I have had my conure for over a month now, he did take treats from my hand but now doesn’t. getting him to sleep in his cage is hard (I dont grab him or make him step up, I just have to wait for him to go into his own cage instead of my tiels cage.) I really need advice for taming him, other than just holding treats nearby him for ages and not getting any progress.

Hi, I'm currently in an emergency situation where I'm looking after someone's pair of conures who have 2 hatchlings as their first ever offspring. 1 was born on the Friday and 2 was born Sunday morning (today). 1 has been accepted and is gaining weight - being fed and kept warm. 2 has not been fed all of today. I finally decided to do a feed, and 2 was very happy to have some. This was my first ever attempt, took me a long time to psyche myself up as yk... it either dies from being rejected, or it aspirates and dies, or i feed it successfully.

I only gave him a few drops, around half the size of the 1st's crop when full since I was too scared to proceed.

Ok so my questions are regarding number 2 - as the parents are not violent, should I keep it with them besides feeds? Should I start regular feeds or first see if it's full crop triggers the mother to start feeding? If I need to hand rear it full time, what do I need like brooder wise, and how much do I feed it by bodyweight (not on the instructions w the food, only ratio w water and temp included)

I have scoured literally every piece of information online, but I still wanted to make sure I made use of every resource, including this very helpful group.

Thankyou, so much.

My little feathered overlord has learned that if he doesn't want to go in his cage he can just fly away... Look at his smug little face. I appreciate he stopped biting me, but now he just flys to other side of the room and laughs at me... not sure what is worse.

My mom is currently mad at me because I sprayed perfume in the bathroom near her birds. There’s a door separating them, but she’s worried they’ll get sick because of me. Do I just run the fan and hope for the best?

Hi everyone! I’m a new conure mom to a 3-month-old little one, and I’m so excited to be part of this community! My baby isn’t super scared of me, but she’s still hesitant to climb onto my hand. When she does, she’s calm, and I try gently stroking her back. Sometimes she makes this little noise like she’s irritated, and other times she doesn’t seem to care. I’m not sure what to make of it—am I doing something wrong?

I’d love any advice on bonding, handling, or understanding her body language better. I want to make sure I’m giving her the best care and building a strong, trusting relationship. Thanks in advance for your help! 💚

Edit: She’s a sun conure and i’ve had budgies before!

I need some advise. My 7 month old, high yellow SC is currently molting. It is her first molt and it's been going on for maybe 3-4 weeks. I started noticing feathers at the bottom of her cage. I'd also notice her preening herself a lot more. However, I've also caught her preening herself followed by a snap then a feather in her moth. She isn't plucking them but she's definitely snapping some off. Is this normal? She takes a bath as often as she wants and I help preen her. Her attitude is also wild LOL! She is sassy as can be and is biting everything and everyone. Any insight helps! Maybe this is normal and I'm just over reacting.

Hi all. I have posted my gcc here before. I’ve had them (don’t know gender) for about 2.5 years now. They’re so picky when it comes to treats. I tried the bird box to get more of a variety of toys and things. My gcc won’t touch any of the treats. I even act if I’m eating them or like pistachios I do eat them. The only thing they will eat is the fruit and pellet mix they’ve ate since I got them and dried papaya bits. My soul is worth one piece of papaya to them. Anyone else have picky birbs? I’m guessing they’re about 3 years old since they said she was somewhere around 6 months as the last one of her clutch to be at the store.

She lost this feather naturally when flying around kind of concerned in why there’s blood.

So adorable