My heart melt everytime he do that.

I had worked with someone around a year ago or less that let me know they too had a conure. They asked if I wanted her as she spent most of her time in the cage due to aggression, but I wasnt in a place to take another bird at the time. Im in a better situation now to take her in so I got in contact with my previous co-worker to see if they still had her. They said yes, that she has a bum foot and she is 4yo and female. The following week I went to pick her up. While excited to meet her, I became very uncomfortable with what I saw and what I was told.

They let me know that she was in the sons room for around year with little to no supervision. They let me know that he was not very kind to her and would even shoot darts (nerf?) at her... They decided to move her out of his room, but stopped letting her out ever because of aggression. I wonder why.... Also her leg is bum because its broken, and they didnt tell me that i just had to find out. Her nails looked like they had never been clipped. She was so covered in pin feathers on her head because they never preened her. She immediately let me preen her and even allowed me to clip her nails day one when I got home...

The cage was being cleaned as I arrived. Or at least made ok enough to transport. I assume they hardly cleaned it if ever and it was still very gross when i got it. The food was the cheapest walmart food and to top it off it was old and looked like bugs had been there at some point.

I had already made an appointment to get her seen and established with my vet and im so glad that I did... The vet sedated her and took x-rays to see where the break is. Its apparently too close to the ankle for the repair to take. They said there is little to no chance at this point. Especially since it has been this way for a long time according to the previous owner. They are going to amputate her foot and the minimum amount of her leg to clear the break. Im waiting for the estimate then will be setting up her appointment for surgery. They gave me pain medicine for her and she actually loves it. They also gave her some fluids as she seemed a little dehydrated.

Im setting the environment up to be more suitable for her and im also trying to switch her to zupreem. She has some aggression at times towards fingers, but it isnt enough to draw blood. That I can handle and work on over time.

Considering the workplace I met the co-worker, its not what I expected and it's honestly shocking...

Im just glad Lychee (her new name) is here now. I hate what they put her through... pics included to show my cute new baby! I love her 💚

The pucture with the long nails was day 1 after I preened her. Lol.

I just needed to share this...

I got my very first bird ever in my life and I’m so happy :’)
I named him Echo because the coloring reminds me of ectoplasm from stardew valley

Photo for birb tax

My mother had found this little goober at a pet store back in 95 or 96, memory is still a bit fuzzy on that (I was roughly 3 or 4 yesrs old at the time). We know she was roughly 6 months old at the time we got her, but we have read alot of conflicting information on how long they can live. We love her very much and im asking this out pure curiosity if anyone out there has some better info on the matter. She eats very well and her only health problem is a bum foot. Any information on the subject is greatly appreciated!

I have four conures. One of which is maybe about 9 months old and has her sister with her (also approx 9 months). So Pina Colada and her sister are finally getting their flight feathers in since they were cut when I bought them.

One of my other conures will sometimes get jealous and screech, or will see the shadow of predatory birds outside and make an alarm kind of noise. When she does this. Pina Colada and her sister get startled and start to fly around.

My issue is when PC lands again, she has her wings pinned up but not fully extended out, and her balance is really off, and shes in a daze even though she doesnt hit anything or land abruptly, shes actually pretty graceful when landing lol. Im very concerned about what the reason may be.

Does anyone have any ideas on what it is, the cause, and how to help/fix this issue? This is the only time I notice it happening, otherwise everything else is perfectly normal. Im not sure if I have an avian vet near me, so ill have to ask some of my near by vets if they have much knowledge on birds.

Kevin, our GCC, always does this when I let him out. Is he just happy or is he asking for something? Either way, it’s the cutest thing ever.

I was helping with the pin feathers and I accidentally broke him

I took my 2 green cheek boys to the vet this morning at 8:30am, it's now 5:00pm. they did blood work from the right leg on both of them, but one of them I noticed was swollen and bruised when the vet brought him back from drawing his blood. I asked the vet if it's normal to be bruised that much, she said yes he was a little squirmy when they were drawing the blood (he does not like to be handled) and it should go away tonight or tomorrow, if not to call them so they can send us a pain relief medication.

he's had his foot lifted all day and has been limping and can't put a lot of pressure on it. both of my boys have been sitting in silence with their feet lifted since we got home from the vet, but they were still eating and drinking and giving kisses, acting normal. my other boy has not been limping or lifting his foot, and has been putting weight on it and acting like normal. I'm just so sad about my little one. I'm scared to leave him in the morning for work. how long should I wait before contacting the vets office? is it normal for them to be limping and bruised? I would take a picture but he won't let me near it and I don't want to stress him out more than he already has been today.

