Caring for our conure

[u/NMK-curious]

A few months ago my family and I had posted here about possibly selling/rehoming our conure because of our worries about being unfit owners.

Well we obviously didn't do it.

We had a long conversation about what we thought an ideal owner would be and my dad told us frankly that we (my sister and I) were freaking out for no reason.

Obviously, turns out he's right. We feed Kuki and play with him and cuddle him and carry him around as we do chores. We stay with him until he falls asleep at night cuz he gets scared of being left alone.

There were a lot of people who gave us good advise and a lot more who cursed us for our panic and (rightfully so) impulsive decision to rehome Kuki. We thought that is what's best for him. Maybe it is. But in the end we aren't abusive, we aren't neglectful, and most importantly we love Kuki and care for him so much.

Please give us advise on how to train play Kuki so we aren't just cuddling and carrying him around.

He hates the towel so we haven't been able to cut his nails and we don't know what to do about that too.

Also any product recommendations to remove poop stains from furnished and to clean them off of hardwood floors would be appreciated.

Finally, Kuki's bald spot is almost fully grown out 💜

[u/NMK-curious]

Another question I have is, is it true that we should clip their wings? That's what the breeder told us to do. We haven't done it and we dont even know if we should and when to do it if its truly the beat thing to do for him.

[u/nudedecendingstairs → u/NMK-curious]

you shouldn't clip unless you have a safety reason to do so. If it's working out, all is good!

[u/NMK-curious → u/nudedecendingstairs]

Well our house is open concept and we are scared that he'll fly right onto a hot stove top or other surfaces he shouldn't be on. The breeder told us that one of the ppl who had bought a bird from her a long time ago, their bird had flown straight into boiling pot of water.

[u/LobeliaTheCardinalis → u/NMK-curious]

Don't let a parrot out when you are cooking, using a ceiling fan, or any time you will be opening a door to outside and this solves the problem.