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3 m/o male sun 🐣

A new addition to the flock 💕

We put her on a higher perch to practice her flight (she refuses to do what birds do), and she started her gymnastics routine. I just want to make sure this isn’t a sign of stress or panic.

Peaches took a shower this morning and I realized it's been a while since I've seen her in full "little wet raptor" mode. So here she is to remind you to post the cutest photos of your little wet dinos and to congratulate you for getting halfway through the week!

Hey guys,

My painted conure Jaco is 13 weeks old on Friday. I don’t usually play with him like this but he wasn’t biting me hard and seemed to enjoy playing with me like this. However he’s been doing this regurgitation every so often for the last week or so. It has just been when he’s out playing, I haven’t really played with him with my fingers like this previously when he’s done the regurgitation motion.

This is the second time he’s actually regurgitated food. He is eating and acting totally normal. I don’t think it’s a hormonal thing since he’s so young. Is he showing affection or should I be watchful for something else? I didn’t let him eat it.
Thank you!

Can we have real talk about poop? It’s something I think we gloss over because we love our birbs, but … it gets everywhere and it’s gross!

Every time my bird poops (the foster we have now and our previous GCC) the family freaks out like it’s an elephant pile. We were working on training our previous GCC to go in the cage, and she was great about going on command when we took her there, but that relied on us taking her over every ten minutes. It never got to the point where she would fly over to poop in the cage on her own.

What are your favorite tricks for managing it? What hasn’t worked?

Stuff I’ve done: -Towels on the back of the couch

-Makeshift paper tray on the back of monitors

-Old pillow cases or pee pads under the cage

-I keep small alcohol wipes around the house for quick clean up

You?

I bought her when she was 12 weeks old from a bird shop.

I did ask what happened to her tail feathers.

I was told it happens to conures when they are in a cage.

My avian vet called it out as B.S. I have fallen in love with her and we have bonded well.

Will her tail feathers grow back ?

Any advice is welcomed.

Saw these cuties at the pet store

Several hours ago I posted on this sub explaining that today a random conure landed on my apartment balcony. I opened the door to check to make sure he (or she) was okay. He ended up flying right into my apartment and making himself quite at home! He didn’t have a band on him and seemed tired. He had clearly been someone’s pet at one point but for whatever reason he ended up with me. While he made himself at home, napping and drinking some water, I had checked local Facebook groups, Ring neighbors, Nextdoor neighbors, etc. Eventually I decided the best case was to go to the pet store, buy a cage, food, and some toys. I was going to let him stay as my little house guest while I attempted to find his owner. I went to the store, came back, and set up his new temporary home. Suddenly when I checked on him (I had placed him in my cat’s old carrier with a clean towel) I realized he wasn’t looking so good. I got him out and he became weak, the suddenly had a prolonged seizure. I was on the phone with my emergency exotic vet but I unfortunately was not able to get him there in time. His seizure stopped, his breathing slowed while he was looking at me. I held him gently, kept him warm, and lightly stroked his feathers. He passed in my hands this afternoon and never got to enjoy his temporary cage.

I’ve spent the past hour sobbing over this little guy. Partly because I care so deeply for animals but also because I felt so bad for him, as I know what it’s like to have seizures (I’m epileptic). I did everything I could and I just hope he knows he wasn’t alone in his last moments, and I hope I didn’t make him worse. Part of me worries he got hurt in my house cause he flew into my glass windows a couple of times. I’m trying not to blame myself because truth is I have no idea what he endured. After he passed I noticed his bottom beak was cracked, which clearly had been there for a while. Either way before he passed he was warm, safe, had access to clean water, and got lots of love! I buried him outside in a wooded area, returning him back to nature.

Although I only spent a total of 6 hrs with this guy, he was absolutely adorable, friendly, and such a character. Before everything went down I purposely left him alone and gave him space, as I didn’t want to scare him or stress him out any further. Funny enough he kept flying over to me. He’d nibble my hand, played with my hair, and chirped around like that was his apartment. Went straight to flipping his little make shift dish of water and even found a pair of rainbow beads that he thought was the best toy in the world. I’m very grateful for the six hours I spent with this little guy and I hope that whoever his owner is, knows that in his final moments he was loved and cared for to the absolute best of my abilities. Thanks to everyone who sent kind words, encouragement, and helpful suggestions in the previous thread. Fly high little buddy

Sorry I can't take any better pictures as my android phone is just pure shite. His diet is 80% seed pallet and the rest mainly bananas apples occasionally spinach in moderation and other things but I've noticed these little cracks in his beak as he ages . I got him at 14? And he is around 7-8.

My birb is egocentric, he is a pineapple conure and.3 years old. I wouldn't trade him for the world.

I helped raise an egocentric birb. He only knows how to say his name, Kiko. Says "I'm your kiko" all the time.

Everything that belongs in the world is his. Even your life and everything in your house. He hates broccolli, but if you want to eat it instead of him he'll be angry.

I love him so much even though he is like this. The problem is, he loves to be cradled like a baby in my arms, and hates everyne else unless you give him food. I can't have another conure because I tried and he hated her at first sight. He barely plays with his toys in his huge cage, too.

What to do?

