I was cleaning out his cage and found this. He didnt even care to explain. No regrets

I was at the dentist last week and the assistant told me his name was Karl. I told him my pineapple conure is also named Karl. He told me he was from Argentina and that his family always had a lot of parrots when he was growing up. Then the dentist, who was from the Middle East, chimed in and told me that she could not wait until she settled down with a permanent job assignment so she could get some parrots. We parrot people are everywhere but we seem to be more low-key about it than dog and cat lovers.

Help! I decided to give hand rearing a go just for something enjoyable to do - with the intention of selling these two babies! But god damn! I’ve gone and fallen in love with them and don’t think I can bare to part with them!

I’m also super paranoid that whoever I sell them to won’t give them an amazing home, love and attention. That thought is making me sick with worry! I will be demanding photos of set-up prior to selling, otherwise I will keep them.

For those that hand-rear, does it get easier? Or do you own a million birds haha

So does anyone else board their conures feathers? It’s like keeping your child’s baby teeth (which I did) and I kept one of my cats teeth when he had to have them removed. It feels wrong to throw them away.

Piper loves vessels for beverages...

(This is water with a splash of elderflower syrup.)

I don’t want or encourage mating but I’m not sure that’s even something I should worry about because they’re different breeds.

I’ve had them for 2 months and they’re not even a year old yet but I want to prepare for the future.

Thanks ☺️

We have a boilerplate spiel with a few tips: wear your least favorite clothes, no jewelry, our birds are tame and flighted - calmly brace for contact, avoid perfumes and colonges, you are never safe, etc...

We are very committed to letting them live WITH us so they do not usually go into cages unless we are leaving, it's bedtime or a guest is way too frightened. A lot of poeple in our families don't really know how to approach interacting with birds but are open to learning and they do like to visit. Made me curious - how do you prepare your guests to visit? How do you prepare your birds?

Tax included. Sprite (light), Caper (dark)

hi. i would love to bring this bird to the vet instead of coming to reddit, but for reasons a little too personally identifying to share, i cant right now. we’ve had him for a few months, and when we got him, his previous owner said he had a history of plucking (when we first got him, he had a bald spot on his chest, which has now grown back).

i suspect this is severe barbering but i’d like outside confirmation.

more details: whenever he preens, he drops a lot of flakes (almost like dandruff?). 2 years, 8 months old. he eats harrison’s pellets and a piece of fruit (usually banana or apple) daily. out of cage ~8 hours a day, up to 12.5 hours on weekends. doesn’t act sick at all, is a very energetic, silly, cuddly, and naughty guy! im just worried and would like some ideas while i try to get vet stuff sorted

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Hey friends! My good boi is almost 2, and for the year and a half I've had him, he has never had any interest in playing with toys or playing games for the most part. Instead, his favorite "game" is to cuddle and get scritches.

Usually I see people with nightmare scenarios in which their parrots are too destructive and too active, but I have the opposite problem. He's just so damn docile and low maintenance. It's great for the most part, but I just worry he has no stimulation. I will clarify that sometimes he does play with a bell in his cage, but if I try playing with a bell or jingly toy with him he doesn't care. The second I get involved, he just wants to be held and sit in my hand.

Any ideas? Or should I just accept the fact that I have a docile parrot who has no interest in playing? I spend 8+ hours a day with him and he just chills the whole time.

Edit: Actually, I will say that maybe once a week he will walk up to my neck, and flip over, wanting me to play footsie with him. But this lasts for maybe 20 seconds.