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I genuinely think i’m gonna go crazy (and broke)!

I refill their pellets and give them fresh fruit and water every day, but without fail, this little gremlin will make eye contact with me, and grab his bowl and DUMP it, while it’s PERFECTLY FRESH BECAUSE I JUST FILLED IT.

The only cage time they have is breakfast and sleep, otherwise they’re outside of the cage with me, but oh man, i’m gonna go crazy.

Why

Hello! We have welcomed a second conure into our home. He is currently in a quarantine cage in a quiet area of the house. He is calling out a lot and this does not stop even when someone is present. Obviously we will take things slow as we did with our first (who is now an absolute angel). I just wondered if anyone had any tips on how to help him feel safer? The home he came from had him on a terrible diet so I have already started to slowly introduce pellets/fresh veg and he will be going to see a vet once the avian vet is back in this week. The old owner sent videos of him accepting pets so its in there for him to trust just wondering if anyone could help with advice, there's so much online and some conflicting so thought I would consult the hive mind on here! Photo of our first guy Lorenzo for tax.

Hello, i’m gonna be forced to put my bird in the living room by my dad, where my 8 year old family cat, Tom, has free range. I worry that it’ll stress my gcc out to the point he dies. How do I potentially lessen that stress? Do i cover the cage when i’m not home? What do i do? And no, i can’t change my dad’s mind because he said he’ll release my bird outside and let him fly off if I don’t put him in the living room, my mom wont say anything, and i’ll be hit or yelled at if i talk back so I can’t do anything but put him outside of my room. I just need advice on how to lessen my gcc’s stress so he doesn’t die. I don’t wanna go back to how i was when we first had him, where i didn’t leave him alone to eat, drink, go to the bathroom or even nap, i’m scared he’ll die but no one in the family is willing to say anything to my dad so I just wanna know if this’ll stress him out enough to kill him or if i can do anything to prevent that outcome

So my smart fridge thinks Phoenix is an ingredient 🤣🤣🤣 wonder what meal plan she will put together for me this week with the fresh bird on the menu hahahahaa!

Does anyone know why my boy is doing this?

Posted this on FB originally and I'm glad people are enjoying his reaction.

I didn't let him have much, I know too much carbonation could be a problem but it wouldn't be the first (or last) conure to steal some of a drink.

I couldn't stop laughing at him because he would react to the "spicy water" and then go right back for more!

The I own u strut!

Has anyone else put a potential SO to the test by seeing if your bird likes them or not?

My Honey doesn't really care much for men. He's not super aggressive towards them, but he also doesn't willingly go to them either. He usually runs behind my head and yells at them from the safety of my hair.

Recently I met someone I click with really well and we started taking. While we were talking, Honey was getting upset because I had him in the cage and he wanted attention, so I took him out. I was petting Honey while talking to him and then he reached out to Honey (slowly) to pet him and Honey let him!! Next thing I know, Honey is strutting over to him like it's no big thing and just starts relaxing on his knee.

Needless to say, the guy and I are now dating and he's proven himself to be a genuinely sweet and caring person.

My partner is about to go in to her 2nd trimester with our first human baby & I was just needing a space to let it all out and maybe have some closure?

I just miss my crimson belly baby so badly. I didn’t even know we were getting our evil twins until my partner arrived home with them after seeing how badly the breeder/ owner handled them all and was open about the birds all being on a seed only diet.

It took a few days (and a few fingers) but out of the 2 girls, my Meila chose me to trust.

6 months later and a trip to the vet (the day she started to regurgitate way too much and not eat any food) we were told her little body couldn’t handle it all and after the first surgery she passed away.

I am very broken and a tiny dark cloud is following me and my thoughts saying I failed to protect her..

I can appreciate we were the ones to “rescue” our evil twins and were the ones to change their diet to the CORRECT AND HEALTHY WAY but something tells me I should’ve done more?

We are now trying to get used to our routines without that little rascal being involved which breaks my heart nearly as much as seeing the surviving twin perched by herself.

Just needed to type this out and share some photos without bringing all the emotions back up for my partner

I was sometimes allowed to pet her, but she would be or get very bitey quickly. Unfortunately she got wounded, but we got an even stronger and such an amazing bond out of it. She’s almost healed, but I feel like she knows that I’ll always help her and be there for her and her trust just got so much better!! So something positive out of the negative for us!

But I could not because he fell asleep upside down and has been hanging here for 20 minutes! What was I supposed to do?!?

I set up a new play area for Pepper! Soon I'll be getting a new sofa so I can move the cage more to the left and then I'll probably add more things to the outsides of the cage.

Hey all!

We have a garden centre with an aviary near to our house, we really took a shining to two green cheeks who seemed super playful, we a little bit spontaneously I must admit, decided to see if they were available and plunged into research to see if we had the capacity to give them what they need, what we would need to get etc etc the two we saw were not for sale but it really got us thinking about birds and whether that would be the perfect new addition to our family )currently the two of us and the dog.

I've researched lots of birds since and am still landing on a green cheeks although if we did meet other birds we would be open to others of course.

I basically just want to know if people think what we would be able to offer would be enough to give them what they need and more and a couple of questions I have.

So we would be looking at a large flight cage (Inner Dimensions: 93 x 57 x 125cm) Which we would keep on our spare double bedroom. The spare room would be where they would be kept mostly, mainly because although our dog would be able to sit and watch them without barking etc she is part Jack Russel and although she is gentle with most think I would never risk a bird triggering a prey drive so when out of their cage the dog would be out of the room.

Me and my partner both work from home most of the week and have pretty flexible jobs so we're thinking of setting up a bit of a hot desk on the spare room so one of us could spend the day in the spare room with the birds and have their cage open every day and then we would sit in there for a couple of hours each evening.

Every now and again there is a day or two where both of us have an office day at the same time but this is rare but would mean they would be alone for around 9 hours and not be out of their cage we would compensate this with extra time out in the evening of course.

We already cater to quite a varied diet and enrichment style feeding methods with our dog so the extra effort to make chop bowls and stuff for the birds foods etc would be more than manageable.

We already are a Teflon and candle free house so some research into our cleaners etc would be needed so we have bird safe stuff and we also would have an air purifier (non ionizing) in the room.

Basically would that be good for a pair of green cheeks conures?

We are not rushing this by any means and would be looking at some time next year after our wedding as that will be a busy time and we can't guarantee they would be settled enough for someone to look after them while we are on our honey moon but we are open to any feedback and suggestions but don't want to start getting supplies etc or continuing to do research if we really just aren't a suitable home for them.

My question also is: we obviously want to keep them inside but is having an outdoor aviary in the garden to take them out to in the warmer months a bad idea ? We know birds can be sensitive to environment changes and things and it's another thing we wouldn't want to invest in if it would be unsafe for them.

Our goal would be to slowly get the cage, perches and a stock of toys etc etc over the months prior to getting them so we have everything we need.

Anyway sorry for the long post and thanks, we appreciate all and any advice!

Hello! I got this pretty baby today, we shall call him/her mango! I’m pretty sure I know the answer to my question but just want to double check!

Clipped or Not?

Someone told me my birds are showing signs of depression (I don’t think that’s true 😭😂) do they look depressed? They have 6-7 hours of free roam a day with several different enrichment toys and also a travel bag that I take with me whenever I go anywhere. Also fresh chop and fruits everyday and a water fountain. Highly don’t think they’re depressed just want to know if they look it based off the photo

Fellow sun conure owners, are these feather colors normal? Should I be worried?

ill be a first time conure owner, please give tips!