The way he runs as soon as the treasure has been secured 😂

So I recently repainted my room and my bird stays with me, when/how long should I wait till putting my conure back in?

This is my little guy Monkey aka Chicken Curry!
His last video here was basically shower ASMR. Lately, he’s decided that showers should be a daily activity, and honestly, I think he’d bathe 24/7 if I let him…

On top of that, he has become completely obsessed with Ruby Waters’ new song Pay as You Go. Every time it comes on, he starts dancing like it’s his personal anthem. At this point, I’m convinced he’s her biggest fan

Now I’m curious, fellow parronts do your parrots have favorite songs or artists too?

Every day when I come home, he starts humming and dancing until I sing to him. It’s become our little ritual but… also I will do anything for this cranky teenager to not bite me lol

I am a brand new gold cap caregiver. My husband and teenage daughter really wanted a snuggly, goofy, sweet bird. After spending days at the bird shop, I selected this bird for having a clear bond with us. I did NOT realize that there are varieties other than green cheeks until after I brought him home 😱… I thought they were all just different colors of green cheeks.

Anyway, my question is: how do I extend the life of chop? Even if I only make a little, he doesn’t eat it as quickly as it goes bad. I end up wasting a lot of it. Can I freeze it?

Bonus question: he’s not super snuggly… is that just his personality or will it improve with time and attention?

Such a beautiful baby🤭 less stinky now!!

First time green cheek conure owner. I'm still trying to get them off of their seed diet so I am slightly panicking this is because of lack of nutrition. The vet can't see them for another 48hrs, so I take it this might not be life threateningif the vet isn't panicking? But I thought I would ask while we wait for the vet. Is this normal for their poo? (Obviously Google told me that they're dying 😂)They seem happy and healthy. Picture of my little dude I took this morning as well. Thank you from a panicking conure parent 😂😭

Edit: thank you guys for all the reassurance. Good to know they saved it all night just to poo on me as soon as I took them out of their cage lol. That's very in line with their personality.

..missing one conure here because he's my velcro baby and only wants to be on my shoulder.

Nope. Just stinky. Nasty boy took a bath in day old water and had him smelling like cheese. Took him to the sink for a mandatory bath and the cheese smell is all gone 🤣

So Ive had my green cheeked conure for about 2 years now and he's 3 years old. Recently he's been keeping one of his eyes closed. Me and my dad thought nothing of it, until recently he's been closing both eyes. We've taken him to the avian vet a countless amount of times and they dont know what's wrong with him. I've noticed he's been shaking and one of his eyes has been tearing up. We've been keeping a heater on to make sure he isn't cold, and have been giving him antibiotic eye drops. I'm really scared, he's still a baby and it scares me. if anybody has been through the same thing or knows about this, please let me know. I love my baby and don't want him to die.

Her new cage finally arrived last week and I’m happy with how things are coming together. Just a few more final touches and more enrichment (toys) and I’ll be done.

Edit:

I got most of the things for her cage from Amazon. The top and bottom wooden platforms were built using 1x4s and a sheet of plywood, and we found the side table it’s sitting on through Facebook Marketplace.

GuineaLoft™ Model-ET223 Acrylic Bird Cage:
https://a.co/d/03OIYJKr

Happy Bird light
https://a.co/d/012ot9Zq

Bird Rope Perch
https://a.co/d/0darw9Lw

Bird Seagrass Ladder
https://a.co/d/05bNdbSa

Bird Beak Grinding Stone Perch
https://a.co/d/0frBQ5uE

Cardboard Bird Perch
https://a.co/d/0cItf3La

A&E Java Wood Perch
https://a.co/d/00pVm5Xq

I know 0.5 - 0.625 inches is recommended. I’ve seen people say 0.75 inches max. I ordered a cage listed as 0.5 inches, and went through 5 hours of assembly before realizing that it’s actually 0.75 inches across. So now I’d be at the upper end of what people consider acceptable.

What worries me even more is the diamond shape; I’m worried that if she can get her head through, it’s even more dangerous than 0.75 inch vertical bars because the V of the diamond poses a greater strangulation hazard when her body weighs her down.

I think I already know the answer, but for my own sake before disassembling it, this is unsafe, right?

Sweetie's finally recovered and is back to hanging out with Peaches every day!

And of course, Peaches has already resumed her job as Sweetie's personal grooming assistant 😂

Head scratches from me, feather care from Peaches. Not a bad life for our little VIP.

Hi! I recently brought home a year old conure ( it’s been 3 weeks now). She is adjusting well, playing eating normally and has started to become very vocal. She came to me extremely hand shy and still seems to be unsure of me in general ( only when i’m too close).

This is my first bird and I have done LOADS of research and realized the cage she’s in is too small for her needs, i have recently ordered a nice size flight cage with new natural perches & more foraging toys ( she already has a few). She has been screaming a ton when i’m in the room and I’m not sure if this is excitement/ boredom.

Anyways… i’m looking for advice on switching cages given the fact that she is still very shy with me and rather terrified of my hands. I do not want to break trust .

( for reference she does come out of her cage and sits on the top or try’s to explore but she is still iffy about leaving the outside of the cage itself)

he used to be ok with me preening him but once he moved his head while i was holding one firmly and accidentally ripped it out. now it’s a no-go entirely. he’ll bite my fingers off but his whole neck and head are practically full of them and i want to help but there is literally no way. the moment i grab onto one it’s open season for my fingers. do i just leave them? there’s a lot and i’d assume they should have just crumbled off on their own by now but nope. do i hold his beak while i do it? that doesn’t seem very nice.

For being a stinky bird!

Before anyone says anything this is right before bed. He spends all day with cage open so he is free to do what he wants.

Bought some supplies and made sure to use natural items and built them the ultimate playground for them!!

—- FOUND —-

Our Mexican Green Conure, Bowser, accidentally escaped today after getting startled while sitting on my shoulder near an open door. I’m absolutely heartbroken and feeling incredibly guilty.

We followed him for several hours as he flew between about five trees in our neighborhood. He was making contact calls and repeatedly tried to fly back to us, but he’s never flown outdoors before and seemed unable to figure out how to descend. He kept flying over our heads and landing in other trees, some around 75 feet tall.

Eventually, we lost sight of him as it got dark. We have a suspected last location less than 100 feet from our house, but couldn’t confirm where he landed. An arborist even searched with a drone tonight, but we couldn’t locate him.

We’ve placed his cage outside within sight of the suspected tree, posted in neighborhood Facebook groups, and registered him as missing on PawMaw. We’re planning to search again at first light tomorrow.

I’m devastated thinking about him out there alone, especially knowing he was trying so hard to get back to us.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Any advice for locating him or helping him descend from a tall tree if we find him tomorrow?

I’m trying to stay hopeful. I just want my little guy home.

Looking for a bird bath for my 6 month old Green Cheek Conure. Something to keep in his cage. He doesn’t want anything to do with water outside of is cage but I always see him bathing in his water dish which is too small for him to really get a good dip. Any suggestions?

I guess it is a really fun game for him. He refuses to play a “ring and stick” game with other objects than my ring and a hand 😀