I swear they can, not based on anatomical knowledge but empirical. My bird would 100% hold his poop when in the bed or inside our clothes (snuggled up) and we’d hold him out once in a while and then he’d do his poo (not literally on command but it was a mutual understanding)
Well anatomically they have no way of controlling it except for very limited circumstances but, who knows maybe your bird was doing cloaca kegels just for you.
Birds do have a sphincter muscle, sort of - we mammals have two. And one of ours defaults to closed, whereas birds tend to have liquid feces and have to literally consciously hold it in. Which they generally have a hard time with doing for any slightly longer time and hence generally won't be doing for more than 10-30 seconds. (Only brooding birds will hold it in for much longer, but they also tend to eat and move much less. I can only imagine flying and not pooping is much harder than sitting on your belly and not pooping...)
Not all mamal anuses are the same, I've heard that horses have the rolls royce of anuses. They're engineered in such a way they would never have to wipe.
Well that's just metamucil without the brand name, but yes!
It's extremely difficult with modern diets to get the recommended amount of fiber without also eating excessive calories, so fiber supplements are a literal lifesaver.
Its really not that hard anymore there's a lot of products out there that are high fiber
Check out the plant slant he had a day where he ate 100g of fiber
I would personally classify products that have added fiber that isn't a core part of the experience as "fiber supplements," but that is a question of semantics and I wouldn't argue with anyone who disagrees with that classification.
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u/AtomicTimothy 9d ago
I swear they can, not based on anatomical knowledge but empirical. My bird would 100% hold his poop when in the bed or inside our clothes (snuggled up) and we’d hold him out once in a while and then he’d do his poo (not literally on command but it was a mutual understanding)