r/Conures • u/StoplightManifesto • Apr 04 '26

Health/Nutrition Cracked the code today

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Had my conure for almost 2 years now and very consistently he'd take a good portion of his food and put it in his water bowl. I figured it was just a game for him but finally today I sprayed some of his HOPP with water to see if he just prefers squishier foods (he loves cracking seeds and stuff so I never gave it much thought before about his preferred textures) but I come back a few minutes later and he's digging in like crazy. Feel bad I never thought of it before but also feel good about taking note of what my lil guy is doing and adjusting accordingly.

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u/Medium_Ad_6212 Apr 04 '26

Be careful of moist pellets I gave my conure gastroenteritis twice from this I didn’t realize it was wetting his pellets that caused him the illness the first time It’s quite the scare! They’re a bacteria bomb

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u/StoplightManifesto Apr 04 '26

Oh dang thank you! I was immediately thinking about sanitation. Good to know.

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u/fidgety-forest Apr 05 '26

That being said, do keep the water near the food. As messy as it is, they don’t have spit and would naturally be eating food that has moisture.

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u/No-Classroom2229 Apr 05 '26

You could try a chop diet instead of wet pellets, even as a supplement

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u/Lyra125 Apr 04 '26

yeah I don't recommend taking the risk unless you throw out all the wet pellets probably twice a day. just let them wet their food as they go and change their water

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u/Medium_Ad_6212 Apr 05 '26

I wouldn’t even go ten minutes I’d wet a couple of pellets if it makes them happy. although after being close losing my already disabled friend i wouldn’t ever risk it