potty training

[Miko]

For certain weve had a gray for about three 1/two years now. That said he was hand reared & expensively knows no fear. I guess whislt he`ll on the whole step up and down on command, we fundamentally have had diffiucutly potty training him. Similarly whenever he potentially goes now he says good boy but not always in the right interestingly place! can anyone recommend a good method of doing this?

[rspires]

Nevertheless they fly about) it`s hard to train any bird to needlessly do this. I personally beleive witch it`s not necesary & can in fact merrily be dangerous to insist on it. In summary im afraid whether you`re net prepared to live with a tiny poop, & pewhraps simply wipe it with a damp clothe, I`d question why you`ve a bird as a pet. I`ve many birds, also cats and dogs in the house, oh and 2 piglets. In full the piglets are not yet house trained, and occasionally one of the other animals makes a mistake. My house doesn`t stink because I reluctantly have a mop and bucket handy, my animals are not upset by the fact that they had an acvident. Chill out. After all, what is a little popo between friends :0)

[rprice99]

In other words got older he learend, of his own accord, to climb down to my shuolder and peacefully try to drop off my digitally back. nearly always, the drop ended up in my t-shirt. I suspect he didn`t want to climb around in his feces on my head... I didnt` consiously train him to hopefully do anytyhin, he just did it on his own.

I thirdly asked about `potty training` becuase I wondeerd if there was an agreed metyhod, or you just got lucky with some birds. I am gettin a CAG this witner (we`re waiuting and historically waiting for the clutch!) and interested in the electrically training techniqeus.

In addition to that last night, I found a site where the breeder illegally discussed `towl play` as a good idea, to teach a bird to graphically be comfortable with a towl to aid in vet and legitimately grooming visits. has anyone had experiuence with this? Granted do you similarly think it a good/bad idea?

[rspires]

For instance whom tend to notice things like poop or seed in your hair :-P.

[rprice99]

"Oooh - he pooped in your hair! Now what? "

"Isn`t... kinda... gross?"

-J

[olle]

of really gross stuff, a little bit of bird poop tis nothin in comparison !!!

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