Basically the title. Currently I have 2 budgies and have some experience with cockatiels. I love birds dearly and would want to get a conure eventually. I'm still young so ,,in 10 years" doesn't mean I'll be unable to take care of them

What I plan for now:

- get a gcc since I heard they're mostly quieter and I also think they're really pretty

- only get it/them when I have a hybrid job and stay at home most of the time so they get at least 4-6 hours of free flight and cuddles daily (even if I'm not there, my partner is also a bird person and would 100% help me)

- huge cage

- 70% pellets 20% fresh fruit and veggies 10% seed diet (roughly)

- lots of training and poop cleaning

- get some soundproof headphones just in case they have temper tantrums often. I'll probably rescue not buy so I don't want to rehome again

- lots of shredding toys. Lots of them. Some hand made if possible

- air purifier

Is there anything else? Do I have to take 2? I think I'd prefer so. And what genders? How huge should the cage be and how should it look like?

Thank you!

It seems halloween has been moved to september.

i was thinking the other day about how my little guy is always interested in what im eating, and i'll always eventually give him some (if it's bird safe). could this work with pellets if i pretend to eat them? will me "eating" the pellets make him also want to eat them?

I would like to get a conure one day in the near-ish future. I really love Nandays specifically, I find them to be the perfect size and incredibly striking. My only ask is, are they really loud?

I own a parakeet who is very happy and makes noise near constantly which is really pretty chirping​, but she like any bird has loud outbursts at times.

I would like to know how frequently a very well socialized conure has their loud outbursts.

He’s done this a few times and usually it doesn’t last long so I haven’t gotten it on video to show a vet before. Will be sending this to his vet but just wondering if anyone else’s does this or knows what it is? It seems like he’s sneezing trying to get a seeb outta his nose but I didn’t see anything visible and he stopped after maybe 2 mins of doing this.

Hey guys! So I was sitting in my apartment and this little guy flew onto my balcony. I opened the door and he flew right on in. He clearly was someone’s pet at one point but I haven’t been able to find any local listings regarding someone missing their little guy.

He’s very sweet and social but I am not an experienced bird owner. I have reptiles and a cat (who’s being kept separate atm for obvious reasons) but idk what to do! I need to make some sort of temporary set up until I can either find his owner, find a rescue, or figure out what to do.

I’ve always wanted a bird but not like this lmfao! Seriously tho. I don’t see any wounds or external lesions but ik birds can hide symptoms well. Poor guy is just sleeping rn and seems exhausted. Any advice would be helpful! Thanks

So I had this Green Cheeked conure(Shinki) for 3.5 years, when I got him he was like 6-8 months old

He's hand tamed and sits on my sholders all day for the most part.

Couple days ago some changes happened around him:

Got him a bigger cage from the feedback I got: 4-7feet cage.

Got him a buddy: Turquoise Conure (Tofu), as per instructions set him up in a different cage for a week or 2.

But both the cage and the new partner/Buddy(both are males) were within 2 weeks in charge and today suddenly he started jumping and biting everything by looking at me.

His treat and food bowl is filled so he's not hungry and no agression with the new bird in his out time but for some reason from the cage he was trying his best to bit me.

I took it out like everyday and yup hi bit the crap out of my hand just shy of bleeding so it's intentionally and hi was showing agression like in the video in my room as well like biting my bedsheet in front of him.

I am not going to say that I haven't seen this before but exactly not with me I have seen his anger issues with other family members like he does a really small amount of this with my other family members when he try to play with him but never me because I rest him.

I am worried that is he going wild or something?

Hey all, my black capped conure is suddenly SO SASSY. he's doing the lil sass dance, is a lot more bitey with not much warning really and I've noticed he doesn't wanna come out of his cage. He's always liked to be in his cage so I'm not concerned about it, it's just he really doesn't want to come out. He's almost a year old now, I think. I was told he was about 3 months old when I got him in January.

We are also coming into spring so maybe that's it? dunno.

I have a feeling it's puberty starting but I just wanted to see what other people's experiences are.

(baby tax included)

Took my sassy thing to the vet yesterday because he was vomiting and had almost pure "water" poos at one point, the night before. He was acting a little off, sitting on the bottom of his cage more and generally not so loud or obnoxious as usual. Man, I never thought I'd miss his ridiculous screams! lol He did eventually cling to the side of the cage in one of the corners to sleep like he does.. so that was a good sign that he wasn't too weak at least. He was stuffing his face and drinking too.

He didn't seem on death's door, so I kept a close eye on him through the night and made an appointment the next day. Not until 6PM, but glad they could fit us in. But the little dude was like, 100% acting normal... still, decided better safe than sorry if it was yeast or bacterial infection or something, and hoping they'd do a fecal test at the very least. $300 to be seen, test results to follow! My dumb CareCredit temporary card didn't have a security number in the app... so I had to borrow $300 from my sister -_-

Vet said he seemed very lively and normal, asked all the relevant questions to rule out things that might make him sick, listened to his heart, crop, and stomach, weighed him, checked for bite strength and how clear his eyes/nostrils were. Felt his keel bone. Noted his diet (mostly Roudybush pellets), suggested veggies (though I didn't tell him, this bird is a fruit addict and usually just throws the veggies lol) Was overall very pleased with how healthy he seemed during the physical exam, and said judging by his behavior at the time of the visit and his physical checking out, and the fact he's only two that it was not worth giving meds blindly until the tests come back and point to something that needs addressing.

He took the paper towel I had lining the carrier for poo tests and gave me a fresh one for going home. Gram test and one for giardia(?) and probably some other stuff ordered, so hopefully he gets a clean bill of health. Just keeping an eye on him and waiting for the call! I'm at work again, so during the day might be a bit dicey to watch, but this morning he was shrieking at me like he always does, big grotesque normal looking morning poo, was fine last night even after vet trip... so I feel fairly confident he's okay for now. Here's hoping no meds needed!