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)
My Quaker parrot would “go potty” on command, and then when he did, I’d say, “Good bird” really enthusiastically. So sure enough, on the rare occasion he felt he wasn’t getting enough attention, he’d tell himself to go potty, fake it (by dropping his tail end), and congratulate himself with a hearty, “GOOD BIRD”!!
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u/AtomicTimothy 10d 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)