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Ag_86
Bappie
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
Posts: 77
Location: Mississauga, ON |
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has potty trained their grey. I don't mean like going on command but, going only inside the cage or only on newspaper. I knew a pearly conure that potty trained himself and would get really fussy after about 30minutes and had to go back to his cage to relieve himself. No one taught him to do it. Pretty cool! Is there any good method to teach my grey to go where I want her to go aka not on me? |
Friday September 29, 2006 1:03 am |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
Altough I have never done it before Heartman is a trusted breeder here in Ohio try this link
http://theparrotuniversity.com.....ining.html
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Friday September 29, 2006 11:48 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7405
Location: Canada, Toronto |
You have to be careful with potty training, and I personally don't recommend it. Your bird can learn to poop on command only and if you're not always there to give the command, for example when you're at work, you parrot may hold his poop for a long period of time. Since parrots have a really short digestive system, this can cause serious problems wich can cause paralysis or need for surgery. I think a better idea is to learn to see the signs of when you're parrot is about to poop, and just move him quickly to where you want him to poop. This works for me. |
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Saturday September 30, 2006 1:10 pm |
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Jrmno1
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Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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Location: Ohio, USA |
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quote:
Originally posted by shirin
You have to be careful with potty training, and I personally don't recommend it. Your bird can learn to poop on command only and if you're not always there to give the command, for example when you're at work, you parrot may hold his poop for a long period of time. Since parrots have a really short digestive system, this can cause serious problems wich can cause paralysis or need for surgery. I think a better idea is to learn to see the signs of when you're parrot is about to poop, and just move him quickly to where you want him to poop. This works for me.
Shirin,
I do not dout what you say, it is just that I have never heard of such a thing. Could you give me a link, just a strating point to research this. We currently don't have any birds we are train for this, although, if it would not harm them it would be nice to have some control over where they go. A Friend has a GW that is trained using the method described in the link I posted here..
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Saturday September 30, 2006 5:39 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7405
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Hi John,
I read this a long time ago, and my vet has the same opinion. I will try to find a link or something. But keep in mind that this doesn't happen in every case, in fact in most cases I've heard that potty training doesn't always work. But sometimes birds learn to hold it until they've been given the command to poop, and this can be dangerous. |
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Saturday September 30, 2006 5:46 pm |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
Thats interesting Shirin..My conure is potty trained and will go on command but I didn't teach him. Petrie will only poop if he has poop in him when you tell him to..he will go on his own too. |
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Saturday September 30, 2006 7:07 pm |
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Ag_86
Bappie
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
Posts: 77
Location: Mississauga, ON |
I have heard that when you teach them on command they can get constipated or sick if they don't go while you aren't there to tell them too. I was thinking more along the lines of learning to go on just newspaper or only in their cage. I read in a book that grey are very festidious(I'm not sure if that's spelt right) so they can be taught to poop on a specific surfaces or materials. I don't want to teach her to go on command as I would feel uncomfortable with the possiblity. |
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Sunday October 1, 2006 12:57 am |
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Ag_86
Bappie
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
Posts: 77
Location: Mississauga, ON |
Well, I have been watching Kya's pooping habits very closely lately. It seems she holds it in when she is in her cage and makes larges poops infrequently. On the other hand, when she is out she makes small poops about every 20 minutes. The only way I can catch her pooping in her cage is when I am eating something and she wants it. She gets so excited that she poops. I haven't even started trying to potty train her and she does the complete oppisite of what I want her to do. I want her to poop a lot in her cage and not often on me. Sometimes she will just crawl over onto me while she is out playing and just poop right after she gets on me. It is almost like she does it on purpose. |
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Tuesday October 10, 2006 5:47 pm |
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Jrmno1
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Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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Location: Ohio, USA |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ag_86
Well, I have been watching Kya's pooping habits very closely lately. It seems she holds it in when she is in her cage and makes larges poops infrequently. On the other hand, when she is out she makes small poops about every 20 minutes. The only way I can catch her pooping in her cage is when I am eating something and she wants it. She gets so excited that she poops. I haven't even started trying to potty train her and she does the complete oppisite of what I want her to do. I want her to poop a lot in her cage and not often on me. Sometimes she will just crawl over onto me while she is out playing and just poop right after she gets on me. It is almost like she does it on purpose.
Don't you know better then to menation the word "Poop" on this site.... 
Misty our CAG does the samething....Waits until she get out of her cage. She loves nothing better then to get over head and let lose. Keep me up to date on your training, (Before Carries CAG has a strange accident) 
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