from talking.  I'm just a single birdie and
I really don't have any compelling reason to talk.  Actually, most of
the time I don't even have to tweet.  My human and I communicate
telepathically:)

I still get petted every morning and night from my human, though.

Take care, Renae

Dusty
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I CAN FLY, I CAN FLY
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Oops, shouldn't have yelled that.
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Well, I received a *** email message in response to it.  Maybe I didn't
make myself clear.  Anyways the person requested a public apology to the
group for flaming her.

I did not mean this as a flame to Renae and I do apologize if that is how it
came across.  If that is the case, tehn let me explain myself more.

Here was my post (in case some of you can't retrieve it)

Now this next part probably is where the "flame" concept came from.
If that is true, then I guess it is a flame.  If Renae won't like her
bird because it doesn't talk, then it IS A FLAME.  

BUT, I don't think this is the case with her.  

Anyways, I wouldn't mind being a bird for real.  :)

Think I'll pass on that professional help.

Patrick Nunez

Jane ( a Dusty fan)

We still love Dusty the-tiel,
Zeynep the-human&Erik the-lutino&Karadut the-gray&Humayun
the-dictator(oops, I mean the-husband)

I read your (Dusty's) post when it was posted and it did not seem at all
flaming to me.  If the person you were responding to *felt* flamed, I'm
guessing that it was a reaction to their own feelings about wanting a
talking bird.  I don't think you were flaming at all.

Second, I agree with you that the bird may know it's unloved.

Third, to the original poster,if you want your budgie to talk, you do
need to wait before getting a second bird (or it will never feel a need
to learn "human")

Forth, if a talking bird was that high of a priority, a budgie wasn't the
best choice.  Some budgies are fabulpus talkers, but they are the
minority.  Many, many pet budgies *never* learn to talk.

Finally, birds usuallu only learn to talk if they are socialized and want
attention/raise from their humans.  If this budgie isn't already loved
and played with now, it won't have much reason to pick up speech.  Of
course, we will assume that the budgie's person knows this and plays with
the bird already.

If I've offended, flame away (but do take it to email so the rest of the
group won't need to read it).  I do think the original poster was a
little over-sensitive.

Patrick,  do be careful not to let your guise as a 'tiel make you feel
safe about saying things you wouldn't say as a human, though.  :)

 Dawn

To keep things straight, though, it was not Renae that was upset at me.

Patrick (nearabouts Detroit, where it is very cold this morning.)