Our poor poor baby has left her self basically bald across the top of her chest and down onto her left leg. She’s not in pain and it doesn’t look like a normal plucking. There’s been no change to our environment, we’ve rotated her toys, given her her vitamins and made sure she’s out most of the day.

I would say it could be mites but she’s carved a really defined pattern of a curve down her body. We also have a vets appointment booked for next week (earliest we could get in) but I get really worried every time I see her.

One thing to note is that she seems to be really bonded to me lately and I have rarely been home in the last few due to me being in my final year of uni and in the last leg of it. She is out with my sister for the majority of the day but I worry it’s because I’m not there and there’s really nothing I can do about that now.

Is there anything we can do in the meantime to help her?

Last week my conure was on my shoulder. I needed him to jump onto my finger so I could put him in his cage before I left for work. He started biting me, because he wasn’t ready. I reached to grab him and accidentally pulled his neck. After that he attacked my hand and hasn’t come near me since. I feel awful and didn’t mean to startle or hurt him. I leave his cage open, give him fruit, and talk to him, but he will not come out of his cage. He will however eat his fruit. How long will he be upset for? I miss my buddy.

Hi, first time conure owner here. My girl is 8 but this is my first year with her :) she's molting a good amount right now and since she's started molting she doesn't want to come out of her cage or hangout with me. I know they change behavior while molting but should I just leave her alone and let her stay in her cage all day or try to interact with her? She plays by herself with her toys a lot but I feel bad that she isn't hanging out on my shoulder all day like normal. Is this normal behavior and do you think she's happy being in her cage all day or should I try to bring her out more? Her door is open all day everyday but she just chooses to stay in there :/

Hi everyone, I’m new to Reddit so I’m sorry for any mistakes. I’m looking into buying a Gcc in the future and I already have a male parakeet, he’s an only child and im honestly worried if the two birds will get along. Obviously they’ll have separate cages and everything but does anyone have any advice on how to help them get along or if it’s even possible. I have enough time in the day to let the have out of their cages at different times but would it ever be possible they can be out together? Any advice is appreciated I really just want to give my boy and the future Gcc an amazing life!

Lulu bit off and I’m pretty sure swallowed some of my acrylic nail. It was just the tip of it. Should I be concerned?! Will it poison her??

I’ve gotten to the point where I adopted him from his previous owner. I’m moving to Florida and I figured this would be one of the best places to be for a conure. It’s always warm and there are plenty of avian vets!

I’ve gotten into the habit of taking him everywhere I go. I’m going to train him so that he can fly to my hand. I have an immense fear that he’s going to fly away from home.

I want to make sure he’s safe. I learned about the dangers of other birds potentially attacking him and I can’t stomach that. However, I really want him to be free.

I looked into leashes, and what not but I was wondering what advice you guys could offer me? I’m definitely gonna be chipping him as soon as I get there.

hi guys! i have had my conure for about 2 months and he is about 5 months old! he used to be super cuddly and loved scritches and sleeping in my hair but now everytime i try to scritch he just goes to bite my fingers. i had to leave for about 3 weeks but i would visit him often and he was still left out but now he is always trying to bite me now and it never used to be like that. i’m not sure if he’s bored or hungry or mad or what or maybe he’s molting or maybe it’s hormones! im just not sure what to do and im feeling lost. any advice is welcome!

Here a couple of weeks ago I a had asked for tips to help get my Conure to stop biting. You guys have lots of advice and I appreciate it!! Honestly it all worked really well and it only took 3 or 4 days for the biting to stop. My daughter isn't nervous anymore, and has been able to bond with the birds beautifully. Thank you again for all the help

Not a great pic but I'm not thw best bird photographer.

Okay so, I have had my feather baby for about four years now, and I'm thinking of getting a friend. Now I want to avode eggs, so I think I want another species, of bird or conure. My question is could he become friends with another breed of parrot? Or am I just inviting more chaos?

She sat perfectly in front of my nightmare on elm Street poster 😭😭

I liked the storage for the bottom of the cage, but I wasn’t too sure about the size of the cage, can’t really see the size in mind.

Am looking for some advice re the above if anyone can help please. I have experience with breeding African Greys and weaned Conures, but am mulling over breeding Conures. Research is key and so far so good, but I was expecting ml to bodyweight for formula to be pretty easy to find. It isn’t t! Would appreciate anyone giving me a steer on this so I have an idea of what they should be getting. Am looking at Hagan Tropican Formula, so any thoughts on that would be appreciated too. Thanks :)

So I came home and my birds head was out of the cage and body was in. He was holding the cage with his feet but couldn’t get himself free and I of course got him free and out..

He is acting completely normal / fine BESIDES the fact he won’t use his beak to bite hard and pull himself up on me or bite me hard like he usually does when he gets mad at me. He is still biting at my cuticles and any loose skin and eating his food normally.

He is eating, drinking, flying, chirping and walking all over me.

I am going to take him to the vet tomorrow for sure. Just looking to see if anyone had any similar experience or advice..

Thank you , I feel so so bad right now 😔

Update: When I pet side of face / neck area he opens his mouth for a couple seconds

I've been struggling with my conure and her hormonal behavior for a while now. She's 4 years old. She’s gotten so much louder. My husband can’t even get her to step up because she just puffs up and does that head bobbing thing. Nesting behavior through the roof.

I’m trying to give her more than 12 hours of sleep, but I work and get home around 5 PM. I want to spend time with her, and an hour just doesn’t feel like enough.

I also moved her water bowl because she keeps dunking her pellets in it before eating. I thought changing the location would help, but nope! She found a way to do it anyway—just not as much as before.

I’ve had her wings clipped and started clicker training, plus recall training because I want her to fly. But she does not even pay attention to me. She doesn't follow most of my commands. Is that normal? She makes me chase her around, and I’m trying to find ways to stop engaging in that behavior.

Any advice? I'm feeling a bit stuck!

i’ve had them for about four days now does anybody have tips on how to help them bond and get closer to me as of now the male will hang out with me, but is very skittish and the female won’t let me get anywhere close.