Need to let off some steam here. I come back home late to find my house cold, down to the low 60s (15 in Celcius). I live in a cold area and this week was a extra cold week.

Turns out my aging furnace was broken. No one was available to fix it right away given the time. I take my heater (teflon free of course) put it on max in their room. Had to sleep in the same area too. It helped a bit but when I woke up it was even more cold like low 50s (10 in Celcius). The heat from the heater started to feel less effective.

My birds were more rowdy than usual so not risking anything anymore, I called a friend to drop them off in their travel cage. I was able to get furnace fixed and working but the house took until night to go back to a suitable temperature. They were stuck in their travel cage for 12 hours in a stranger's house which I'm sure they hated.

They're fine now but it was just a terrible and stressful experience overall. I'm wondering if it would have been better to just drop them off from the start of that extra cold night.

Matcha (M) can be a little dramatic sometimes when it's cage time, he's fine, just silly

Everyone needs a fruit bird. Show me your kiwis and mangos. This is kiwi the sun doing relaxation yoga. ( Ok, I may get down voted off the Internet for this lol)

When I first got Mango in September, she had a lot of black feather barring because she’d been on a seed diet before we got her. She will be 2 in May. We pivoted to pellets and try to also give her fruits and veggies (she doesn’t like most veggies, but is a gremlin when apples are anywhere nearby). She spends most of her time out of the cage. Her feathers are looking pretty ratty along her back, as you can see in this photo, and there is still black on feathers. What are we doing wrong? Or is she about to molt? We have a vet visit Wednesday, but want to course correct if we can. I’ve been searching up through this Reddit and on the internet, but I’m feeling really uncertain as to what this could be. I thoughts we’d been creating conditions for her to thrive. Thank you!

Also great for burrito-holds, head scritches, serving gourmet cuisine, cleaning up our poop ... anything we conures desire! Get one now, frens!

So as I’ve said on my last post we planned on getting a conure from our PetCo due to it being alone and looking depressed on our last visit.

We planned on getting him tonight, bought some toys, had a cage on marketplace ready to be picked up. As we walked into PetCo and onto the cage they had him in he was gone nowhere to be seen. Asked one of the workers there if they still had him somewhere and he got adopted today, 3hours before we got there!

I’m a little upset because I did all my research and bought all these things this little guy. Really looking forward to having a pet bird, but it’s not too bad because I’m glad he was adopted. I just hope he has an amazing home, little guy deserves it. 💚

^The crackhead in question

Okay weird question I know... but my female gcc will put her naked open eyeball on my lips to kiss it. I have no idea why this started or if she even likes it but it's such a weird feeling. Is this just a her thing? Can she feel it? Is this proof she's a drone for the government?

Having a Dog you are owner/ having a BIRB you are a victim (just kidding love her to core ❤️)

She was once alive and blessed me with her love. She was the greatest birdy ever.

Hi everyone!!! I’ve had my little fat floof for a month or so now :) recently I realized that the cage I got him is a bit too small? (Don’t worry he has more toys they are just currently away at this moment that I’m reconstructing) I have watched a lot of videos of conure cage set ups and also realized my cage is very empty? To be honest I need some advice on how to lay out the cage. I’m going to stop at the local bird store near me to get him some more toys a swing and a couple other perches. My issue that I have right now is with the two ladders I offered to him. The big brown one I might store away until his new cage comes in. Anyways any ideas or even cage setup pics would help a lot :) I’m going to buy him a bigger cage in maybe a month or two. (Sorry my head is literally all over the place right now so I apologize if this all seems like word vomit)

My conure is around a year old and she just recently started being so mean. Her main focus when she’s out is chomping on my fingers and feet in a very angry way. What do I do ?????

So I’ve had my conure for almost two years now, and the first question I want to ask is mostly about her behavior towards me. In the beginning, she was incredibly affectionate and didn’t mind being pet or receiving scratches and whatever. She was also able to do several tricks, but due to me not training her anymore, she has forgotten those. And to this day, she still is very affectionate, while also having developed a habit of being distant. The main ‘issue’ here is that when she’s outside of the cage, she wants NOTHING to do with my hands. It’s really difficult to move her back into the cage or just remove her from certain places because of that. As soon as my hand moves into her direction, she will simply run away and avoid it like the plague. She is however, very tame at the same time. Outside of the cage, she doesn’t do anything else other than sitting around me, constantly wanting to be around me, flying after me if I leave the room. When I get home, she gets all excited and yells happily. She comes up to me whenever I get near the cage. And the best part is she NEVER bites, at least not me lol. But for some reason, coming anywhere near my hands when outside is a big no go for her. This is not the case when she’s inside the cage though. She is well trained with the target, doesn’t hesitate to perch on my finger, and I can even hold her without her freaking out or even trying to move away. But as soon as she’s out of the cage, it’s like she forgets all about those things! What could be the reason for this, and what can I do to fix it? I really want to spend time being closer with her outside of the cage, but it’s honestly pretty demotivating to see all these posts about people cuddling with their conure and having them lay in their hands while mine is so distant outside of her cage.

My second question is about getting a potential second conure to accompany her. To what extent would this affect her behavior, both generally speaking as well as towards me? I also wonder if it’s worthy at all after she’s been by herself for two years now. Would she tolerate a new bird in her cage? Would it matter if I get a conure that’s younger than herself?

So I’ve been reading a bit here and it seems that some of the reasons your bird might be “stinky” is because of diet, hormones, sunlight, or fresh air?

So my guy only started smelling bad probably this past week because he takes baths at the worst possible time. We change his water multiple times throughout the day but it seems he likes to bathe the most when it’s dirty 🙃

I honestly think that’s why he’s smelly. He eats roudybush pellets & fresh fruits/veggies daily. He doesn’t get a lot of outside time just because he’s not harness trained and he’s terrified of his travel backpack.

Does anyone have any tips?