I swear he never poops in his cage

[Unisyst]

Quackers doesn't poop in his cage hardly ever. The longer he's in his cage, the bigger his poop when he gets out. I just see shells on the bottom of his cage. He's out often, but how bad is it holding poop in? Like I'm talking bigger than his morning poop.

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Is your Quaker potty trained? If you potty train your parrot the wrong way, they are known to hold their stool for hours, which can be unhealthy for the parrot. But if you never potty trained him, then it should be fine. If its very unusual, like he gets to potty once every hour, then you should take him to a avain vet. He can be sick.

Hope that helped

Happy new year

 

[Unisyst]

He poops whenever/wherever he wants (sometimes I can tell him to poop on a paper towel), but rarely in his cage. He isn't in his cage much, unless I'm out (not super often he spends hours and hours with me each day) or sleeping .

 

[LoveMyParrots]

It sounds like he should be fine. Some parrot just does not like to potty in their own cage. I had a budgie named Nola 8 years ago. The worse thing about her is that she likes to potty on people. but then she pasted away cause of old age, she lived for 15 year. ;(

 

[thebirdnerd]

I had a blue Quaker years ago that constantly shot its poop outside the cage....I have heard it happen to other quaker owners too so this seems like a common occurrence. Wild Quakers will line the the perimeter of their nests with feces so this may be a behavior that is instinctual.

 

[MonicaMc]

Quackers is a green cheek conure... (just so no one is confused, it says under parrots and in the OP's introductory thread)


It seems pretty normal for some birds to just not want to go to the bathroom in their cages, but honestly, not healthy if they hold their droppings in. I have heard that it can lead to a prolapse of the cloaca (vent) which may, or may not, require surgery to fix. Depending on the situation, it may even result in a chronic condition.



I don't know if a different cage might help? Or perhaps teaching him to go potty over something, then cuing him to go potty over the same thing in his cage? And hopefully, getting him to figure out that he has his own "toilet" inside his cage?