James Martin and Anita Rani struggle to hide amusement as pet crow poos on owner live on This Morning
Guest presenters met a woman who rescued a crow from the wild
JAMES Martin and Anita Rani struggled to hide their amusement on Friday's This Morning as a pet crow pooed on its owner live on the show.
The former Saturday Kitchen host guest presented the ITV programme with the popular Countryfile host and met Vikkie Kenward, who adopted a wild crow as a pet.
But just as Anita asked Vikkie if Fagin the crow was toilet trained, the bird gave his answer in the most spectacular way, sitting on his owner's shoulder and pooing down her back.
James said: "There you go, definitely not toilet trained!" as Anita added: "Right on cue, we'll get you a tissue don't worry."
As the presenters struggled to conceal their laughter, viewers took to Twitter to share their own amusement at the accident.
One wrote with a series of crying with laughter emojis: "Imagine having a pet crow and it crapping on you in national television #petcrow #thismorning".
Another regular viewer noticed how the show had had its fair share of bodily accidents this week, with Fagin pooing on the sofa just days after a child of the 'off-grid' parents had a wee on the rug during Wednesday's show.
They wrote: "First the child peeing live on This Morning and now the Crow.. #ThisMorning" before also adding the same emoji.
Before Fagin had his accident, Vikkie revealed how she found him while out walking her dog Inca, who also joined the pair in the studio.
Hearing him crying out for it's mum under a tree, she watched for 20 minutes, and realised the mother crow was ignoring her offspring, so she decided to take it home and look after it herself.
While Vikkie leaves her windows open every day so Fagin can fly wherever he wants, he always comes home and the pair spend a lot of time together, even heading to McDonald's on occasion.
Asked what people think when they see her with the crow on her shoulder, Vikkie said: "Some people are scared of him, I've been to the McDonald's drive thru and the woman very quickly shut the doors on the pay bit.
"Others all want to meet him and ask to hold him."
At the revelation, another viewer tweeted: "Dead at the pet crow on #ThisMorning as if she took it with her through Mcds drive through".
At times, the presenters didn't quite know what to say about the unusual pet, but chef James was keen to know what Vikkie fed him.
She replied: "When he was a baby it was meal worms, crickets, anything mushed up, cat food, dog food, but now he sort of feeds himself.
"His favourite is apple at the moment."
As for what her friends and family think, Vikkie admitted some think she is a "little bit crazy", adding: "I definitely get a double take when someone walks past, they can't quite believe what they've just seen."
Viewers were also mixed on what they thought of the unusual pairing, with one writing: "The interview on #thismorning with the woman and the crow feels so awkward and uncomfortable," but another wrote: "#PetCrow It's a bit weird but quite sweet really".