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Post by biteybird on Nov 12, 2014 3:32:38 GMT -5
For some time now I've noticed Bonnie laughing after she poops on my clean clothes (and most recently, on my husband's bare leg and hand). Tonight she got out of line with her customary 'nipping' and, as usual, I reciprocated by sliding her around (on her back) on the arm of the leather recliner, which she loves. Straight afterwards she flew onto the edge of my laptop screen, looked at me intently and did her 'squatting' motion. She then gave a little laugh and flew off...the little hussy! Yep, my jeans were again dripping with poop, which soaked into the material straight away.
I'd be interested to know if this is normal for QPs or whether we just happen to have one with worse than average manners.  Can they save up their poop for 'special' occasions? I wonder... |
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Post by easttex on Nov 12, 2014 5:52:35 GMT -5
It's an interesting question. I sometimes call myself a poopologist. Not because I'm an expert, but because between parrots and chickens I have spent an unseemly amount of time examining, evaluating, handling, researching, etc., bird poop.  Physically, they can hold it for extended periods. Many birds hold it all night long, trying not to give away the roosting spot to predators, I suppose. My grey does this, though Peppy Quaker will poop through the night. Her (grey) first morning go is enormous, and no one would want to be hit by that. That doesn't mean they would hold it willfully, though. My unscientific observation is that the smaller the bird, the faster the food to poop cycle. If Bonnie has learned to enjoy the reaction she gets to hitting a target, you may have inadvertently trained her.  |
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Nov 12, 2014 12:22:26 GMT -5
I have been "potty training" Mr P for only about a month and he will definately "go" on command. If I put him on his playstand and ask him if he has to "go poopie" he will squat and act like he is going, even if nothing comes out. At first I thought I was imagining things but my boyfriend witnessed this behavior over the weekend. His reward, of course, for pooping on his playstand is he gets to come back over to wherever I am. I have not encouraged him to hold it until we get back to the stand, but I put him on his stand every few minutes and see if he has to go, much like taking a puppy out when you are first training them, often, after meals, play etc. So, my thought on this is, if a quaker thinks they are going to get some sort of reaction out of you, either positive or negative, by pooping, they are definately smart enough to use it to their advantage, including holding it until it is "advantageous" to them to let it out |
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Post by benegesserit on Nov 24, 2014 17:22:40 GMT -5
When Happy's mad at me, she will hang on the side of her cage and spray her poop at me...so my answer is "Heck yeah, they can!"
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Post by julianna on Nov 30, 2014 15:39:58 GMT -5
I agree that they can be trained. When Oscar squats I would bring him quickly to the paper and he would poop there. Now before he walks over to visit me on the couch, he will always poop before coming. He does still have little accidents on me.... but not near as many as before.
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Can they save up their poop for 'special' occasions? I wonder...
