Teach your parrot to speak Teach your parrot to speak When you're training your parrot, you'll want to set aside regular times during your day during which you can work with your animal. You'll also want to have plenty of treats on hand to reward good behavior.
Parrots are territorial.
They want to be in charge of their cage. Then open their cage, put your hand out and let it walk out onto your hand. Parrots are known to snap at anything that annoy them. And a hand reaching into their cages often does just that. So, many trainers have gone to using a stick instead of a hand from which the parrot can learn commands.