/r/Conures
A place to share pictures, ask questions, have discussions, and share articles about our favorite avian, the conure!
The r/Conures Comprehensive Conure Guide!
Welcome to /r/Conures - a place to share pictures, ask questions, have discussions, and share articles about our favorite avian, the conure!
Subreddit rules and guidelines:
If you are posting images of a sick or injured bird, please tag your post NSFW. This will warn those who are not prepared to view such images, as well as clearly mark your submission as asking for urgent help or advice. Thank you.
Images of birds in dangerous situations - in close proximity to a carnivore (dog, cat), outdoors without a harness, etc - may be removed. See this post for further information.
We welcome images of conure paintings and handmade conure-related items! But please, no promotion of your work for sale. This includes Etsy or other online store links in comments, "find more in my profile", "pm me for details", etc etc.
No soliciting donations. We understand that not being able to afford vet care for a sick or injured bird is stressful and distressing. However, we do not allow solicitations for financial support.
External links:
Parrot First Aid - Facebook group
Conure Owners Unite - Facebook group
Other great subreddits to check out:
Check out the r/Conures Comprehensive Conure Guide here!
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He does have a brain cell!!!
After only one training session , scuttle is already getting the hang of his new trick !!
14:42 UTC
His “Give me your hand” noise
This is the noise he starts to make when he is frustrated I won’t offer my hand for him to step up onto. He’s too good (lazy) to use those wings of his, even when he’s dry.
13:40 UTC
The golden boy ✨
12:15 UTC
Second Friend for my GCC
Hello Everyone! Hope you all had a great new years! So to begin my question . I have a sweet 2 1/2 year old GCC. It's male and he was DNA tested to confirm. So I've been wondering about getting him a partner. Reason why is, while I do my best to always play with him and take him out of his cage when I'm home. There are times where he spends a few hours alone and he's just mostly silent. Makes me feel really bad.
So, I was wondering if it's possible to get a different species of parakeet that's female (if it matters? I'm not sure. Please let me know) or if I can't then just get a female GCC. He's very happy and has plenty of toys and fresh food and water every day. When I arrive home he lightens up the afternoon with his cheerful noises haha.
However, like I said is it best for me to get him a companion so he's not alone all the time? (well at the worst 8 hours) If I can may it be a different species or must be same? If different species it must be female as well? Just wondering as tbh I've never had more than 1 bird but I'm more than capable of taking care of 2 now.
Just for reference he's a pineapple Green cheek Conure about 2 1/2 years old and for his partner I'd be look at an Pionus Parrot or another GCC if another species is not possible.
Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
11:10 UTC
The best bath is anybody's drink.
Why is it always ice-cold water? How is that enjoyable?? Bonus points if the drink-owner also ends up drenched.
09:58 UTC
Should I get my sun 💛 a budgie friend?
Hi! I have a very lovable sun conure. I spend as much time as possible with him, but I work 4x per week from 6am-2pm home by 2:15pm. I feel guilty since I know sun conures are flock birds. My fears are: what if they hate each other. What if my sun bonds to him and forgets about me?
09:32 UTC
Just Hangin
09:31 UTC
Hard lump near my conure’s anus
It's nighttime so i don't have a picture now but i recently found a hard little pea sized lump near my conures's anus -a little to the left and above it to be exact- that I'm pretty sure it wasn't there? He has a vet appointment in a few days because he's has been vomiting a lot so he is going to get checked out soon. Could these two be related? Is it a tumor? It feels hard like a bone when I touch it. Almost like it's protruding? Any help is appreciated.
09:14 UTC
my son
he looks so proud :3 i love him he’s my son
05:52 UTC
MY NEW BABIESSSSS ungendered 6m old. So adorablesss
05:47 UTC
How do get my bird to like her toys?
15:53 UTC
Velcro Bird
21:37 UTC
Conure in Mourning
My 8 year old budgie passed away a few days ago, and I really want to make this grieving period easier on my green cheek conure. They were very close, and I honestly can't tell how much it's affecting him, but I want to know if there's anything I can do or should avoid doing to help him out. I'd appreciate it so much. This is a very difficult thing for me and I've never dealt with it before.
(p.s. I plan on scheduling a vet appointment for my conure asap since I don't know why my budgie passed and they were near each other the night prior)
03:36 UTC
She does this every night before bed
04:53 UTC
Help! I am stuck. He got my leg hostage!
04:34 UTC
Happy 2025! My first painting of the year is this guy!
01:58 UTC
Sunny says just because I'm rubbing my beak on your bald head doesn't mean I like you weirdo.
01:10 UTC
PTFE FREE
I just found this brand and it caught my attention because almost everything said PTFE free. Super excited! We can even make waffles again lol!
00:22 UTC
One of his favorite things apparently
23:26 UTC
Betty wanted play time
This is how betty likes to play. She'll flop over and start to bite my fingers gently. She will sometimes pretend she's my ps5 controller when im playing games
21:37 UTC
Trust is knowing how fragile he is in my hands, and security is knowing I would never let harm come to him. (2 months old, First day together)
21:35 UTC
why does he nibble like this? it doesnt hurt at all
20:58 UTC
Head Tilted And Strange Behavior
I Just Adopted These Pair of BCC yesterday evening, one of the birds has an injury and some sort of condition. The previous owner told me the injured bird got into a fight with another conure (not the 2nd bird in the pair) about a month or so ago and has had a tilted head since then. I wasn’t aware of this incident until I was already picking up the birds. I am a first time bird owner so I want to address the issue and get the poor baby taken care of and on the road to recovery. The bird is constantly fluffed from the neck up, head tilted and majority of the time one eye closed but occasionally opens the closed eye, I also see the beak is significantly lighter (more pale color) than the other. The bird tends to stay at the bottom of the cage but will occasionally climb the cage and climb the perches and preens the other bird. From my understanding, the bird was perfectly fine and healthy prior to the bird fight. Besides the stated issues and observations he seems healthy and eats throughout the day, I’m planning to take the bird in to a vet as soon as possible, just want some insight and thoughts on the matters, thank you in advance to all!
20:52 UTC
Stubborn @$$ conure - HELP!
Meet Remy, our once somewhat compliant often persnickety 9-10 mons old conure. He used to step up so willingly when it was time to go into his cage. Now this little joker will run from us at cage time, hiding under our tables and sofa until we walk away. It was kinda cute at first, now it's a pain in the butt. And he's gotten much more 'bitey' since Thanksgiving. Anyone else deal with this? Is this a phase? And any suggestions on how to handle it?
20:49 UTC
Exotic Fruit Safety
TLDR: Does anyone know if Jocote is safe for conures?
Also if anyone knows of any tropical fruits that should BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS please let me know! I know a lot of them are safe but it would be great to know of any that seem fine but aren’t, like avocado.
19:40 UTC