Live Life Team
It is possible to housetrain pet birds, but it takes a lot of patience and persistence. In the wild, birds toilet whenever and wherever they feel like it, so it may be hard to get your bird to change her attitude. Your pet bird will not be a hundred percent reliable inside the home, but at least he will be far more reliable than usual.
Choose a Toilet Area
First, you need to find a place in your home to lay a lot of newspapers down. This will be the bird’s toilet area while he is out of his cage in your house. Putting a perch on the pile of newspapers will encourage the bird to rest there when freed from the cage.
Notice Your Bird
Lots of pet birds give subtle signals that they need to toilet. You need to observe your bird carefully to find out what its signals are. Some birds puff their feathers out and some start to get very restless. These signs can take a while to recognize.
Fly to the Perch
You also need to train your bird to go to the toilet area on your verbal command. This should be done with positive reinforcement like clicker training to make the bird want to obey your command.
Then you put all of the steps together. When you notice your bird give the signals that he or she needs to toilet, you give the command for the bird to go to the designated area.
