Why Isn’t Our House Covered in Bird Poop?

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Yes! We do have a potty training course! Get it here.

 

 

We get asked this at least once a day. And pretty much on every video featuring our house. So here’s our secret…

 

First off, someone in our home is a clean freak… it might be me.

 

 

Secret #2: My mom is ALSO a clean freak, and an interior designer. 

 

She helped us select fabrics for our rugs, bedding and furniture that would easily allow bird poop to come off and out of it. This was especially important to me in our den area where our red chase and love seat are… because of the fabric, we’re able to clean up easily when the birds lose themselves on our furniture.

 

 

Secret #3: The least amount of carpet possible.

 

We tore out all the carpet in our house when we moved in. All our bedrooms upstairs and our master bedroom downstairs originally had carpet in them. We tore it out and put in wood flooring. You can clean up wood much easier than carpet.

 

The only reason our stairs and upstairs hallway have carpet is because when we went to pull it up, we found the stairs were not build perfectly and will actually have to be rebuilt when they are done in wood because of that. It was too expensive last time we checked so we use the heck out of the carpet instead.

 

The owners before us had big great dane dogs that used the heck out of the carpets and so the carpet is pretty gross (in our opinion) so we don’t really care if it gets pooped on because we know we will be tearing it up as soon as we can afford to put our house in that kind of construction.

 

For now, we prefer tile and wood floors!

 

 

Secret #4: Paper towel supply. 

 

We are always stocked on paper towels. A half wet paper towel goes a long way. We also use wet wipes and Clorox wipes to clean up after our birds. They work like charms. You’d never know!

 

 

Secret #5: Bringing in the foraging tree.

 

We have half heartedly taught our birds to poop on their foraging trees so when we bring them inside the house they will mostly fly back to the tree to dump their loads. We usually function on random so much that that rarely happens…

 

Hence why it is considered half-heartedly trained

 

 

Secret #6: Potty training over faucets.

 

We have reinforced our birds to poop over sink faucets so a lot of the time they find a faucet to go over which is great, because it washes right down!

 

 

Secret #7: Knowing your bird’s habits.

 

We know when our birds are likely to go and where they like to go, and how long before they will go again so we often prepare for it. If we bring them up to the office with us, we perch them between our desks and lay a blank piece of paper under them. Preparation is key!

 

 

Secret #8: The cleaning authority.

 

Yes, we hire the cleaning authority to come and clean our house professionally every week. Ahhh… guaranteed one day of perfection.

 

So now you all know our secrets. Shhh…