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Chilling with your fids?

Postby Titanius » Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:22 pm

I was wondering what you guys do to deal with your parrot pooping when you're are bonding and their around you. The obvious reaction is to clean the area. Be it your hand or on a chair or something but are there any precautions you put in place for when your sitting down watching tv or something. Like an old towel... or old shirt or something? I've never really thought about it because usually I let them perch somewhere and watch me but just what do you guys do otherwise?
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby Michael » Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:18 pm

Training Perches!!! :mrgreen:

First off I don't hold them for excessively prolonged durations of time but second off they just fly back to their perches when they need to poop. I virtually never get pooped on when at home. Out of the house it may be somewhat different just cause they aren't used to the environment. But at home it really isn't a problem at all, especially with Kili.
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby JadeW » Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:16 pm

I absolutely love just chilling with my little Cas. I find being pooped on isn't really a problem because I keep his playgym just a little off to the side. So long as my timing isn't off, he'll happily choose to poop when put on to the perch instead of when he's on me. Especially since he's realized that the sooner he poops the sooner to can come back and hang out again :mrgreen:
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby Azure Hanyo » Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:37 pm

Galileo likes to sit on my leg or she tries to shimmy up to my shoulder... I don't trust her to do that though. :shock: Archimedes will sit on my shoulder happily for a little while, then wants to go off and do his own thing. Cloudy likes to either cuddle into my hair, or he will chill out in my lap in a blanket and fall alseep.

They poop on me alllllll of the time. Except Gal, she will usually make a funny feather-fluff to let me know she needs to go, and I have started taking her to her cage to go, and then bringing her back. I think it's working!
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby jayebird » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:22 pm

google "potty training a parrot" :) It's not perfect and it takes a lot of time and commitment but worth it.
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby Azure Hanyo » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:41 pm

jayebird wrote:google "potty training a parrot" :) It's not perfect and it takes a lot of time and commitment but worth it.


I am currently trying to potty-train a human toddler... Gal can be her inspiration!!!!! :lol:
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby jayebird » Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:26 pm

LOL It's a lot of time and commitment with toddlers but ALSO well worth it!!!!! :P
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby ptuga72 » Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:19 am

Jake is sorta potty trained. He'll run off me and poop off the side of the couch :lol:
If I tried getting Scarlet to chill on me I'd end up minus a nose or finger or knee or.... well you get the picture :lol:
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby Titanius » Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:02 pm

Lucky! I wish my birds were so visual... They give you no warning. It's like "Oh, wait wait .......nm" :lol: The best I've come up with is just letting them perch somewhere with paper or a mat at its base for easy clean up. Then I mentally *try* and time them. Its usually hit or miss. :?
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Re: Chilling with your fids?

Postby Jontchaav » Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:02 pm

jayebird wrote:google "potty training a parrot" :) It's not perfect and it takes a lot of time and commitment but worth it.

It took me 3 days to potty train my hahns... All i did was yell POOP everytime it took a shite, then when he was on my finger i went to the cage and on the newspaper i just say the word "poop" and he does his job then back to having fun..
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