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Rosemary Carr

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I recently discovered this great web site that caters to tons of How-To information on parrots; everything from diet, behavior, training, you name it. I just had to share it with you! Even if you don’t own birds, you’ll find the videos, articles and many other features on this site very informative and entertaining.

I’ve included an informative article [below] on How To Potty Train Your Parrot (yes, it can be done because I’ve done it with my Mollucan Cockatoo!) The article is by a very knowledgeable author, known affectionately as “The Bird Lady.” Read the article and then go check out the web site at the link below.

Click Here!

Thank you for visiting and please check back often. I will be posting new information regularly!

Rosemary

Enjoy!

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Here is the Article!
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“How To Potty Train Your Parrot!”, by Nora Caterino

Parrots can be potty trained if you are willing to perform some dedicated and consistent training. Seldom are parrots perfect about their potty training but with some work, you can get near-perfect results. In fact, you can usually obtain results so good that when the parrot does have an accident; it is because you failed to pay attention!

Wild parrots do not potty where they sleep or eat. They move to another spot. In caged parrots, an adult bird will usually move to a spot far from its food and sleeping perch to defecate. Birds can be trained to “go” in different places, but often the cage is the preferred location.

SunDance Trained Me

I must say that I didn’t invent this training technique. SunDance taught me how to teach parrots this behavior. Whenever she would potty on a shirt, she would be taken back to her cage and told to “go home” while I changed shirts or cleaned up the mess. Often, I might get busy and not go back to get her immediately, so she wasn’t happy with this situation. Soon, she began to say “go home” before she defecated, giving me time to take her to her cage, let her poop and take her back with me. She liked this much better! If I didn’t respond quickly, she would nip gently on my neck and repeat her command to me to take her home. After she told me the third time, she would simply let go. It was up to me and her other humans to respond to the command she gave us.

Potty Times

Parrots go potty at specific times that can be used to train them. First thing in the morning, they will potty. About 10 minutes after eating, they will potty. This is reliable and you can use these times to know when to give the command and expect results.

Most parrots get into a certain posture before pottying. They sort of squat down and spread their rump feathers so they don’t get them dirty. You’ll learn to watch for this body language and use it as well during training.

Training

Choose a word for the action of defecation. “Go poop”, “go poo”, “potty please” or something similar works just fine. Use this word whenever you see your parrot potty.

First thing in the morning, after saying “good morning”, tell your parrot to go potty. Wait; it will happen very soon. Once it does, lavish praise on your parrot. Make a really big deal about what a great bird he or she is.

Watch for your parrot to finish eating breakfast and repeat the potty process. Also, watch for the potty body language and use the potty command and praise again.

In Closing

Some parrots learn this behavior quickly; others take some time to get the hang of it. But most parrots will get the idea in time and become reasonably consistent in avoiding messing up your clothes, sofa or carpet.

The key to training this behavior is consistency. After your parrot begins to let you know it needs to go potty, don’t fail to respond. Stop what you are doing and take your bird to potty and praise it. If you sometimes ignore the need, you’ll not be nearly as successful as if you take the bird to potty promptly.

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About the Author:

Nora Caterino helps parrot owners from over 14 different countries in taming and teaching parrots to Talk. If you want to learn more about her parrot training videos – to instantly solve annoying behaviour problems like biting, screaming, or feather plucking – then join the ‘Elite Parrots Club’ and get super coaching from the ‘Bird Lady.’

Hey Everyone,

My husband and I are avid bird lovers. We have several exotic birds and they have taught us a lot over the years! As a matter of fact, if you’re not familiar with birds (especially Cockatoos) they can be so loving and comical.  But they can also be quite temperamental; like living with a two-year-old that never grows up. But we can also say that their endless love and devotion makes it all worth it.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a place for bird lovers (or the curious) to find all sorts of information relating to birds. I will be posting some good informative articles and other information about birds in the coming weeks, such as:

• How to groom and care for your parrot
• How to potty train your bird
• Parrot Training tips
• Tips for alternative medical care for your bird

…and much more! (please see Disclosure Statement)

So please visit often for new posts and updates!

Rosemary