Poo, Poo, Poo, POO!

[CompassionAk]

I think there are a few posts around here somewhere that have to do with training your bird not to perch on your head,maybe you can use the search engine to find them. I am 100 % sure I have seen a post or two about it but I can't remember exactly what section it was under hehe.

[One bird for one heart.]

Thanks Ill take a look!

[kakazizou]

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[One bird for one heart.]

Ok I'll give that a try!

And what do you mean by "bad english"! Your english is great! I wouldn't have none that you weren't if you hadn't said anything!

[Blossomfrost]

I understand what you mean about being tired of having poop in your hair, my lovie is a head lover also! And trust me, she used to poop in my hair all the time! About a year ago, I decided that I had enough of being used as a toilet.

First, you need to know how often your bird goes poo. Then simply when its time for her to go, take her somewhere where she can go, such as her cage or the trash can, etc. When she successfully goes somewhere where its acceptable for her to go, give her lots of praise. After repeatedly doing this for about a week or so, Aria got the idea that it is better to go in her cage or the trash than to poop on me. Now she usually flies to her cage or as close to the trash can as she can get by herself and does her business. She has also designated some areas where she poops. (mainly her window perch, which means I have to clean it all the time, ugh!) Also, whenever she comes out, she will go, meaning she is ready to play. I tried to be careful not to teach her that she can only go when I'm around, and so far I haven't had any problems. Just like Kakazizou said, she still goes when she needs, its just not on me.
I hope this helped, and good luck!

[Christian]

I would just watch the signs that she's about to, you know backs up a bit and kind of drops the tail. When she does this just move her to another location ie over a non porous surface. Whenever I got Estrella out of his cage I would hold him over the bathroom sink and say "poopie" he got the idea and would. Lucky for me he had a natural aversion to poo and if he suddenly switched from right shoulder (which is where he ALWAYS was) to my left, then I knew he had pooped on me. He was really good about hopping off though and pooping on the counter top, coffee table, etc when he could. I would just praise her when she poops in an area you prefer and try to watch the body language and clock!
This seems to be working for me and Mateo (I've only had him 4 full days) he already poops in the sink when I get him in the morning and drops his tail over my shoulder so he doesn't poo on me. Yesterday, I didn't get pooped on! yay!

[One bird for one heart.]

I have not started the training yet but I plan on starting it today... wish me luck!

[Eliza]

I've read that potty training can be dangerous if you try to teach the bird to only poop in a designated spot or when you ask them to because what happens if you aren't there to tell them when to go or to take them to the poop spot? I read it can cause cloacal prolapse.

I've heard that, too. I travel and have to board Pickle from time to time so the idea of potty training makes me a bit nervous.

That said, my employers were able to potty train their conure in a few days to go potty. Basically the bird would potty every time they opened the cage to let her out so they started saying "Go potty" each time she did it.