r/Conures

she looks so silly i just love it so much

Sweetie's been sick, so I've been keeping her warm. Wrapped her in a little towel when I took her out and somehow ended up with this 😂

Both won’t stop screaming send help

Took a mental health day from work and this nugget has not left my side. To think I never wanted a conure. We got her for my ex (his dream bird) to now us both being left behind to figure it out together.

My baby 🥺🫶🏽

This is Patrick. He lost his mate a few months ago. Prior to that they had been together for 10 years. I’ve been watching him closely looking for signs of loneliness or stress and I’m surprised that the opposite has happened. He has become more cuddly with me and my husband and has become more interested in us than ever before. I thought he would get stressed and sad from losing this mate but that hasn’t seemed to have happened
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Luckily I work from home so I’m with him most of the day but I’m looking for advice on how I can keep him happy whenever I need to leave the house for errands. I’ve seen people suggest music and YouTube videos. Any other suggestions?

This is Lemon. Been pet sitting him and his friend Pickle for a few years off and on. Lemon bites. Hard. He won’t let me pet him or get a hand anywhere near him. Pickle is the opposite and a love bug. Anyways, despite him being that way he insists on riding on my shoulder or the top of my head. Is he trying to be friendly or just trying to dominate me more? lol I honestly have no idea. Thanks in advance.

Swindle here has recently began puffing his chest out, and I’m not sure why. His gender isn’t known that’s just an assumption but is this much chest puff normal? Or is he molting? Please help

Update: He seems to be visibly sick now, I’m going to put a dash of apple cider vinegar in his water and give him warmer temperatures and see how he does till the afternoon, if it hasn’t improved I will take him to a vet. Thank you for your concern everyone I’ll let you know how he is soon🙏

2nd Update: He’s doing much better! He’s still fluffing up slightly but he’s been playing, no longer hanging on bottom of cage and started grinding his beak a while ago while chilling on his cage. His eating never deteriorated but his poop has become firmer again.

I am taking him to the vet tho considering his behavior is super weird so we’ll see how that goes down

Update: vet said he was cute and he was okay and recommended more fluids

it’s like a im living with a shitty roommate that has 0 remorse

Nori 🦃

Guys don’t worry. I just moved to an apartment. Have to get their cage from my parents house (a Montana cage).
Meanwhile they have plenty of time outside ❣️
They are happy birbs (see my comment below)

she wont stop biting me or my phone 😭

My grumpy little man Kiwi is 17 years old today!
I reserved him from his breeder when he was just an egg.
His favourite phrase is “I want cake”, and just this year he’s started saying “how you doing” (he’s never watched Friends as far as I’m aware…), his first new phrase for years! His favourite “toys” are empty toilet roll tubes. He’s a fussy eater (back in the day we didn’t really know about pellets), and he’s not impressed with being on a diet so late in life, my other birdies are extremely healthy however.
17 years have flown by! Happy Hatchday Kiwi.

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...

Everyday it’s a battle to make her take her meds 🤣

Normally this doesn't happen at all for Jester's check ups. I took her in as she's fallen off her perch twice in the last two months, and seemed to favor one leg. Turns out she just has devloping arthrtis in her hip. ( From an injury when she was young. )
Well I also did blood work just in case, and turns out she wiggled out right after they fished the draw. Did some laps in the back room and was caught. Trouble maker.
As the vet suggested, I let her rest all day yesterday and took her out to give her pain meds. I noticed dried blood in her nares. There's no fresh blood, no blood in the bottom of the cage. I'm wondering if its from her wiggling loose.
Yes I did call the vet, but their booked today, closed tomorrow, and there's no er exotic vets at all near me. I live in Alaska, so yes I called a few towns over too. She seems normal, upset she's in her cage, eating, preening, tried to preen me, bright and alert.
Just looking for advice on what to do, on top of what the vet told me to do.
Plus if this has happened to anyone else before.
Bird tax photo

Manzanita Sol is probably the only one dancing to my singing.