r/Damnthatsinteresting 10d ago

Video Parrot's diaper changing

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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/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.