House Training A Bird

House Training A Bird

Are you tired of your bird pooping on your shoulder? Or even worse pooping in the whole house as she flies about in house? Did you know you can potty train your bird?

Bird potty training is very similar to potty training a dog. This is characterized by taking your bird out immediately after it wakes up, right after it has had its meals wait patiently until he does its stuff and then praising him after.

Most birds have some sort of instinctive desire not to poop on much beloved human perch. It is not known how it evolved but it’s a real fact universally known.

So what bird potty training entail? The most important trick is to get in the habit of picking up the bird every few minutes. This takes a lot of timing to figure out when the bird has to go. Then hold the bird over the trash can, cage or wherever you deem appropriate, and after a few minutes there will be a “plop” and you can take your bird back to its cage.

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Below are some tips if followed to the later will ensure that you have a smooth training and you will not break a sweat.

• Just before going, most bird will do an unusual squatting and will give you a hint to put down the down on its appropriate poop object other than your shoulder or your hand.
• Be consistent. Take out the bird immediately after meals and place him over his poop site and let him go.
• Be patient. Do not force your bird to sit over the trash can longer than it seems reasonable. If he doesn’t  go try again a few minutes later but never hurt or scold him
• If you own Lovebirds, then you are very lucky. These birds have stronger instincts and have a sense of reason not to poop on the human.
• When opening the bird cage in the morning, try and wait  until the bird poops before letting him out. Make sure to open the door very soon after the act, or else the bird has no reason to associate the action with the result.
• Similarly, you may try waiting until the bird poops to let him out of his cage at other times of the day.
• It might take only a few days for some birds or it might take weeks! Eventually, it usually is up to the instructor's patience and persistence.
• If potty training is too frustrating for you and the bird, it may be just best to live with the occasional mess rather than get everyone upset.

In any case, those are the basics! Remember, take it easy. Birds aren't that intuitively into the potty-training business. There will always be mistakes normally caused by a distracted human who didn't read his bird's body language, or who forgets how long it had been since the last birdie potty session. But still, in good cases, the mistakes can go down by nearly 90% or more and wouldn't that be great?