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Hi There, I read half of what was said by other folks, but let me tell you from not only a breeder of Aru Eclectus but also a pet owner. Aruensis are not the best talkers of these sub species. I have found from breeding and carring for these guys that SI are the best talkers and normally the males, not females. Redsided are second best talkers but again males not females. Also your female is a SI not Aru although your male does look like a Aru by the pics given.

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nursedebbiepink wrote:the breeder that we got neo from said our voices are too low (never heard of that) they are caged together. we spend a good deal of time with them in the evening out of the cage. we talk directly to them individually. but not a word. they scream at each other tho!! my boyfriend did approximately a years worth of research before he purchased as he wanted to get birds that talked. we love them as our "kids " despite the fact that they are speechless. do you have any suggestions? is there something else we can/should be doing? (btw, veronica seems to be on the verge of saying something... if she learns to talk, do you think she would be able to teach neo?) love this site. thanks....debbie

The breeder was correct, their pitch pattern is higher than that of a normal human, sort of like a small child they will "vocalize" higher. A funny story about the natives of the Southern Pacific region where they are found goes something like; a village elder was taking a walk and heard several children deep in the rain forest talking and playing and knowing that the children shouldn't go that deep into the forest he took off after them. It seems this flock spent a majority of their time near the village and picked up on the children's voices and of course children be children they use to feed this flock on a regular basis. Try playing a few TV shows for children so they can pick up the sounds, believe me this works great! They love to watch TV and they will be talking before you'll know it.

RS Eckies are very good talkers but you probably have the worst set up to get them to talk, Housing them in the same cage will not make them talk any faster. If you had them in different cages you might do better as they will naturally want to communicate with each other. I can see you got both very young, Are you going to breed them?

Really in both scenarios, to make them talk quicker, and to get them to breed later on in life, you should consider separate cages for at least a few years.