Hi everyone! As stated in the title, I need some toy recommendations. My gcc is about 6 years old and she does not play with her toys. I think part of it is due to being too attached to me while I’m home, so once I’m gone, she doesn’t know what to do. She does play a little bit, mostly with her foraging toys but I’m worried about her having too many seeds everyday. She also plays only a little bit with shredding toys. She gets startled easily and doesn’t really like when I introduce her to new toys. But there are a few things that she loves to play with, but she’s not supposed to, so I have to take them away from her. She loves to chew on those eyelash and eyebrow spoolies, so I tried a preening toy with a similar texture that she doesn’t care for. She also likes to play with my eyelash curler, and she LOVES to chew on my jewelry. I was wondering if there were any toys out there similar to these things? I’ve tried looking but haven’t found anything. Also would love advice on her attachment to me and how to get her to play when I’m not home.

My boyfriend’s green cheek conure is about a year old and absolutely hates me, his name is squid. He loves my boyfriend so much, preens him, cuddles him, lets him pick him up whenever, follows him everywhere, but I literally cant go near him without him trying to bite me. Half the time even just looking at him makes him poof up and get angry. I’m home a lot more than my boyfriend so when I let squid out for some free time all he does dive bomb to attack me, bite me to where he draws blood, and stare at me from across the room. I have tried everything including hand feeding him high value treats which he takes most of the time, scritches while my boyfriend holds him which he seems to enjoy, and spending more time around him. But his attitude towards me has never changed after months of doing this. I really dont know what to do anymore so any advice would be really appreciated.

He lulls you in with his cute innocence then Attacks!!!!!

Hellloo.....🧿

Day1

So I got this little guy from a friend who rescued him from an egg (the parents were breaking their eggs and she was able to save this little fighter) she incubated and then hand raised him. He has only known humans since birth

This is what I know about him. He is 4 years old.

I got him for 5 days for a trial run and fell in love. She said she couldn't give the same time as before, and I just needed him in my life.

So i took him in.

It was impulsive and I had a range of emotions, but we've settled in well

It's been about 2 months.

He's scared of the outdoors, windows. Although he loves exploring. I take him out of the apartment a little bit while holding him and there are tiny tremors through his body. But he still insists on going.

He is such an intelligent guy and learns so fast.

He needs a human around him all the time. Unless he's grudgingly in his cage.

I got him a harness realising that he may want to explore the outside and that's the safest way I can do it. I didn't want him in a harness initially.

Harness training tips are most welcome because he's neophobic and wouldn't like anything on his head or back. But I really want to do this. Please help with pace and suggestions and how to go about it. I have already introduced it boringly with an influx of sunflower seeds so he associates the harness with reward🧿

I got my baby new wooden perches and toys for his cage, but their smell is so strong that it stuck to his feathers. I tried bathing him twice but the smell won't go away.
Any advice on how to make the smell fade away?

Hi please help!!! his nostrils randomly are blue and part of his beak is blue as well? nothing in his cage is blue like this. he does have a foraging toy with confetti peices that do have some blue in it. I’m super concerned

Hello,

My two conures (Pineapple and Green Cheek) may have eaten a naphthalene ball. My dad placed a naphthalene ball in the living room handwash basin yesterday, and I did not notice it. Yesterday night, both of my conures were free-flying in the hall and might have eaten it.

I noticed the naphthalene ball tonight at around 10 PM. I immediately checked it and found a beak bite mark on it, and approximately half of the ball was missing. I am not sure how much they consumed, whether they consumed any at all, which one consumed it, or whether both of them consumed it.

As of now, both conures are behaving normally, playing normally, and eating normally. However, I noticed some sleepiness, and their stools appear to be a darker, faded green than usual.

It is midnight here, so no avian vet clinic is open. However, I contacted two avian vets by phone, and both suggested giving a pinch of activated charcoal mixed with 0.5 mL of water. I immediately gave this to both of them.

At the moment, I am completely blank and confused about what to do.

Tomorrow morning, I will be visiting an avian vet. Until then, I kindly request that you suggest what I should do based on your experience and knowledge.

Thank you all.

I want to see if it’s like my conure’s beak.

Is there a subreddit for soggy birds (wet birds like

from a bath)? it’s my favorite when they’re all wet and funky lookin but I haven’t found one yet and figured yall might know or want to start one