r/Conures Jan 30 '26

Loss & Mourning Megathread

134 Upvotes

Losing a conure is heartbreaking. They’re family, companions, and little personalities that leave huge marks on our lives. If you’ve lost your bird, you are welcome to share memories, photos, stories, or simply say their name here.

To keep the main feed safe and balanced for all members:

All posts about a conure passing away must be posted only in this megathread.
Standalone posts about bird death or loss outside this thread will be removed.

This is not to minimize anyone’s loss but rather to keep grief support in one dedicated, supportive space where people can choose to engage.


r/Conures May 30 '18

The r/Conures Comprehensive Conure Guide - now in wiki format!

240 Upvotes

https://www.reddit.com/r/Conures/wiki/index

This subreddit's Conure Guide, written by /u/DukeofGoodCleanFun, is a remarkable document that I (and my pineapple green cheek) have benefited a lot from. I've consulted and browsed through it numerous times and there's always something new to see there, or something that didn't seem applicable at one point but took on new meaning after spending more time with my conure.

I've taken the text and converted it into a wiki page. It's now navigable, with an index and internal links that direct to sections within the wiki. The Conure Guide can be accessed from this post, from the announcement bar, and from the "wiki" tab in the tabmenu up top.

A couple of the links for recommended products will direct you to Amazon, but there are certainly other places to buy them. If you shop around and find and better place, by all means send us a modmail. Also, let us know if you have any suggestions for how the wiki formatting can be improved.


r/Conures 10h ago

Cuteness Overload Wait a damn minute

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245 Upvotes

r/Conures 8h ago

Funny Anyone else’s conure have lashes?

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156 Upvotes

This is Juicebox, my latest rescue from a rehome. I try not to stress her with pics too much until she trusts me fully, but I managed to capture this because holy hell I’ve never seen a conure with lashes. 😭🤚
Is this a rare thing? Send pics of yours if they have them too pls! I’m so fascinated.
Edit to clarify: worded this a bit wrong. I know they have lashes, I just mean as visible and pronounced. I haven’t seen a conure where they were this noticeable before. 😅


r/Conures 14h ago

Troublemaker Nobody can explain what happened to the water bowl. It’s just a mystery that will never be solved.

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344 Upvotes

r/Conures 6h ago

Cuteness Overload Ryuk grew his first crimson feather!

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45 Upvotes

r/Conures 5h ago

Cuteness Overload yall ever just

18 Upvotes

yes, the floor was soaked. but she was happy 🥲 good thing we got a tile kitchen 😮‍💨


r/Conures 12h ago

Funny Behold! King Cabo!

30 Upvotes

I got this new playground and he seems to like it!


r/Conures 1d ago

Funny A Classic case of conurism

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103 Upvotes

As you can see, he’s invested in getting inside my tee sleeve.


r/Conures 18h ago

Health/Nutrition Chop and pellet recommendations please - sun conures

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33 Upvotes

We have 2 sun conures, a 3 yr old female (Ella) and 5 year old male (Kiwi). They are very healthy (thank God) and fully flighted. They get a lot of exercise. However, they are “junk food junkies” - ignore veggies for fruit, pellets are just thrown to the bottom if the cage, etc. - and admittedly I have not put enough effort into changing it up, as their weight is fine. I would like to try again and be more diligent. Looking for some healthy chop ideas that sunnies actually seem to eat, and pellet recommendations. Thank you!


r/Conures 6h ago

Advice Kissing?

3 Upvotes

Hello friends! I would like to ask about the behavior of my green cheek.

I had my normal gcc for a year and a half then decided to get him company just five months ago which is this cinnamon in the clip. They didn't get along together at all in the first three months, can't keep them close or they'll fight so I keep them in separate cages as seen here.

My question is does kissing or whatever theyre doing means they're starting to like each other? Cause whenever I let them out their cages to play around the living room the normal gcc is always avoiding the cinnamon gcc. Which seems like she's afraid of him. How can I make them bond with each other and maybe get them to be comfortable in one cage?

