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Are they house trainable at all? I always thought birds would make pretty good indoor pets (especially flightless birds like chickens or geese) if they weren't

Are they house trainable at all? I always thought birds would make pretty good indoor pets (especially flightless birds like chickens or geese) if they weren't basically incontinent.

sprite 7y ago
You can toilet train African Greys. Not getting them to chew on stuff is a whole other issue. I have 2 Africanc Greys and would never leave them unsupervised. They are super awesome pets though and probably the most well behaved parrot you can get as far as not screaming.
- gadders 7y ago
  Yeah, know how inquisitive geese are, I think chewing could be an issue as well.
  - dghughes 7y ago
    I nearly died laughing from coughing (I'm eating) thinking of "chewing" geese. A great name for a restaurant "The Chew Goose".
    - pvaldes 7y ago
      > I nearly died laughing from coughing thinking of "chewing" geese. Surprise!, dinosaur DNA and ready to tear off your hand ;-) https://justbirding.com/geese-teeth/#1-do-geese-have-teeth https://justbirding.com/geese-teeth/#1-do-geese-have-teeth
      - LukeBMM 7y ago
        That is some serious nightmare fuel.
      - gadders 7y ago
        Our gander has bitten me fairly hard. Not hard enough to draw blood, but hard enough to leave a mark like a blood blister. They are very good at chewing things to destruction.
    - HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
      that's what this blue goose is doing!
- somesortofsystm 7y ago
  Indeed, our grey has a perch she regularly shits on, then climbs back down and away and back to the playground. We collect her efforts, which then are nicely deposited in the garden compost, where they create a rather fat and moist soil condition for later parts of the garden. She is a talker. We call to her to come play and she'll often respond with a solid "Tuk!" if she's not interested, and we should hush, or a "clirp!" if she's not interested, but wants to talk about something else, or a "<favourite imitation of some befuddling device>" if she's actually on her way and just coming around the doorway for a bit of fuss and fun on the floor .. But! You should never have a grey unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time with it. Anything less than regularly, daily interaction, is going to result in a kind of neurosis the finely tuned attenuators of the human mind may not be readily prepared to endure. Be aware, greys can be Craa-AA-zy! ..
pvaldes 7y ago
There is not sense for a prey to defecate always in the same spot (so predators can easily find and ambush you, or find your nest). It has much more sense for survival to spread your odor randomly in the entire area.
kawsper 7y ago
I've fostered goslings before, it's a very rewarding experience and they are very interesting, inquisitive and will follow you everywhere, but it is a messy affair.
- gadders 7y ago
  We have five pet geese that live in our garden. They tolerate me and my daughter, but are fully bonded with my wife. It's surprising the level of rapport she has with them.

Are they house trainable at all? I always thought birds would make pretty good indoor pets (especially flightless birds like chickens or geese) if they weren't basically incontinent.

sprite 7y ago

You can toilet train African Greys. Not getting them to chew on stuff is a whole other issue. I have 2 Africanc Greys and would never leave them unsupervised. They are super awesome pets though and probably the most well behaved parrot you can get as far as not screaming.

gadders 7y ago
Yeah, know how inquisitive geese are, I think chewing could be an issue as well.
- dghughes 7y ago
  I nearly died laughing from coughing (I'm eating) thinking of "chewing" geese. A great name for a restaurant "The Chew Goose".
  - pvaldes 7y ago
    > I nearly died laughing from coughing thinking of "chewing" geese. Surprise!, dinosaur DNA and ready to tear off your hand ;-) https://justbirding.com/geese-teeth/#1-do-geese-have-teeth https://justbirding.com/geese-teeth/#1-do-geese-have-teeth
    - LukeBMM 7y ago
      That is some serious nightmare fuel.
    - gadders 7y ago
      Our gander has bitten me fairly hard. Not hard enough to draw blood, but hard enough to leave a mark like a blood blister. They are very good at chewing things to destruction.
  - HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
    that's what this blue goose is doing!
somesortofsystm 7y ago
Indeed, our grey has a perch she regularly shits on, then climbs back down and away and back to the playground. We collect her efforts, which then are nicely deposited in the garden compost, where they create a rather fat and moist soil condition for later parts of the garden. She is a talker. We call to her to come play and she'll often respond with a solid "Tuk!" if she's not interested, and we should hush, or a "clirp!" if she's not interested, but wants to talk about something else, or a "<favourite imitation of some befuddling device>" if she's actually on her way and just coming around the doorway for a bit of fuss and fun on the floor .. But! You should never have a grey unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time with it. Anything less than regularly, daily interaction, is going to result in a kind of neurosis the finely tuned attenuators of the human mind may not be readily prepared to endure. Be aware, greys can be Craa-AA-zy! ..

pvaldes 7y ago

There is not sense for a prey to defecate always in the same spot (so predators can easily find and ambush you, or find your nest). It has much more sense for survival to spread your odor randomly in the entire area.

kawsper 7y ago

I've fostered goslings before, it's a very rewarding experience and they are very interesting, inquisitive and will follow you everywhere, but it is a messy affair.

gadders 7y ago
We have five pet geese that live in our garden. They tolerate me and my daughter, but are fully bonded with my wife. It's surprising the level of rapport she has with them.