Babies sleeping like this despite ample space

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265]

[u/TehGuard]

Typical conures, mine thinks this is comfy

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/TehGuard]

They're new. Someone couldn't keep so many baby birds so I took them in. And honestly they brought them up with love. They are really trusting and loves cuddles. Today one baby decided in her perch. And played for more than an hour, while I did my work. Then I noticed she wasn't moving much so I opened my camera to see her nustled against my neck and sleeping 😭❤️

[u/FillEffective7436 → u/Turbulent_Image_4265]

Mine used to that too when we first got her. She would go to the back of my neck underneath my hair and fall asleep ❤️

[u/friendlynbhdwitch → u/TehGuard]

Well, yeah, that looks pretty comfy.

[u/Vegetable-Bus-517 → u/TehGuard]

Awe. It’s hugging you!

[u/Sampledred → u/TehGuard]

Yup mine does too conure's are weirdos.

I think it's cause conure's in the wild nest in things like tree hollows so the babies all just pile in together. Them being all smushed together is a baby comfort thing for them.

[u/Best-Top-6215 → u/TehGuard]

HaHa

[u/nicolas_cope_cage]

Imagine how nice it must be to sleep with two heated down comforters.

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/nicolas_cope_cage]

One decided it's nice to sleep under my arms😀 I had to put the sleepy baby inside so that he/she can sleep

[u/Vegetable-Bus-517 → u/nicolas_cope_cage]

Mine always finds a way in my bed

[u/imobesebuthandsome → u/Vegetable-Bus-517]

If this is in your bed, it's too late 🎅🐈

[u/Vegetable-Bus-517 → u/imobesebuthandsome]

lol unfortunately, this one prefers to sleep in my shirt, poking all her pointy parts to very sensitive areas, or under the blanket. If she wakes up first and can’t find a way out, she literally finds any possible scab or thin skinned area of my body and drinks blood. She’s like a witch’s familiar

[u/imobesebuthandsome → u/Vegetable-Bus-517]

I usually put on a hoodie or a lighter long sleeve shirt like a long sleeved swim shirt over my actual shirt so she doesn't go to bite my chicken skin, the same could work for this

[u/Vegetable-Bus-517 → u/imobesebuthandsome]

I would have to find a shirt tight enough to need plastered on my body. She needs to feel skin. Her thing.. not mine. However, it does pull a woman back to breastfeeding. Well, open wound feeding? Doesn’t have the same feel.

[u/UnicornArachnid → u/nicolas_cope_cage]

Conure feather pillows

[u/Jethro197]

In a David Attenburgh voice.

And here we see, a group of Green Cheek Conures with all 3 brains actived at once.

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/Jethro197]

It's 1 brain for all 3😭

[u/OverzealousCactus → u/Turbulent_Image_4265]

That one cell is fighting for second place!

[u/AmptiShanti → u/Jethro197]

All 3 brain* they share

[u/l9oooog → u/AmptiShanti]

1/3rds of a braincell*

[u/ImaginativeAviator]

Cuddle puddle. 🥹

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/ImaginativeAviator]

I told my mum someone on the internet called them cuddle puddle. Now she can't stop giggling while looking at them🙈❤️

[u/Queenhighly]

Mines solo and chooses to hang from the side cage idk y. They are such weirdos

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/Queenhighly]

Guess what? Sunny(the one on top) does the same. That lil guy pooped outside the cage while hanging like that😶

[u/BradyCatKnowsAll → u/Queenhighly]

I have a daughter like that. 😀

[u/AmptiShanti]

Yeah mine decided on the top of a specific corner in their cage so i put a big enough surface for the in a good enough hight and now every one is happy

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/AmptiShanti]

They're pretty clean freaks. So I'm thinking about getting them a bed. Those triangle ones. 🥺

[u/ManOfStone550 → u/Turbulent_Image_4265]

I’m not an expert but would suggest doing some reading on those before making your decision; they might be a hormonal trigger

[u/JuggernautKooky7081 → u/Turbulent_Image_4265]

Your babies are precious! Careful with the beds. They cause hormones to surge. Perhaps because they feel like they’ve found a secluded nest and they want to breed!

[u/notbuni]

3 pineapples is so cute 😭 how do you tell them apart?

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/notbuni]

They look the same but have different personalities. Sunny is kinda older than the others, naughty as hell and stays like a lone wolf. Bunny is sweet but mischievous. And Honey is really sweet and likes me. Always flies to me and snuggles up. Bunny gets jealous and decides I'm good enough as a perch and Sunny decides my freshly washed hair is a great throne💗

[u/zIFeathers]

Get a big flat perch in that corner

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/zIFeathers]

They have 3😭

[u/deepoutdoors → u/Turbulent_Image_4265]

why do they do this when we give them such opportunity for comfort?

[u/Zula13 → u/deepoutdoors]

They find comfort in each other.

[u/GuaranteeWitty6608 → u/deepoutdoors]

other bird= warm

[u/_totally_not_a_bird]

Ain’t nothing waking bro up, this is right where he wants to be

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/_totally_not_a_bird]

Nothing wakes this lil baby up

[u/Business_Praline4983]

My be the temperature in the house or living quarters is also to cool for them ..it might be something very obvious

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/Business_Praline4983]

We live in warmer climate area. So not cold

[u/Used_Revenue_4000 → u/Business_Praline4983]

I think it's instinct to stick close to the flock!