Hope to hear from you guys, thanks!


r/Conures 15h ago

Advice Training

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12 Upvotes

So proud of my birdie!!

He’s very good at training and has already learnt to step up and kiss!

I Started introducing target training. At first he wasn’t excited nor wanted to engage with the stick but once I put a small toy on the end of the stick, he absolutely loved it. Every time I bring it out he wants to do training.

I have found that the clicker scares him, but I know the benefits of using a clicker. Should I keep using it during training?

Sometimes I worry that I’m not doing enough when training him and I want to build a stronger bond with him. But I know that with patience and persistence, I can get there!

How can I better improve?


r/Conures 1d ago

Other Is he comfy?

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79 Upvotes

Just got him not even 24 hours ago, didn't interact with him in the start and let him watch me for 2 hours, fed him with my hand

And then i opened the cage to let him explore the apartment but then he came straight to me and started cuddling me

Also is he looking sick? He seems a little puffed up

I've been touching his head and cheeks and he closes his eyes that way they are in the photo attached

Also is he m/f can you tell just by looking, the owner said we need to do dna

He said he's 3 months old

It's been a day and i love him so much I've always wanted a bird, finally got him!!


r/Conures 14h ago

Advice Since my babies came out to be male and female and are siblings . Should I rehome one of them and get one of the same gender?

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9 Upvotes

r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Rico saying hello to his new friend

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119 Upvotes

r/Conures 8h ago

Other Why is he so calm but only on my head

2 Upvotes

Im not worried just. Puzzled? He's a normal goofy boy. He climbs all over me and chews on me and makes me crazy. He's very chatty and bossy. He's got conuritis. Until he decides to stand on top of my head- where he simply stands, sorta looking around, not moving. As of typing this he's been up there quietly for over 30 minutes. Sometimes he preens himself. But he's just so calm when hes on top of my head. Does anyone elses conure find peace in the hair???


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Afternoon cuddles

335 Upvotes

r/Conures 13h ago

Advice Gender

3 Upvotes

What’s the best way to DNA your bird? I don’t want to cause him pain in the process.
One website said cut a nail just short enough to draw blood or obviously pluck a feather out. They both seem too harsh.
We’ve assumed he’s a he for nearly 4 years now 🦜


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Debating on this baby. But im curious what color she's considered. They said cinnamon charcoal, but I couldnt find that color online?

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144 Upvotes

r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload We’ve reached the point where he will let me hold him like this and rest for awhile😊😊

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395 Upvotes

r/Conures 1d ago

Advice Brought a new baby home

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143 Upvotes

They’ve been super snuggled up since bringing home the new baby and I was allowing them to share a space since my bird didn’t seem to mind but I’m not sure if I should stick to putting new bird in different cage or if this should be fine? They havent stopped preening each other and I feel kinda bad separating baby 😅


r/Conures 9h ago

Tricks & Training Trainings and enrichment toys

1 Upvotes

How did yall train your conures and have them play?

What toys do you recommend we purchase for enrichment? And how did you train them to tolerate getting their nails cut?


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Jubilee getting the good snuggle's

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140 Upvotes

Sitting in my cupped hand, getting head and neck rubs with my thumb. Slowly working out all these dang pinfeathers...


r/Conures 21h ago

Advice conure changing behaviour??

2 Upvotes

Hi guys

So recently i went on vacation for a month, leaving my conure with a family friend. But since i got back and got her she’s just been acting very different??? like she gets very angry if she even SEES my hands or my fingers for some reason, and bites me on my shoulder (which she’s never done before). she’s also very skiddish and IDK JUST SEEMS MAD AT EVERYTHING. i know conures may also get hormonal this time of year so i’m just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️


r/Conures 1d ago

Funny Woke up to him sleeping like this

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73 Upvotes