PABoxster

Kim, that has got to be the best reply to my situation I have seen thus far. My wife works from about 6am and gets home around 6ish. I work from home online everyday and I leave to go out of town weds eve and come back thus eve. So I would say Thurs is about the only day he has a poop hold marathon. lol I can not say Lucas is 100% potty trained. He knows the command and does it all the time on his designated perch and he does it whenever he feels like it on top of his cage on the play pen and also on a rope we have in a different location. He unfortunately does it on top of my chair sometimes if we don't catch him quick enough or he will go on the leather couch. We usually can catch the wiggle and rush him to the perch to do his business but not always. So I guess my question for you Kim, is what do you do when you go away for the weekend. Lets say leave very early Sat morning and come back Sun eve? I wired his room with a internet cam so we can watch him when we are not away. I will soon be wiring his room to turn on the radio and lights. We usually have a daylight bulb in his room and leave the tv on when he is in his room. When we are home, he is out of his cage. He is either on top of the playpen, with us in the living room or he sometimes goes back in his cage to hang out. We are a bit worried to board him at the pet store. What do you guys do when you go away from Sat morning to Sun eve? I am scared of other parrots being sick and passing it along to Lucas if we board him at the parrot shop. What are you feelings about this? Thanks so much and sorry for any stupid questions. We just really worry about the little boy :-) Chris

Well, our plans were to have a friend come and check up on him each day, but since they cannot come then we are at home this weekend. Our idea is to have one of our friends take him out and let him poop during the day if possible. We know we can have him stay at the pet store but we are afraid of the same thing there that he will not go in the cage. Also, right now he is trying hard to speak and we don't want him to start screaming like some of the parrots at the pet store. I guess one of the biggest question is. Whomever have had this problem with their grey, what did you end up doing to resolve the problem? I always thought it was not real healthy for them to hold it in?

So do you think it is ok if we leave Lucas in his cage for a weekend trip? We feel so guilty and a bit worried about it. Thanks!

Lucas is about 8 months old now. He is a very good boy. He will go "poopie poopie", which is our command and he knows it. He will do it on the perch, on his play pen on top of his cage. We have another place with a hanging rope that he has no problems going there. But he never goes inside his cage :-( And so my wife and I feel bound to stay home and not be able to go away overnight because we feel bad for him. I have tried putting news paper in the cage. Give him the command in the morning in the cage but no go. :-( I am sure it can not be too healthy for him to hold it. Is there anything we can do? Or is he gonna just start pooping in there if we leave him in there for a weekend getaway like the pet store suggests? I am not sure if I will get an e-mail when someone replies or not on this forum? But my e-mail address is : paboxster@yahoo.com Thanks so much in advance for any help or information. Chris