Potty Training an Eclectus

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Well guys, I think Iā€™ve potty trained my boy. Twice today heā€™s flown from wherever I was playing with him back to his cage, pooped, and then he flew back to me and settled back down. He hasnā€™t pooped on me in over two weeks. A few times Iā€™ve brought him back to his cage, said Bombs Away!, and heā€™s immediately pooped. He poops freely when heā€™s on his perch or on his cage. Iā€™m pretty stoked. His poops are monstrous compared to my budgies šŸ˜‚ please enjoy this photo of him enjoying Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with me šŸ„°
 

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Hahaha, I say "bombs away" with Tucker too. :) He gives me the tail wag warning that it's coming, and I take him somewhere appropriate and say it. So funny. He also has a thing about not pooping in the shower, and waits until he's back to his cage after shower time to unload. Smart little buggers :)
 
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Hahaha, I say "bombs away" with Tucker too. :) He gives me the tail wag warning that it's coming, and I take him somewhere appropriate and say it. So funny. He also has a thing about not pooping in the shower, and waits until he's back to his cage after shower time to unload. Smart little buggers :)
Iā€™m still getting Taco used to the shower. He is not a fan of being wet. He needs more baths, I know itā€™s tremendously important but he gets so irritated.
 

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Yup, they're picky. Keep trying different ways of bathing him. Everything plays into it: type of spray/mist, bowl size/shape/color if he uses one, water temperature, time of day, all of it. Eventually you'll hit on something that he likes.
 
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Yup, they're picky. Keep trying different ways of bathing him. Everything plays into it: type of spray/mist, bowl size/shape/color if he uses one, water temperature, time of day, all of it. Eventually you'll hit on something that he likes.
He doesnā€™t have a choice at the moment. He gets misted every other day on the back porch at 2 pm because thatā€™s optimal sunning time. Then he stays in the sun until heā€™s completely dry and then the back door is opened so he can go inside if he wants. We live in Florida so he spends a lot of time on the porch talking to sandhill cranes
 

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That's exciting to be able to deal with less messes. We didn't train our boy, but he hasn't pooped on me in a couple of years. we put paper down where he likes to go, so I guess he's trained us.
 

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