How can I encourage my eclectus to talk to me as he used to do instead of being a “closet talker”?
In order to get Jakarta talking to you again, you might try having a talk with him with some very loud noise in the background. You could turn on his favorite music or a tape of himself talking, or you talking, and turn up the volume. It seems to be difficult for parrots to resist talking when loud noise is going on. My gang sounds like a playground full of children when the dishwasher is running or when music of any kind is playing at high volume. While you have the noise factor working for you, repeat some of his favorite words in a loud and enthusiastic tone of voice. I hope that this will help to get him “speaking to you” again. Of course your family might get worried about YOU!
