Patti Jones said "Pooping on command" to Don Martin, and added: 
 PJ> Point well taken about potty training a bird...never thought about
 PJ> it that  way before, but then never really potty trained mine, but did
 PJ> alwasy tell them "wait a minute" when I knew they were about to poop,
 PJ> and pulled out a tissue,  and put it under them...as soon as it was in
 PJ> place, then they would poop.  I  would then pick up the tissue, and
 PJ> dispose of the whole mess....
    Sounds like a good method to me--they all depend upon paying
attention to the bird, and yours installs a pause in the process.
Without the command, the process simply goes on.
... Through a Jaundiced Eye Darkly--Rheum With a View
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