They can learn a lot of things and hence they can also learn to poop in your chosen spot. Afterall, cockatoos are one of the smartest bird on the planet. Potty training a cockatoo is slightly challenging and time consuming but it is totally doable. Instead encourage them even more to move and appreciate them whenever they respond positively. Such acts affect their mental health and the bond between you and them. No matter what, do not scold him or punish him. Let him take his time and keep repeating this activity. There is no need to worry or forcing your cockatoo. The 3-Way Bite One of the most distinctive features of a cockatoos body (aside from their impressive crests) are the lower mandibles of their beaks. Some cockatoos can take a little longer to start recognizing your command and pooping in the poop spot this is absolutely normal. What if he doesn’t respond to your command? Once he starts doing it, he will no longer need a command. Once he gets used to of pooping in the spot, within a few days he will start feeling more comfortable in pooping at poop spot rather than anywhere else. Now this phrase “lets move to the poop spot” will become a command for him and he will start recognizing what he needs to do when he is given this command. Keep repeating this activity for a few days. Once he is done, reward him with a treat, anything he likes. Whenever he is about to poop slowly move him to the poop spot and say a phrase like “lets move to the poop spot”. In the beginning, you will have to spend some time with him, especially when it is his time to poop. Now you need to encourage him to poop only on poop spot. But he won’t be pooping in the poop spot for now your spot means nothing to him. This eases replacing the used newspapers.īy this step, you know the signs when he wants to poop and you have also setup a poop spot. I recommend using newpapers and making the poop spot near your dustbin and in the front corner of their cage. Now to create the spot, you can use paper towels, tissues, and newspapers. Rope toys are good for chewing and stabilize their digestive. However if he spends some time outside and sometime inside the cage, create two poop spots. Training is generally based on toys like tree branches, softwood toys, braided or knotted toys. For example if he spends most of the day inside the cage, it should be inside the cage and if he spends most of the day outside the cage it should be outside the cage. This spot should be somewhere always accessible to him. Create a poop spotĬreate a spot for your cockatoo to poop whenever he needs to. This observation helped me schedule their training. Similarly, one of my Major Mitchell’s cockatoo female was incubating eggs, she used to stay most of the time in her nestbox, but as soon as she used to come out, she’d poop like she hadn’t in two days.
After detailed observation, I noticed that he also poops after 3-4 hours of having food. Besides these, your cockatoo might show any other signs, you need to find them as well.įor example, one of my Sulphur-crested cockatoos had a habit of pooping right after he used to come out of his cage in the morning.
The only signs they show are these movements. They don’t show any specific facial expressions or make any sounds.
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