i love how they look when they are wet 😭

Jade and Mint ❤️ aren't they beautiful??

My pineapple conure, starburst :D

I think I was told to stop putting salt in my pots of boiling water when when owning a bird. Something to do with the salt in the air? (Salt in water supposedly makes it boil faster)

Is this true or did I just make this up? 🤣🤣

Hello! I don't have a conure and haven't had much bird experience, but I am house sitting for someone who has a conure. I'm very interested in them, just have never had the capacity to have one myself. Unfortunately this means I'm also not very familiar with their body language and interactions. I could use some advice for the time I'm caring for this one.

She is a sun conure. So far I've been around her for about an hour. I don't think she trusts me very much, understandably. I opened her cage to give her more water and she came out. She is not clipped, so she can fly around the house if she's not in her cage, which she did. The owner taught me how to ask her to step up, which she seemed okay with doing for me, but she did not want to go back in her cage. She flew off when I approached the cage, and following me around the house for a while. I watched her wherever she perched and just observed. I noticed a few behaviors I'm not familiar with.

1. Fluffing out her feathers and either bobbing her head or moving it in a sort of S motion, or tapping her beak on the wall

2. When asked to step up but she did not want to, she turned to the side and looked at me through a narrowed eye

3. Owner showed me how to ask if she wants to be pet (on the head only, of course), but I realize I actually don't know what indicates that she wants it. When I asked, she crouched down and turned her head to the side and sort of ruffled her neck feathers. Does this mean she's nervous/afraid, or that she wanted to be pet? I did not pet her.

4. Eventually I knew I wasn't going to get her to volunteer to go back, so I grabbed some treats (a blueberry and a seed ball). When she saw the blueberry, she was willing to step up, but not go back in her cage. She flew on top of the cage. So I grabbed the seed ball and asked her to step up again. She did, but she also bit me really hard (not enough to draw blood, but it did hurt) instead of gripping gently with her beak to step up like she had done before. Is there some specific thing I did that may have caused her to bite me? or just general distrust and didn't want to do what I was asking? I was sort of expecting it, so I didn't pull back or make a loud sound because I don't want to scare her. I just said "ouch" and moved her back into her cage. And that is where she is now.

I'm sorry if I sound clueless. I just don't have much experience. I tried looking up some body language stuff, but I couldn't figure out exactly which behaviors I'm seeing and what they mean. So I thought I would reach out hear and see if someone can give me some advice and information on interacting with a conure as a stranger.

took a pic of Korra while she took a nap on my leg today…she looked toooo cute ☺️

I'm planning on getting a green cheek conure soon, so I'm trying to plan everything out before I buy it without knowing anything. I've been trying to figure out what food I should buy for my conure. I know I should feed it pellets and fruit, but I don't really know which brands are better.

Long story short, my family has always been very into birds and I've had pet birds all my life. For my bday about 2 weeks ago, my family got me a green cheek I'd connected with at the pet store. Gizmo is a sweet bean and I love him lots, but I'm in need of a bit of guidance around training him and making sure he's ok when I'm not around.

My first green cheek, Rocky, wasn't like this when I got her 15 years ago. She already knew how to step up and didn't freak out if I wasn't in the room. I know all birds are different but I guess I didn't expect him to be this different lol! I was also a teenager when we got Rocky so my mom helped a lot.

Whenever I leave the room, he calls for me. If he's not on me, he calls for me. I'm trying him on music and a bit of TV but idk if that's working. He has toys but I've never seen him play with them (though, it's only been two weeks). He also doesn't know how to step up. We're working on it but I think the issue is that he doesn't know that he's supposed to sit on my finger. He just looks at my had and either waits for me to pick him up or flies at me.

What are some ways I can keep him occupied when I have to work or, God forbid, go to the bathroom? And any tips around step up training? We're still figuring out favorite treats.

I feel like my conures set up is now extremely underwhelming because the cage is a barely passable size and the toys I bought were all worn down and destroyed. I’m trying to save up for his new man cage.

Very happy baby after getting the scritches (the stress bands are from nutritional issues prior to my ownership and he’s only 3 months old, so he still hasn’t shed them)

hey guys just wondering what my pet conures leg band means i know right is boy and left is girl but i can’t understand any of the letters or numbers it says HRC 24 565

Today, I am picking up a baby green cheek conure! It was handfed and has been weaned! There is still keratin on some of the feathers and I’ve always had birds, but I’ve never had a parrot so I’m not exactly sure if there is a specific food for younger Conures that I would need! Also any advice would be welcome on how to make sure they are comfortable and happy! I have been doing tons of research and I feel like it’s also just a bunch of nervousness making sure I take the best care of this little chicken nugget!

My gcc had a cage mate who drowned somehow and ever since they have been picking dead skin from my lips and chewing on my septum piercing. Just the other day they managed to hold open my mouth and chip one of my teeth! Today they started trying to shove their beak up my nose. At first i attributed these to preening behaviors but now im not so sure

This is Connie my wife and I adopted him a few months ago we know he’s somewhere around 2 years old whenever we interact with him and our phones are out he will go bananas and bite at the phone, does anyone else’s do this with phones or other items?

Js chilling with my buddy 😃 Y'all will never guess his name, He's a sun conure, 3months old, super cuddly n sweet. If y'all don't get it I'll tell ya ❤️👹✨

I feel like their eyes tell me a lot about their personalities!