Our love bird is used to having total freedom in our house and we just moved into our first home. I have heard you can train them to go in one place I have no idea how old he is but he is very intelligent and picks up on new things very fast. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
2006-12-12 03:20:40 · 5 answers · asked by prettybird 4 in Pets ➔ Birds
My peachface, Simon, is six years old now. I had him trained when he was about a year. I got sick of being pooped on so i payed attention to how often he went poop. Its about every ten to twenty minutes usually. Well after 10 minutes i would hold him over a napkin and say "Go Poop". He usually had to go by this time anyways so it eventually became a habit of his to poop on a napkin. Now that he is older, he has a playgym in our dining room. He has a seperate coner with a napkin on it and he alwyas goes there to do his duty. Its not hard training a bird to go potty, but it does take a little patience because they are like children. Good luck and dont let anyone tell you it cant be done.
2006-12-12 04:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by Pinky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First answer may be on to something I not know.
I have assumed Birds really not have much control in this area. We can hold it, to an extent, where a bird just goes when the feeling hits. This why I prefer a smaller bird for a free flier in the house (Cockatiel and down). If, they healthy then it easy clean up, even on your shoulder, just walk to the trash, jiggle shirt and it drop off. Now what I have observed was a perch I made. If, I put it somewhere like a window or where the people are. The bird seem to stay there more and thus poop there more. But, if the perch in another room the bird going to come where the action is.
2006-12-12 03:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be very patient till he connects the word you choose, to do what he does. My friend uses the word 'release' & the bird will go on here command when she says that to him. She is very careful to say that when he is over paper!
2006-12-12 03:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by bobmacmac 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i always heard that you can't potty train a bird b/c they just poop...like they can't control it, ya know???
good luck if you can!!!
2006-12-12 03:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by joey322 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try this website http://www.clickertraining.com
2006-12-12 03:25:50 · answer #5 · answered by sugarcarat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