Quite a handy Pet Trick when you don't care to be covered in green slime!
1. Put the bird on the ground (For some reason putting them on the ground stimulates them to poopy.)
2. Give it "the command" - whatever you want the bird to respond to - I use "go potty". It can be whatever - "rocket" "bomb" "poop" "shhhhiiiiitakkkeee mushrooms" "Poo, Todd, Poo".
3. Watch for "the wiggle" which can look like any of the following: scooting backwards, shaking tail from side to side, squatting-commonly accompanied by a slight raising of the wings. Birds tend to do "the wiggle" a few seconds before they bomb.
4. Repeat "the command" until your bird does "the wiggle" and produces a "bomb".
5. As soon as the "bomb" hits the ground pick your bird up and give him lots of praise "Good Poo, Todd".
6. Repeat the above approximately every 15-20 minutes when the bird's out with you.
Birds have evolved to poop often so they are light for flight (whoa! I'm a poet and didn't even know it!). That's why you have to let them go to a poo spot every 15-20 minutes. While they can hold it for a lot longer, they don't tend to without a good reason. Your shoulder is not a good reason. It's a convenient branch to poo on.
Learn what your bird's wiggle looks like and you can save yourself a lot of laundry - if you're quick you can scoop your bird off of you before the bomb's released.
Funny lol i will use "FIRE!!"
ReplyDeleteMy Quacker (yes, QUACKer, LOL!), neither wiggles, backs, lifts his wings or shakes his tail. HIS poop signal is a puff of his feathers followed by a squat and an almost imperceptible tail lift as he drops his load. Darn bird, you can almost set a timer by him too... every 7-8 minutes. My conure (half his size) will hold her poos for up to an hour, but not him! Micro poops - every 7-8 minutes... god bless him!
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