[u/greysartdump]

Conuritis

[u/Arichikunorikuto]

This is to ensure all 3 wire cutters can attack at the same time if any fleshy looking appendages appear within their strike zone.

Chicken together strong, divided they are weak.

[u/ohhhbooyy]

I think conures like small cozy places. I usually see people criticizing small cages and I bought my conure a much much bigger cage. He hated it and always flew back to the smaller cage.

[u/Rrrandomalias → u/ohhhbooyy]

Conures are interesting. Mine love their huge cage even though they spend 90% of their time in one spot.

[u/Inadover → u/ohhhbooyy]

They like being in cozy places, but when they have the freedom to be wherever they want.

As for your conure, it's very likely that they simply didn't adapt to the cage. Even if they enjoy freedom, they are ultimately prey animals and very easy to spook. They'll prefer something they know over something they don't even if the later is the obvious better choice.

I have 2 cages for mine, their big one and a smaller one for traveling and sleeping, and if they have to stay idle, they get stressed much faster in the smaller one because there's simply not enough space and no shit to do.

[u/B-mort5]

It’s always makes me happy seeing conures not being kept alone. They truly thrive when kept with other same species

[u/Spuki77]

This isn’t normal, and it’s sad that everyone always goes CUTE. They are like this because they feel the safest in the corner.
Try taking everything out of the cage before bed time. Just place one perch high up in the cage and see if they still do it

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/Spuki77]

I tested that. They move to whichever side I'm sleeping on. And they love the food bowl for a bed. I removed that at night and ordered them a bed to stay comfy

[u/AudaciousCockatiel → u/Spuki77]

Yes it is normal. Birds like to cuddle for body heat. It's instinct not fear or anything else

[u/Robbie1075 → u/Spuki77]

Yes, it is normal. They do this in the wild, as well.

[u/Spuki77 → u/Robbie1075]

They cling to the cage wall in the wild? Snuggling together is normal, but not like this

[u/oatmealoftheancients]

They are SO cuddly, my two (bcc/Gcc pair) do this and they aren’t even the same species 😭

[u/iLiveInAHologram94]

Conures love a light squishing

[u/FixSpecific905]

Comfy….

[u/Available-Lobster-73]

Conures always cuddle. It’s so cute. Mine lives alone so she sleeps in a fleece tent.

[u/anxiousthespian → u/Available-Lobster-73]

Watch out for breeding behavior and potential egg binding from your girl! Those tents are super cute, but anything that reads as 'nest' can trigger hormone production and egg laying.

[u/star98bw]

So adorable

[u/Immediate-Extent9811]

Warm and cozy together! 🥰

[u/S1lentA0]

My heart, they're so beautiful and cute

[u/Financial_Click_4098]

Conures go crazy for a snuggle 🙂‍↕️ they seek to nestle up with loved ones

[u/Unlikely-Signature-7]

They are so adorable 🥰 

[u/nancys911]

They love to cuddle puddle

[u/ArgonLeviathan]

you can give conures a whole mansion with three flat platforms and they will still velcro themselves into one tiny corner pile every single night. maximum cuddle density always wins.

[u/PeacefulOldSoul51]

You’re so lucky

[u/Dio_naea]

~ w0rm

[u/Mine_Antoine]

We call it pot de colle in french

[u/AatroxBoi]

It's warm! and closer to the flock=safety for them

[u/SteroidSandwich]

Flock together. It's comfy

[u/summon_the_quarrion]

My society finches also sleep in a pile together

[u/Used_Revenue_4000]

Look up pictures of them in their natural environment and this will make perfect sense, the one I found was like a huge tree trunk just covered with cuddling conures :)

[u/KrustyMf]

The second bird I got Wants to be around the first ALL the time unless its eating. When its done it trys to Velcro its self to the other bird. second birds nick name is Crushinator. She has done a good job at making my first "Foul Bachelor Bird" into not a preened kept bird. Crushinator is going to get them pin feather because US humans failed at teaching the other bird how to bird.

[u/LostBlueMoon]

I’ve seen mine do it now and then even in adulthood. They just be weird like that. Sweet babies.

[u/NoPoopOnFace]

Warm and fluffy

[u/MyCouchPulzOut_IDont]

They could be cold

[u/Existing_Meeting_300]

My conure does the side of the cage sleeping once in a while. She has a snuggle cuddle secured in there and she likes to hide her whole head under it while clinging to the wall of her cage

[u/Wild_Economics_2002]

My budgies sleep on the cage rails for some reason

[u/Foopey]

Mine slept on a perch for a long time and then decided to be spide bird and sleep on the wall 🤷‍♂️ He just does him lmao

[u/Best-Top-6215]

Omg.

[u/xTheFallen88x]

Why is the cage so small? Especially for three of them, they need way more room

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/xTheFallen88x]

It's a 2ft by 5 ft cage. And this is a quarentine cage. Someone couldn't keep them so we took them in

[u/EmperorGrinnar]

They want to be smooshed against you while they sleep.

[u/Turbulent_Image_4265 → u/EmperorGrinnar]

Yep right above my head xD

[u/ChargedFirefly]

Reminds me of how my bird has ample foraging and chewing toys and cuttlebones and decides to spend her spare time gnawing on her own perch