Who here has house birds

[Ascholten]

yes he is. He'll tell me if he has to go and I move him over a can,or in my case, over a burlap sack I have on the ground around his cage (to catch poo) if he's not already somewhere where he can just go, like the top of his cage or his perch, which are 'poo zones' the middle of the carpet, my lap, on company's arm, is a NO POO zone

Aaron

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

yes he is. He'll tell me if he has to go and I move him over a can,or in my case, over a burlap sack I have on the ground around his cage (to catch poo) if he's not already somewhere where he can just go, like the top of his cage or his perch, which are 'poo zones' the middle of the carpet, my lap, on company's arm, is a NO POO zone

Aaron

That's cool! My mango wad supposedly potty trained to "poop on demand" but he was not.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Does anyone have love birds?

 

[Tami2]

@Overo Mare

Just got home bed time for them.

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Cuban Amazon

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Yellow Nape Amazon

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African Grey

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Yellow Shouldered Amazon

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Sun Conure isn't cooperating.

How old is your Grey? My Levi is 6.
What are their names?

 

[Miami Leghorn]

How old is your Grey? My Levi is 6.
What are their names?

I believe he's 12 yrs old,give or take.
Talks your ear off. Jump started at 2yrs old. Repeated things that we only could remember through him that we said it was hilarious.

 

[kcan2]

yes he is. He'll tell me if he has to go and I move him over a can,or in my case, over a burlap sack I have on the ground around his cage (to catch poo) if he's not already somewhere where he can just go, like the top of his cage or his perch, which are 'poo zones' the middle of the carpet, my lap, on company's arm, is a NO POO zone

Aaron

I'm totally behind on this thread, Paco is a cockatoo, right? He sounds so smart! Do you think it's even remotely possible to potty train something as small as a parrotlet? Mine normally poops every 12min or so, but never where it's appropriate!

 

[Ascholten]

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. it just takes time, every bird really can be trained I believe with the right conditioning. I had a parakeet, many many years ago who was almost potty trained. he would sit on the TV ariel in my bedroom and I had a can beneath it and put two pieces of tape on the ariel, if he was between them he'd poo in the can. he would fly there or move over between the tape to dump. It just takes time and of course each bird is different.

Aaron

yes, Paco is a Moluccan Cockatoo.

 

[Fwoof]

Does anyone have love birds?

Spoiler: Don't be offended by this post if you love lovebirds

In my opinion Lovebirds should be called hatebirds. I had one named Eclipse that was a sweet little girl at first. But overtime she started taking over the aviary. pecking budgies, hogging food, and worst of all... I had a baby budgie named Pollyanna that was the sweetest and most beautiful budgie I ever had. But Eclipse did not like her, because Polly was still getting used to flying and stayed in her nest box with her mom. But one day when her mom was out getting food, Eclipse sneaked into Polly's nest box, and just because the nest she wanted was occupied, she litterally TORE off Pollyanna's BEAK and threw her out of the box! I was both heartbroken and furious when I found poor Polly injured. I got rid of Eclipse and gave Polly medical help at once. Polly lasted a month without a beak, and I my hopes for her surviving were high. But a couple of days after her death, she always wheezed and fell off her perch. I found her dead at the bottom of the aviary, even angrier at Eclipse than ever. If you read this, do not be angry at me. I can not like Lovebirds and that is my oppinion, and I am sure there are many sweet ones out there. But I hope that some people who were thinking about getting a lovebird second guess.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I'm totally behind on this thread, Paco is a cockatoo, right? He sounds so smart! Do you think it's even remotely possible to potty train something as small as a parrotlet? Mine normally poops every 12min or so, but never where it's appropriate!

Well, I don't know with a parrotlet they are smart but u don't think they could learn that. It's worth a try I guess

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Spoiler: Don't be offended by this post if you love lovebirds

In my opinion Lovebirds should be called hatebirds. I had one named Eclipse that was a sweet little girl at first. But overtime she started taking over the aviary. pecking budgies, hogging food, and worst of all... I had a baby budgie named Pollyanna that was the sweetest and most beautiful budgie I ever had. But Eclipse did not like her, because Polly was still getting used to flying and stayed in her nest box with her mom. But one day when her mom was out getting food, Eclipse sneaked into Polly's nest box, and just because the nest she wanted was occupied, she litterally TORE off Pollyanna's BEAK and threw her out of the box! I was both heartbroken and furious when I found poor Polly injured. I got rid of Eclipse and gave Polly medical help at once. Polly lasted a month without a beak, and I my hopes for her surviving were high. But a couple of days after her death, she always wheezed and fell off her perch. I found her dead at the bottom of the aviary, even angrier at Eclipse than ever. If you read this, do not be angry at me. I can not like Lovebirds and that is my oppinion, and I am sure there are many sweet ones out there. But I hope that some people who were thinking about getting a lovebird second guess.

Oh no, I'm so sorry that's so sad. RIP Polly