sunnysmom
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Although birds can be potty trained, I don't think it's a really good idea, especially for smaller birds as they can't really "hold it" like dogs can. If they hold it too long, they can make themselves ill if they can't get to where they're supposed to go for some reason. That said, my cockatoo is potty trained. I didn't teach him. He came to us that way. If we're upstairs for instance, he'll rub his beak against my face and that means he wants to go back downstairs to go to the bathroom. The first time I had him stay at our former bird sitters, he was frantic because he didn't know where to go to the bathroom. I finally figured out that was the problem and showed him where he could go. So although it is nice in many ways that he is potty trained, I do see downside to it and wouldn't have trained him myself to do it.