I'm so proud of My African Grey

[limpyduckling]

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I bought her on Oct 10 07 her name is Babe. Her previous owner died of a massive heart attack. She was plucking because she was so stressed because of her owners death. When I bought her the lady at the bird shop said she took to me like a duck takes to water.
I have given her all of the attention that I possibly can. Bought her toys and so on. She is getting her new feathers. I imediately started potty training her. So Monday I took her to have a micro chip put in her. I took her back to the shop where I bought her. We had a long wait cause the Doctor was late getting there. There was at least 20 bird owners there.
I have trained her to wait till I put her on the cage and I tell her to poop. At the shop there was a perch with newspaper under it. So I would say Babe do you have to go poop? Then I would put her on the perch and say Babe go poop and she would go poop. She did that I know at least 6 times while we were there. All of the bird owners were amazed at my Babe that she would poop on comand. Of course some of them were wiping up poop from their birds. Or wearing it on their clothes where they had wiped it up. Of course I was swelling with pride how well my Babe was doing.

[Xray Susie]

What a great rehome story.

I tell Sydney to go potty when I put him on his playgym because that's what he does automatically. I'm just trying to teach him the words. Then when he does it, I say "good, you went potty", but he won't do it in the cage when I tell him, before I take him out.

How did you potty train her?

[my-africangrey-echo]

They are so smart aren't they.. Echo has been taught to go on his play gym too. He will say Echo poop when he goes and then say "good boy"

[Nazir's]

Congratulations. The results of the time and dedication put in is always rewarding and pays off in the end. Good for you!

[Lisa B]

Its kinda important not to potty train as I have heard several birds refusing to go during hte day when the owner is not home and got very Ill from it.
best thing to do is watch the body language and notice when they start shifting or getting nervous. then move them to a safe spot. when they go, you can make a big deal out of it,so they know they did right by letting you know first.

there are acceptable places to go, and places that arent. I think that is what Limpy is trying to do.

[Nazir's]

Thanks for sharing that Lisa for all who may not have known (like myself).

[Buteo]

You've done an awesome job helpin & working with Babe.

I've been doing something similar with Grace before I put her flightsuit on her,
I say, "It's time to get your suit on!", as I take her from her cage. I hold her over a bit of paper towel and say "You gotta poop first. You ready?"
She squats a bit, I hear a little *kuff* of breath as she releases.
I give her praise and a kiss or 2 for doing what she was told.
"GOOD BIRD! *smooch* Oh what a very smart birdy girl you are!"
Then it's on to getting her suit on.

[limpyduckling]

At home I alway take her to her cage and tell her to go poop. One day she rolled one of her wooden toys over and it droped in the fender skirts on her cage and made a loud noise and I heard babe say poop. I about fell out of my chair laughing at her LOL.
Limpy

[my-africangrey-echo]

Same here Echo doesnt hold it except all night in his cage. He started doing that on his own. He does not want to go in his cage but will go when he is on top of it. I guess he thinks it makes a difference. We just take him to the play gym for his morning poop when we uncover his cage. He actually started this on his own. We just gave it a name.

[Lisa B]

Originally Posted by limpyduckling

I never make her hold it
Limpy

Thats why I wanted to point that out. so other knew you were teaching her and she was teaching you at the same time.