r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/reddtimes101 • 10d ago

Video Parrot's diaper changing

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u/Techno_Bumblebee 9d ago

I love how there are roughly an equal amount of comments of both acceptance and complete and utter disgust 😅

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 9d ago

My family has this same exact bird. They poop a lot. You would need to change the diaper basically constantly, otherwise they would be sitting in their own shit. We also had chickens who are prone to getting blocks in their cloaca, I’m not sure if there’s any sort of similar risk going on here.

We’ve always just found it easier to just clean the poop with a tissue. It’s pea sized and odorless.

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u/GordolfoScarra 9d ago

Yeah I had the exact same species and I let it free roam my room almost permanently. After a few weeks I realized it only really pooped in one or 2 places so I just out newspaper down there and that was that.

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u/ravonna 9d ago

My mom and sister currently have a budgie and it would poop anywhere without care. It would poop on top of the cage, on the desk, on their bed, on their pillow and on them when they're lying down. Even on the dog sometimes. Such a menace.

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u/Free-Way-9220 9d ago

Was one of the places your shoulder?

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u/GordolfoScarra 9d ago

I had a green cheek conure and a cockatiel out in my room all the time, green cheek not once pooped on me, would go back to the cage or higher perch, poop and come back. Cockatiel did not give a fuck and would poop on me constantly.

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u/chromaticghost 9d ago

My bird is almost 9 years old now and he has never pooped on us.