Problem description:

How to train myna to speak?

Analysis:

What should I pay attention to when training myna to speak?

1, training pronunciation to avoid teaching ambiguous pronunciation.

When training myna to speak, be sure to coach in a quiet room. Noise can easily hinder myna's memory of words. In addition, we should avoid teaching difficult or unclear pronunciation, and it is better to teach some clean words.

2. Teach myna to speak on an empty stomach.

It takes 10 days to train myna to speak, and it can be taught in almost one sentence. The training period is about half a year after it molts, and its memory is particularly good. Especially after giving it a bath or on an empty stomach, it is best to train it. It is better to train women or children with high notes than those with low notes.

3, insist on feeding the baby myna with the palm of your hand, so that it depends on your hand from an early age.

When myna can walk, it begins to train itself to jump into your hand to find food. The way is, when Hachi is hungry, just call Hachi's name and lure him with food. Touch it when you feed it, and when it grows up, touch it gently with your hand, and it won't escape. Line into a fixed conditioned reflex.

When Hachi can basically fly, he has also developed certain habits. Then fly it to your hand with worms to eat, so that after a period of training and laying a good foundation as a child, Hachi will be very obedient. No matter whether you reach out or call its name, Hachi will fly obediently.

The third stage: highlighting the language theme.

⑴ This stage lasts about 2 months [i.e. birds are born in March to April]. A month later, crested hair began to grow, indicating that the growth of birds is about to enter the youth stage. From the perspective of * * * language, it is a very important enlightenment period, which will lay a good foundation for the later * * *, so I put emphasis on language teaching at this stage.

I conducted a comparative experiment between the two groups. One group started listening to tapes every day from mid-August (two months later), and the other group started from mid-August (three months later). Play "Welcome" not less than three times a day, each time for not less than one hour. And insist on beating myna when she is hungry, and then feed her.

(2) I expected these starlings to follow the recording, so I didn't teach them face to face until early June 1 1. Later, I found the voice of a myna and decided to start face-to-face teaching.

The effect is satisfactory. I learned to say hello the day I got the first one from my mother's house! Then I took out more than 10, all of which were 1 ~ 2 days before I learned to say hello, and a few days later I learned to say welcome.

Although there is no difference between the comparative experiments, I still find that early education is particularly important in speaking to myna.

In addition, up to now (65438+20041mid-October), by counting the speaking time of myna in batches, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the most sensitive time for myna to learn to speak is after growing a crested hair, that is, when myna is 4 ~ 6 months old! Missed this period of time, myna learned to speak for a relatively long time, although she still listened to tapes every day.

(3) * * * Language time and manner:

Every morning and evening is definitely a good time, especially when myna is scrambling to sing. After listening to the recording, I will imitate it before the next sentence of the recording comes out. So according to this situation, I chose the time to play the recording and the interval of each sentence.

Face-to-face teaching, at first, as long as myna pays attention, I will give it worms to eat after several times. Every time myna answers, I want to reward bugs in time. I rarely only talk to myna bugs, or I don't reward myna for responding.

In practice, I found that teaching talking myna is much faster than teaching myna who can't talk face to face. So I suggest buying at least two myna, which can save a lot of time and energy in teaching myna to speak.

It is a common regret that myna doesn't speak as loudly as myna. I have made a lot of observations and inquiries, and I have personal experience. I think this problem is caused by the speaker's low voice.

I met three myna who can only speak 10 ~ 20 sentences. One was raised by an old couple. First, the old couple raised them and taught them to talk to their grandchildren; One is raised and taught by young people. The first voice is very small; Second, if there is only one, the voice is very high; The third didn't whisper.

So I always teach myna to speak loudly. * * * Be patient and persistent. It is not advisable to be cold and hot, and to be near and far away. Although myna's own qualities are different and there are great differences in learning to speak, there is nothing myna can't say. In addition, through the efforts of external factors, it may also prompt myna to stimulate its internal potential in this regard. Besides, myna also has the phenomenon of "speaking late" like people, so we can't give up myna's language easily.

