JR>I also like the training to poop on command idea...but one
JR>thought came to mind...if you teach your bird to poop in one area away
JR>from the cage, what happens when you leave the bird in the cage?
Well, just like humans and other animals, when nature calls, after a
while there is no way they can hold it for ever. It'll happen where it
happens. The bird may hold it for a long time first, but eventually it
will "go".
JR>well.  I can remember a friend that taught his bird to go on command or
JR>was that not to go...in any event he studied the bird and saw that it
JR>would lift its tail just before it was to go...he would then lightly
JR>place his finger on the birds tail as it lifted and the bird would not
JR>go.
One of mine can be encouraged to go by slightly lifting her tail.
Another of mine will "Fake" going, and then tell us she's a "good boy"--
birds can LIE!  One of the birds here will tell the OTHER birds to
"go potty" and when they do, she then tells them they're "good". I need
say nothing--she does it all!
--Kathy
 * SLMR 2.1a * Polydactyl--giant prehistoric parrot.
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