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> I don't think I could keep caged birds anymore, but that's a different can of worms This one lives more like a dog or a cat. Flying around the apartment as h

by Swizec 5y ago

> I don't think I could keep caged birds anymore, but that's a different can of worms This one lives more like a dog or a cat. Flying around the apartment as he pleases. The only time he goes in his cage is when it’s safer for him (or us, parrots bite when displeased). Funnily he gets very angry when his cage door is closed and he’s outside … even though he never goes in there. But he might … he does ask to be caged when it’s bed time. It’s quite endearing.

wara23arish 5y ago
Does he have free range to shit anywhere? How do you control that aspect?? Does he try to run away if a window is open ? Or are they similar to outdoor pet cats?
- erickhill 5y ago
  When I had birds that's precisely what they did. Birds typically like to be in the highest comfortable place in a room for instinctual reasons. In my apartments at the time, that meant the tops of virtually any open doors. (They also liked company so they'd generally follow me from room to room and sit on top of doors along the way.) You really don't want ceiling fans... So, yeah. I made sure there was generally something on the floor below them. But the sides of the doors would need to be cleaned fairly regularly. I had cockatiels, and you couldn't "potty train" them. Birds also like to chew things sometimes, so you needed to keep a close eye on them or realize your damage deposit was going to take a hit later.
- Swizec 5y ago
  The bird we have is a super social species so his favorite spot is on your shoulder or inside your shirt. He flies away to poop. We were able to potty train him so he doesn’t poop on us and generally avoids couches, beds, and such. He does poop everywhere else though. Usually in a few common spots. Fortunately it doesn’t smell and we just wipe it with a paper towel. Training him to poop in sinks had limited success. We aren’t patient enough. As for windows, we keep screens on them. He probably wouldn’t fly away on purpose but when a bird gets spooked you never know.
  - the_af 5y ago
    > The bird we have is a super social species Which bird is it, if I may ask? Just curious.
    - Swizec 5y ago
      Sun/Jenday Conure. They don’t believe in personal space
      - yareally 5y ago
        Seems to be a conure trait. I have a green cheek that's also like that. Won't poop on us (except by accident or out of spite), but our budgie really doesn't care where he poops.

by Swizec 5y ago

wara23arish 5y ago

Does he have free range to shit anywhere? How do you control that aspect?? Does he try to run away if a window is open ? Or are they similar to outdoor pet cats?

erickhill 5y ago
When I had birds that's precisely what they did. Birds typically like to be in the highest comfortable place in a room for instinctual reasons. In my apartments at the time, that meant the tops of virtually any open doors. (They also liked company so they'd generally follow me from room to room and sit on top of doors along the way.) You really don't want ceiling fans... So, yeah. I made sure there was generally something on the floor below them. But the sides of the doors would need to be cleaned fairly regularly. I had cockatiels, and you couldn't "potty train" them. Birds also like to chew things sometimes, so you needed to keep a close eye on them or realize your damage deposit was going to take a hit later.
Swizec 5y ago
The bird we have is a super social species so his favorite spot is on your shoulder or inside your shirt. He flies away to poop. We were able to potty train him so he doesn’t poop on us and generally avoids couches, beds, and such. He does poop everywhere else though. Usually in a few common spots. Fortunately it doesn’t smell and we just wipe it with a paper towel. Training him to poop in sinks had limited success. We aren’t patient enough. As for windows, we keep screens on them. He probably wouldn’t fly away on purpose but when a bird gets spooked you never know.
- the_af 5y ago
  > The bird we have is a super social species Which bird is it, if I may ask? Just curious.
  - Swizec 5y ago
    Sun/Jenday Conure. They don’t believe in personal space
    - yareally 5y ago
      Seems to be a conure trait. I have a green cheek that's also like that. Won't poop on us (except by accident or out of spite), but our budgie really doesn't care where he poops.