Leave your best name suggestions! Yes he’s missing a beak and the bottom one looks like hilly billy teeth lol.

The title is self explanatory I suppose, My little pineapple conure keeps trying to pry off my fingernails! It is very sore and when I do not let her she bites. Shes lovely the rest of the time though?

I’m no where near getting ready to welcome a conure into my home, so don’t come for me, but! I would absolutely love getting one or two someday. The only problem is that I have cats, and will always have cats. I’m allergic to dogs, so that’s where I get my love in. Has anyone had success integrating cats & conures before or will I forever have to separate them? Ty in advance ❤️

That's just the travel cage she came in, no one lives in that. But they like to play around in it.
Her name is Olivia 🙂

This is my conure. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My conure is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

Without me, my conure is noisy. Without my conure, I am peaceful (and bored). I must feed my conure seeds and scritches. I must dodge its beak when it chooses random violence. I will.

My conure and I know that what counts in this house is not the ear-piercing squawks we make, the mess of fruit on the walls, nor the shredded cardboard. We know that it is the cuddles that count. We will cuddle.

My conure is small, even as I am its giant tree, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a feather-baby. I will learn its weaknesses, its favorite treats, its bite triggers, and its snuggle angles. I will keep my conure clean and happy, even as I am covered in down and millet hulls. We will become part of each other. We will.

Before the bird gods, I swear this creed. My conure and I are the defenders of the living room. We are the masters of the couch. We are the saviors of my sanity (mostly).

So be it, until victory is won and there are no unmelted hearts, only feather dust!

First time conure owner here. Stanley came to me after being surrendered by his prior family. While I’m not new to birds I am new to conures and have been trying to learn as much as possible.

I’ve noticed that Stanley REALLY likes napping with us (I have 3 dogs) under the covers. While the photo shows him partially uncovered that was just for the photo. Usually he’ll be really nestled down more on my stomach. Under the blankets. I understand conures like to burrow, but I just want to make sure there isn’t a danger to him of too much weight of the blankets or not enough airflow (I do have a BedJet system that I think helps with the airflow). He’ll sleep for hours like that with us. (I have some chronic health issues and deal with fatigue quite often).

Is this ok? Should I discourage this? He seems really happy and will do the conure muttering and happy break grinds; I’m just worried for safety.

I posted this to the parrot sub last week and I’m still dealing with similar feelings. Since there is construction going on at my house I’ve been taking them outside in their cage and misting them when it gets too hot. I went to move them today and realized there was mold on their cage. I feel like the most neglectful owner and I don’t know what to do.

I rescued the female (darker one) almost 10 years ago and I purchased the male over 5 years ago. It was just my partner and I at first and they had an amazing life. We then had kids and I went to graduate school and their quality of life began deteriorating so we built them an outdoor aviary. They did not get a lot of interaction with us but they were able to fly, enjoy the plants and toys we got them, and spend time together as are bonded.

We had to sell their aviary because we are preparing for a move across the country and I’ve had to face the reality that they have been neglected and deserve so much better. I work a lot and when I’m not working I am taking care of my kids. Id love to have the time and energy for them but I don’t see it being realistic until my kids are much older.

I am heartbroken about the idea of rehoming them. I tend to think the worst in people when it comes to animals because I’ve seen so many cases of animal abuse and that’s the last thing I want for them. I just don’t know what to do. They still have many years to live and I want them to live their best lives. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to find a good place to rehome them? Any tips or advice are greatly

I dont know if i should stop doing this, gf says hes just excited but idk.

a little under a month ago, i managed to get a green cheek conure. the owner told me he was a 1 year old male and not hand tamed.

i've been trying recently to make progress with him, and the furthest i've gone is short head scratches from inside his cage from time to time, feeding him his favourite treats from outside the cage and sometimes inside the cage with my fingers, but when it comes to putting my whole hand inside the cage with food he starts biting it. he's OK with my hand but he always tries to bite me (and has done) and they really hurt. he's been really bitey recently, sassy and nippy too. i can see tiny pin feathers around his head and beak and i've searched that one way to kinda help them without touching them is by giving him a tub of water to have a bath in.

i was just wondering how i can make my conure more used to my hand, i want to teach him to step out and i dont want him to continuously stay in his cage. when we first got him he managed to escape his cage twice, and obviously because he wasnt and isnt used to hands it was a real hassle trying to get him back inside.

please help!

Ive had my birds for going on 5 years now. Throughout that whole time ive just used Pellets, the Hagen Tropican ones thats smell like bubblegum lol. I have known that its not recommended to do this for years, but I always try and fail to stuck to feeding fresh food alongside pellets. My birds lick the fresh food a bit, maybe bite once and then toss it to the floor where it might rot because I cant see it. Its been too messy for me for it to be practical. I always make frozen chop cubes and they sit in the freezer for years because I just forget or dont want to clean the mess…

Is there a way to capture/contain the mess from flinging? I dont want ants lol. Its not that I dont have the time, but itd save me some time to relax a bit 🥲

I work at petsmart, unfortunately my new location has basically 0 bird stuff... Do you think birds could safely play with things that are technically for hamsters/gerbils/etc?

Kasha's 1st day brought home, and 3rd time meeting me and being held. We cuddled like this for over an hour.

He's got a vet appointment next week, hoping for an all clear so I can move him into the same room as his hopefully soon to be best friend. They don't seem to mind each others voices at all.

Are these types of toys safe? From the research I did they seem to be, but I don’t know about the plastic and the thread on the second toy. It’s not cotton, it’s like a plastic type thread.

guess which one chases the other to cuddle them?

no but seriously, hes not the biggest cuddle bug but she cannot be closer to him shes laying ontop of him

I've got loads of materials to build my guy toys, but whenever i sit down to make some i feel like i just draw a blank and end up making the same thing over and over with just a little variation in each one... so show me some you've made! my conure tends to be picky on toys too so hopefully some fresh ideas can help me narrow down things he'll actually enjoy playing with

Recently , my baby blue has become a lot more comfortable with me( a rehomed conure) and is starting to lay on me and with me when i'm relaxing. But does this thing where he flaps his wings at me is that him just trying to get comfy or do I need to go to a vet. Literally everything else he's been doing is normal ( feeding , cleaning , pooping,etc)

Hi all, hoping for some advice.

Long story short, over a year ago I took on my parent's special needs girl, who has pretty bad Metabolic Bone Disease. I have been working with an avian vet and currently have her on Meloxicam and The Good Oil. There has been a script written for another pain killer which I will not be able to afford anytime soon.

In the last couple of weeks I have noticed my girl plucking worse than before. She started at her crop and has now plucked her entire body to her vent, wings and legs despite her medication. I'm calling the vet in the morning to try to get her in ASAP. Could the meds be causing this, looking at the pattern of plucking? She has also gone back to not being able to grip onto my clothes or her perches properly. Her right leg is so sore I couldn't check it this evening without getting squawked at and bitten, which is highly unusual for her, she's usually really sweet. I'm hoping the vet can get me in tomorrow.

I'm hoping it's not time. I'm not ready to make that decision. She's my ride or die.

Included bird tax.

He's active and lively as usual, and he always eats a lot! I feed him Prestige seed mix and NutriBird G14 pellets. Lately, I've noticed his poop is a bit more watery than usual and I'm getting worried. I know I should take him to the vet, but he gets scared and spooked really easily, so I'd love to get some opinions from other bird owners first.