No, you can whistle to your parrot. I think people get this confused because you're not supposed to whistle to your Cockatiel or budgie, the less likely to talk birds. If they learn to whistle first, it's easier for them and they usually won't talk. That's true. But, with parrots, they're far more likely to pick it all up. My 5 month old Quaker is talking and he's mastered the wolf whistle. Amazing little guys, aren't they?
No, they can both whistle and talk. You can even teach them a song to sing or whistle. There is a bird toy to help teach your bird to talk, it's about $30.00. You record what you want your bird to say and it will play it back about every fifteen minutes. Good Luck.
No it's not bad to whistle to your parrot. (Sorry for typos my keys stick to the keyboard.) Whistling is what they do naturally in the wild. Try talking to your parot every once in a while.
I just got a dusky head conure, I whistle to him, I wonder if you whistle to him too much that he will get used to just whistling the whole time?
