Did you potty train your parrot?

[jousze]

Heyy!
Just a funny post and also a serious question.
First the question:
Did you potty train your parrot? How? With this I mean, does he fly somewhere to poop when he needs? Or at least does he move from your shoulder to not poop on you?

I say this cause Mambo has been 1% potty trained lol.
He knows he has to poop either in his cage, on the top of his cage, or on his stands.
50% of the time he will fly and poop where he has to, and 50% he will stay on me and poop on me, or on the sofa, or fly to the bed and poop there...
It’s quite annoying!!!!! Sometimes he does the things right and sometimes he doesn’t... that’s why I was asking this!

Disclaimer: he doesn’t hold his poop or anything until I tell him “poo”. He poops like every 20 min, and I count more or less and tell him to do it.

 

[Scott]

I've never specifically attempted potty training, but one bird seems to give more signs than others. Gabby tends to squirm a bit, so I experimented and held him over a waste basket or newspaper and commanded "Go poo poo." Now I can read him with nearly 100% certainty and he will wait until he's over a suitable area. Once finished, I state "Good bird" and give him a kiss on the beak.

 

[Flboy]

My JoJo trained himself!

 

[Kiwibird]

We did not deliberately set out to potty train our bird per se, more just didn’t want him pooping everywhere. It was a fairly organic process. Since he is not flighted, I would keep a close eye on him and when I noticed his behavior change right before he pooped, I’d quickly get him to step up and rush him back to his cage, perch, play stand etc... and praise him for going there then bring him back over. It didn’t take very long for him to get the picture. He signals he needs to poop by raising his foot for a ride. He only has an “accident” if we aren’t paying attention and miss his signal, and honestly, I’m fine with that. I always try to pay close attention to my bird when he’s not in one of his designated areas, as should all bird owners. If I miss his signal, it’s my fault not his. Birds should never be trained to poop on command or they may become “over trained” and only poop if you say so, therefore holding it for so long it can become medically dangerous.

 

[dhraiden]

Yes, they both know to associate anything that sounds like 'poop' with an effort to defecate, and furthermore, with being taken out of their cages in the case of Mango, and immediately thereafter, with Mochi.

 

[jousze]

We did not deliberately set out to potty train our bird per se, more just didn’t want him pooping everywhere. It was a fairly organic process. Since he is not flighted, I would keep a close eye on him and when I noticed his behavior change right before he pooped, I’d quickly get him to step up and rush him back to his cage, perch, play stand etc... and praise him for going there then bring him back over. It didn’t take very long for him to get the picture. He signals he needs to poop by raising his foot for a ride. He only has an “accident” if we aren’t paying attention and miss his signal, and honestly, I’m fine with that. I always try to pay close attention to my bird when he’s not in one of his designated areas, as should all bird owners. If I miss his signal, it’s my fault not his. Birds should never be trained to poop on command or they may become “over trained” and only poop if you say so, therefore holding it for so long it can become medically dangerous.

Hmmm, mambo sometimes comes flying to me and directly poops[emoji58]


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[LaManuka]

Hmmm, mambo sometimes comes flying to me and directly poops[emoji58]


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Fang does that to my husband

I’ve never actively potty trained but I’ve had 2 birds that have virtually trained themselves, including Lilly the lorikeet. Considering her size and her liquid poops she’s pretty good and hardly ever poops on me. Fang on the other hand will poop any time any place