Nychsa Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Greetings everyone! I've never imagined myself posting about birdie poop but this is exciting stuff! Two weeks ago Bella proudly announced every time she had to poop - she's day "Poop Poop" in a high excited voice. The problem was, she would do that sitting on my shoulder, on my lap, or anywhere else she happened to be (I've been going through some sanitation wipes and detergent lately LOL!). Today she was in my lap and I saw her get into position and I put her on her table top perch before she had a chance to do bombs away and I said "do poop poop" and she promptly went. We made such a big deal about it, she tried out that success story 6 more times this evening! Now if I can repeat putting her on her perch, and telling her to go "poop poop" and she does it, even getting a little out even though she didn't really have to go, I'd say we have success no? Whooo hoo! I'm hoping this now means my shoulers are safe!!! But, somehow I'm wondering just because she knows the perch is what gets her praise, will she still drop the bomb in other places??? Thank you for letting me share our little success story with you! Cheers! Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Good work, Terri, and thanks for sharing your little success story with us. I am sure with more practice she will continue to go when you tell her but she will still have some mistakes, but maybe the shoulders will stay cleaner now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggy Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Hello Terri, Good job Im sure that you will have a great time with this training. My dad(nevjoe) trained his grey and DYH amazon to "poop" on command. I think it is so cool for them to do that. Good luck with future training and I hope all goes well. Just have patience and you will reep the rewards later. GOOD JOB!!!!!! :P :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Congratulations! I'm working with Oliver on that, too, and we have occasional successes but nothing consistent. I know how excited you must be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 ,well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thank you all!!! We'll keep working on it. Bella studies my facial expressions very closely, so I think I can leverage that. Today is day two of our success, so I'll pay close attention to the circumstances that cause us to have an accident and see if we can't avoid tose. pssst - she knows we're talking about her - she's sitting in one of my house palm trees watching me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Well, I think we've got it down what "poop poop" is, we just need to fix where it goes - my shoulder got hit again today, but she sure told me it was coming - "POOP POOP" Incoming!! *sigh* Well, she's a smarty, so I think if it lands in the wrong spot, I'll just quietly put her on her perch and not do the poop praise with her. Hopefully she'll connect with poop here and not there. I also believe she understands what "no" means as the breeders where I got her from taught the babies "no bite" and she hears me tell Jiggy "no" and she's heard me tell her "no" on chewing on things. So, I'm going to see if she will understand "no poop". I don't think I've ever written so much about poop! LOL Cheers! Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 LOL! I love hearing stories about these guys who speak to us and KNOW what they're saying! I think it would be hard for me to quietly put Oliver back on his perch after he poops in the wrong spot, I would be so excited that he warned me it was coming! Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 LOL it is a riot isn't it! When ever I talk to her about something, she looks at me SO intensively, watches my lips move and then she "mouths" a little after I speak to her as if she's saying it to herself. I'm going to try the "no poop" when it lands in the wrong place and do the poop praise party if we get it in the right spot. LOL my life has gone to poop!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nychsa, how is the potty training coming? I need to know my next step, LOL. Oliver is now pooping on command. When I take him from his cage, I hold him over a newspaper a few feet away and say "Go poop poop". He'll go 9 times out of 10 now. He still isn't talking, so he doesn't tell me when he needs to go. I have a suspicion one of his "peep peep" sounds means gotta go, though. Still working through that mystery. Anyway, when I forget to take him to the paper (bad mommie!), he will go where-ever the urge strikes, and I'll just say "Poop poop" and take him back to his cage. But if I can remember to always take him to the poop-paper, he will go when I tell him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hi there Kat! Good job re: Oliver!!! Yeah!! Well - Bella goes on command, and I thought since she tells Jiggy "no, no, no" when he bites I figured she knows what "no" means, so she was on my shoulder and I decided to tell her "no poop poop" hoping she'd make the connection of the two words. Well, she looked at me when I said 'poop poop' and I could see in her eyes this "yes! I know what poop poop means" and bam! She got me on the shoulder! So, "no poop poop" isn't making the cut yet LOL. But, She's only 7 months old, so I'll be patient and we'll try that one when I'm sure she knows what "no" means. Her latest line is "I don't know". I'll ask her something and she'll say "I dont' know" LOL! Then Jiggy nipped her through the cage and she nipped back jerking her head up and hitting her noggen on the cage and she said "what the hell!" And I thought oops, I better what what I'm saying!!! Cheers! Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggy Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I still think this is so cool to train a bird to poop on command. This would have been great for kids. Kids are such good listeners( yeah right) I have 4 kids and it would have been great to tell them to poop on command. ( think of all the money you would save on diapers). HAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Great job everybody have fun with the training!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Terri, that is hilarious! They really are just like children, aren't they? When my granddaughter moved in with me she started saying a word I won't admit I say. I told her little girls don't say that word, and she insisted they do. I didn't want to say it's a bad word, because that would mean I say bad words. But when her dad heard her say it, he had no qualms about telling her it was a bad word. She looked at me, and though she didn't rat me out, I could see the wheels turning in that little 2 year old head... As for Bella, it sounds like you can have "No" or you can have "Poop Poop" but you can't have both at the same time right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 NO SUCCESS! LOL! I just got pooped on twice - in spite of my darling being quite proficient in going poop poop on command while sitting on her perch. I just can't seem to get her to understand where NOT to go LOL! You know how children go through cognitive phases - I'm sure parrots do as well - Bella is now 7 months - is it too soon to ask her to understand "no poop" versus "poop poop"?? Cheers! Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevjoe Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Don't worry, to soon for 100% yet. My guys are the same age, and they are at 85%, but they doing good most of the time. I have a problem on a long car rides with them. I stop every 15 min. and open the door and let them out and they go right away. They travel with me almost every day, mostly on short runs. They can't go unless they poop first by the car. Keep it going. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickle Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I am telling G that he "pooed" everytime he does this. I am hoping that he will eventually reconize this someday. I am also hoping that I will be on track to teach him in later days to be potty trained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 LOL Joe thanks! My shoulders seem to be the 2nd best poop location LOL! Today I had a little bit more success - Bella had to go and she flew off my shoulder, but missed her perch and landed on the carpet and decided that was as good a place as any Better then my shoulders though Cheers! Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Hang in there Tickle! Keep the detergent handy, and hang in there LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yay, Terri, good move forward! Oliver is still in the same place. He'll go when I tell him to, even if it's just to squeeze out the tiniest bit. But it's up to me to remember to take him where I want him to go often enough to keep the urge from hitting when he's in a no-poop zone. If I can just teach him to only go on newspapers I'll be happy. Then I would just have to be sure to have a paper nearby wherever he hangs out. Happy New Year, everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Hey, Tickle, you'll be suprised at how quickly your grey learns what "poop" means. I don't think it took Oliver more than a half-dozen trips to the potty-place over two or three days before he was fairly consistently going on command. These guys are so smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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