Frankly speaking, we have to admit that birds have a series of "unique skills". The eighth generation of the "court bird trainer" was invited to Chengdu from Tianjin on the eve of the National Day the year before last, and taught a Thai stork to say a few words in just a few days. It is a pity that "unique skills" have only been handed down by ancestors, and the majority of bird lovers can only do their best. I believe that this "unique skill" is also constantly improving, otherwise it will have no vitality. In today's information age, the mystery of "unique skills" will be completely solved in the near future.

1. myna's choice.

1. The myna who is going to teach should choose the young bird with full feathers, and the old bird is generally not taught because of its slow response.

2. Domesticating myna should choose varieties with topaz, orange feet and smooth and shiny feathers.

3. The mouth is big, the tongue is fleshy, soft, short and round.

4. It has the characteristics of meekness, tameness and not shyness.

2. Preparation before teaching.

Before teaching, let myna live a stable life in a cage or on a shelf, not easy to be frightened and tamed, and willing to get close to people. Myna should be able to tame a person's hand, touch its head or front back, let go of its anklet and not fly away. The teaching effect of myna is the best.

3. Twist your tongue.

Starlings need to twist their tongues before they can teach human languages. Twisting the tongue is to cut the bird's tongue into a circle with scissors. The best way to operate is for two people to cooperate. One person gently holds the bird's body with his hand, the other person holds the bird's head forward from the neck with his left hand, and the left index finger and thumb are inserted from both sides of the bird's mouth to open the bird's mouth. After the mouth is opened, stick some incense ashes (mosquito-repellent incense ashes and cigarette ashes) on the index finger of the right hand, so that the incense ashes wrap the bird's tongue, and then twist two fingers left and right. With the intensity from light to heavy, the tongue end will take off a layer of tongue shell and there will be slight bleeding. This is a normal phenomenon. Put some purple liquid on it and put it back in the cage. Steamed corn with egg yolk can be used as feed. After an interval of half a month, the second rubbing was carried out by the above method, but only a thin and incomplete film could be rubbed out this time. After another half month's rest, we can talk about teaching.

Fourth, training methods.

1. Training myna to learn words must start with young birds. Every time a young bird comes out of the cage 15 minutes or so, put some food that the bird likes around the cage, so that it can be trained repeatedly. (The weather is cool in the morning and evening in summer, and it should be at noon in winter, but it is cold in the north, which is more difficult in winter, so as to achieve the reflection condition that young birds can enjoy food when they are released or put in cages. When chicks learn to fly, the time reflex conditions are basically consolidated at this stage, and the training is more than half successful. In the future, every time you fly out of the cage, you should pay attention to reducing the vibration. Don't be locked in the cage for a long time, which will affect reflection and consolidate the results. After successful training, don't forget to put some insects in the cage as a reward.

2. Time. Morning is the best, because birds are most active in the morning, when birds are not full, and the teaching effect is good.

3. Environment. Be quiet, no noise and conversation, otherwise it will easily distract the birds and let them learn the sounds they shouldn't learn. So it's best to choose to teach in a quiet room.

4. content. Choose simple abbreviations at the beginning, such as "Hello", "Welcome", "Goodbye", "Bye bye" and "Thank you". Pay attention to accurate, clear and slow pronunciation. Don't use dialects. It's better to use Mandarin. Repeat the same words every day and consolidate after learning. If you play it with a tape recorder, the effect will be better and it will be more labor-saving. Generally, birds can learn by teaching 1 week or so. You can consolidate the theory for a few days and then teach the second sentence. If birds are more sensitive, they can also be taught simple songs. During teaching, birds should not be allowed to hear boring or inappropriate sentences. Birds' learning language is particularly sensitive in a short time, and it is easy to imitate all kinds of external sounds at this time. Once this sensitive period is discovered, we should seize it in time and make good use of it.