r/Conures

So, as I posted here before, Baby had her cage open and something startled her, causing her to fly. Unfortunately, she landed in a cast iron skillet I had preheating, but she flew out immediately. She didn’t make any sound of pain and had no obvious signs of injury beyond a slight pinkness on the bottom of her foot. I thought she came away relatively unscathed and was relieved.

Fast forward a week and she had a mark on her foot where she obviously got burned. It was hard to tell if it was a scab forming or a blister, and I got worried about it getting infected and how she could be affected by it. I called one of two vets in my area that treat birds and got an appointment.

Vet told me everything looks great on her. She is perfectly healthy and no signs of infection. At this point, it is raw skin that is now forming into a scar. There is no open wound, but he still gave me preventative measures to make sure she continues to be okay. He prescribed me two antibiotics, one for oral administration and one topical, to give to her for the next 7-10 days. He said it should hopefully be fully healed within the next week or two. She will have some scar tissue on the bottom of her foot and will have a little weird spot forever.

He and the nurse said multiple times about how cute and beautiful she is. I know I might be biased but I have to agree! I am just relieved that I know she is okay. It’s so much better to just have peace of mind. I know she’s gonna be a pain when I give her the medicine, but that’s the way it goes. I love my Baby and would do anything for her.

She was gonna eat when she went to her cage but I grabbed her food bowl to change it out for some fresh food. Came back to her scratching her head in the pictures above. She is still scratching as I type this.

I have my little conure for 5 years now and never cut his nails. I would prefer to see a vet but there is no vet for birds around. I’ve see that a lot of people are doing themself and so I want to learn to do it myself. But as I tried to cut his nails (he trust me so much I can grab is legs and but the nail clipper on his nail is not reacting, but as I clip it (being careful to not touch the vein, cutting the less I could) when I close the nail clipper it didn’t cut the nail and just hurt him. I’m doing it wrong and I’ve accidentally hurt my baby… I have several questions. What’s the best tools to do that ? Can it become infected if I do it wrong ? I need advice…

The brain cells are not strong with this one!! But I love him with all my heart!

Only sits on the telly when we've got YouTube on but he seems to like sleeping when Jack is on

I was crocheting and I usually hold the yarn in my left hand and he hopped across the couch back and perched on the side to hold the yarn and let it run through his beak

Needs to eat whatever i am

This is Iris lately whenever I try and interact with her within a few seconds she's trying to bang me. I'll leave the room for a few and return and the same thing happens and advice and how to stop her getting freaky with me?

Any help is appreciated I do love her but I don't love her long time iyk yk

Hi, apologies for the title, were currently in teenage conure hell and our little bastard has learnt to pull on the bars to open windows, these do not lock and are inward opening so regular nets wont work. we've only just managed to get the fucker back and very narrowly at that, he sits outside the house watching us and refusing to come in. I dont know what i did in a past life to deserve this little dickwad but any advice on how to bird proof these would be great. Ps here is a picture of the little sod for your pleasure.

My sun conure has recently become VERY upset with me putting her inside her cage, to the point I have to catch her with my hands to put her to bed. Last night I caught her and put her in, and she was upset with me for a while afterwards before going back to normal. Tonight I had to catch her again (I’m always very gentle and careful not to put pressure on her body) and I’m worried she won’t forgive me this time. I don’t want to break her trust, please help.

Dude hates getting his nails trimmed. I’ve tried kids scissors, nail clippers and nail files. Dremel is an absolute freak fest.

Any recommendations on a quiet bird specific device?

TIA

For context, I recently moved, and this is my new room. My bird (Arlo) keeps flying from my computer to my chair, doing that movement with her wings, and squawking/screaming whenever I let them out. Is she just still adjusting? My other conure is much more chill, Arlo is doing all the screaming, both in and out of the cage. Is there anything I can do to get her to not yell so much/make her more comfortable?

I swear i only see conures lay on their backs and no other type else it’s so interesting 😭

We brought this 4 month old beauty home today. She immediately settled in, explored her new cage, clicking and grinding her beak, making happy chirps. We’re all head over heels ❤️

It was a nice peaceful morning until it wasn't.

You will forever have a place in my heart. You were the first one to greet me in the morning , often peeking under the blankets that I covered the cage with. When I came home from work , you were the first one to perch on my shoulder. I only posted her 9 days ago and I was so proud of her cute singing.

I have 3 more conures that were with her together in a cage , and 2 conures separate, aswell as 2 lovebirds. They are sounding out for her and it hasn't even been a few hours since she passed.

Prince, you were my first bird. You were the voice of the house. As my mother said , you were a unique bird and there will never be one like you again. I will hug Jim Jim, Kiwi & Mango extra tight for you my girl and I am sorry I let you down.

I genuinely did my best for these birds and my good intentions of lying down for a few minutes before I put her in cage has led to her losing her life. Please be careful guys.

Please can anybody that has been through same provide some tips how to deal with this my heart is in a billion pieces right now.

RIP 😭💔

So I woke up this morning and took my little nugget out of her cage as yesterday I wasn’t feeling well so she couldn’t come out and noticed she had this large discoloured spot on her beak.

Ever since she was a baby she has had some sort of peeling going on but the vet says she’s okay as she files it for her during her checkups but that dark spot is new.

Is this a bruise or is it something worst? She is known to be quite clumsy but I just want to make sure

Thanks

Luna needs a good home. We can longer keep her due to unforeseen circumstances. We are in the Colorado Springs area.