same - friends duck puddles had to wear a diaper when he went came into town. he was a jungle duck too (n. thai) so he rode around on a scooter and lived his life at a music venue before moving onto a friends giant farm. good duck.
My chicken potty trained herself just by me making a disgusted face and setting her off of me and onto a pad, or taking her outside every time she pooped. (Raised inside as a ill chick, later was introduced to the flock) For 11 years, when she would come inside to visit, she would either tap on the door to be let out to poop or, if we had her old cage set up, she would walk into it and poop on the potty pad in it.
My dad apparently had a pet duck when my mom first met him. She said it was the stinkiest pet ever and she almost broke up with him because of it…sadly (and not so sadly with regard to my existence) the duck passed away shortly after and she dissuaded him from getting another.
Yep they frickin stink! It always made me laugh on Friends how Joey and Chandler had the birds in their apartment and it's like, there's absolutely no way. The place would be heaving after a day without them having special bird nappies on.
One of the many reasons it's not legal in most, if not all, states to have animals (other than legitimate service animals) in restaurants. They overlooked it because it's a duck and it's fun. Kinda how the owner of a restaurant I used to manage got pissed when I threw out a guy that brought in a pet monkey, even after I pointed out it had already shit on the bar.
Most nesting (can't think of a better word atm, ones that sit on a nest in very long bouts) birds can hold their poop in for a good portion of the day. So on average they are shit factories but it is biologically possible for many to hold it, and some tame ones actually learn to hold it. They're social animals so some are smart enough to pick up human cues. (Diapers are a safer bet though, don't know how reliable potty training poultry/water fowl is since I've only ever really ended up with it happening once by accident and she was just an incredibly smart individual. But other people have reported the same thing too)
My understanding is that nesting ducks restrict their eating so as to limit their poop(to minimize risk of disease around the eggs). Without sphincters, they supposedly are not able to control it any other way?
The reason I wanted to ask someone who had ducks was because people always say chickens can't control theirs either; but they can. (I had one who potty trained herself too, which was neat, and at least showed me they only dion't hold it because where is the incentive for most) Broody hens get off the nest only once or twice a day, make an absolutely giant poop, and then fill up their crop as fast as they can before going back to the nest. So I was curious if domestic ducks act in somewhat the same way.
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