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daYna
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Hiii.. I wanna know how 2 teach dorY 2 potty train?? Can anybody help me wit that plllllllllllllllllllllllllllz  ..... Is it gonna be hard when she's this young?? (1 year old) |
Thursday May 11, 2006 5:01 pm |
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cockatoo
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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I just put a waste basket by my cockatoo's cage and she used it first thing.
They are super smart and if you hold your 'too over a trash can or waste basket when they have to go, they will catch on really quick.
Now she will hold it while we are driving and wait until I take her out of my truck.
Or I can hold her over a commode and shake her a bit and she'll go.
You just gotta work with them. |
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Thursday May 11, 2006 5:32 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
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I'm sorry to say this, but I wouldn't potty train her. Birds have very short internal tracts (right word?)
But that's just me..  |
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Thursday May 11, 2006 5:36 pm |
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Chaquita's Mom
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Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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Hey Sue, I was wondering about that short internal tracts. Honda, I swear, holds his poop all night long  because in the morning I noticed shortly after I would wake him up he would leave this mammoth sized poop  Bigger that Chaquita's poop! Four times the size Now I've learned to let him poop first in the morning before letting him out of his cage or I might have this big wod to clean off his cage and toys and perches It's weird 
But back to the subject. I feel that potty training is a timing thing. Chaquita poops about every 10-15 minutes and Honda about every 5-10 minutes. If they are on my shoulder, I will take them off about that time and put them on a perch or in their cage. When they poop I praise them and put them back on my shoulder. Me wearing poop is much less frequent  |
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Friday May 12, 2006 12:49 am |
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daYna
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thanx guys.. What do u mean by short internal tracts?? ...... I guess i should save the potty training til she's trained 2 step up anyway.... |
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Friday May 12, 2006 5:02 am |
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shells picasso
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Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
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Food goes through them really quick.
I wouldn't try and train them to hold it in, it wouldn't be good for them but my Picasso I've sort of toilet trained (or he's trained me, not sure which way it went) he now has his favorite spots to poo which I put newspaper or vinyl under, he tends to wait till we stop in the car too because it's easier to concentrate, I also hold him over something before I go in somewhere when we are out so he doesn't go when we are inside.
Work with your birds natural inclinations and give him lots of times and places to go that suit you so he will learn to limit how far and wide he spreads his mess. |
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Friday May 12, 2006 6:04 am |
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daYna
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ooooh.. well thanx 4 the help  |
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Friday May 12, 2006 6:44 am |
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Fluffy Sue
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CM, I know what you mean about holding his poop all night long! Iago does that too!
My point is that birds are made for flight. They should be light. So I think they also have short internal tracts?? I think with short intestines it's not very good to hold poop very long?
I have also heard stories of African greys that would hold there poop that long, so their owner would praise them for pooping somewhere else.
(I find it a little disturbing, can't be right?)
Your potty training thing is something else, which is ok to me.
Sue
PS I hope I'm not rude, sorry if I am?? I found it hard to use the right words here.. |
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Friday May 12, 2006 8:17 am |
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Cheeta
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I think there are two sides to potty training. Go on command when your birds is out is cute, but as long as the bird doesn't think that s/he has to hold it in until you tell him to. birds do have the short intestinal track which is why they go to the toilet so darn often, if a bird is to hold the poop in for too long, it is not good for their health, and some birds as sad as it is, will hold the poop in until the owner says to go.. imagine the pain the bird would be going through if the owner just happen to forget.. or the babysitter forget to because it's not normal routine to them.
i don't train Apollo to poop on command, i just hold him over something or as disgusting as it is... i put my palm under him when i know he's about to go.. and he'll go there, then i wash my hands out afterwards.. i would rather know that my birds can go freely than worrying about getting poop on me.. but that's just me.... |
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Friday May 12, 2006 8:26 am |
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Cathy
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Joined: 02 Apr 2005
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I know when Manu is going to go, by his actions & becuz it's usually about every 20 minutes. So, if I happen to be holding him, I just quickly set him back on one of his perches, & pick him up again afterward. Or, if he is on the furniture, I set a newspaper or paper towel under him.
He & Jennie also plop a big one every morning when I let them out of their cages. But there is also a pile under where they sleep at night, so I know they don't hold it all nite. |
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Friday May 12, 2006 11:42 am |
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shells picasso
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Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
Location: Sydney |
OMG Horus used to hold his in too, when I took him out in the morning he would let loose, jet propelled poop, lorakeet style. Really heavy sleeper Horus, all I could get out of him asleep was "squeek, squeek" really wore himself out during the day. |
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Friday May 12, 2006 12:32 pm |
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Cheeta
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LOL.. that Horus.. actually it's like my mum's lories... at anytime that I bring them out of the cage, I always say 'shoot', and the next second, they'll shoot literally on to the newspaper!!! LOL... and it's HUGE!!! Apollo poo through the night I think... he never poo when i get him out in the morning.. there's always lots of poop under where he stands to sleep.. He's a light sleeper... |
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Friday May 12, 2006 3:07 pm |
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daYna
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Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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nooo ur not being rude sue .. hmm...... maybe it would be better not 2 potty train her. But when she learns 2 step up she'll be all around the house n i wouldnt want her pooping on everything |
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Saturday May 13, 2006 10:06 am |
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fionam
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Well Pi poos whenever and where ever he likes - I am sorry to say that this is part of being a parront..
I have never even thought of potty training.. I just have big boxes of tissues every where..
Pi poops all night as well as the 2 places that he sleeps everynight have large piles underneath him...
just thought that I would share as Pi does with me 
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Saturday May 13, 2006 10:34 am |
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daYna
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Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Posts: 138
Location: Saudi Arbia |
well i guess it's not suchu big deal!! |
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Saturday May 13, 2006 11:39 am |
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