You don't say what size cage your bird is in. My Rosetta was pooping in her bowl a lot until I realised she was able to swing over the bowl and poop at the same time. I rearranged the cage and things are a bit better. She still poops in her water if she's climbing the cage wires directly above it.
The thing is 'setta's cage is far too small for an active corella. She needs a lot more floor area to be able to run and play. She also needs space to fly from ground to perch in order to get a reasonable amount of exercise during times when she's in her cage (which is most of the time for the moment).
My best advice is to put most of the fun things in your bird's cage on the opposite side to his food and water. I find that placing perches across the diagonal works well (gives the bird max distance to fly or hop-fly between perches), but if you do that, there's always the possibility of pooping in water.
For a Ringneck, I'd say the very smallest cage footbrint would be something like a metre by sixty centimetres (3 foot by 2 foot). Bigger would be better, though.
Oh and PS. The other thing you could consider is to place a platform up level with the bird's main perch and place his water on that. Or, purchase a large, cage-wall-hanging water container big enough for birdie to bathe in.
he's sleeping, so I can't take a picture right now, but this is the cage he's in (24x22)
We all have different advice and opinions, that's what makes this forum strong. You spent a lot if money on a new cage, so you definitely aren't wanting to hear that it's to small. My quakers are in cage with 32 , and one in 34 length, 22 and 22 depth, one is 46 high the other 4o not counting the stand. For me I couldn't put them in something only 24 wide, those extra few inches make a big difference. For me the advice I give is a longer cage would help with popping in the water.. now I have a rescue that climbs from where ever she is , over to her food bowl to poop in it, it's a behavior issue related to her past abuse. You could have a behavior issue as well. Now for me if you are working and your bird is caged all day , two feet wide for a bird larger than my quakers us in my opinion to small. When I first got my GCC I had it in an 18 x18 as that was the recommended size back years ago, and I spent 400 for a California king cage. Thankfully I learned better, and recommendation changes, now my remaining GCC is in a four foot by four foot cage, and she uses every inch of it. I saw the link and the cage you got is beautiful. I look at Avairy picture and wish my birds had that !
I'm home 24/7 and mine are out all day unless I'm too sick to watch them.
That's a nice cage and the playtop allows your bird plenty of chance to play outside when he wants to. You're lucky to have that option as it makes all the difference to a bird's mental health.
I wish I could offer more ideas about the pooping in the water, but if it's continuing, maybe think of adding a bottle-drinker as another member suggested? When you think about it, if your cage floor area is 4sq.ft. and your water container is 1sq.ft., then every time your bird poops, he's got a one-in-four chance of 'enhancing' his water supply. The odds are not that good, are they?
I feel your pain, though. I'm changing Rosetta's water multiple times every day because she turns it into green soup. I'll let you know if I hit upon a scathingly brilliant solution!
