/r/Conures
A place to share pictures, ask questions, have discussions, and share articles about our favorite avian, the conure!
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:
/r/Conures
He's about 5 months old, and in the two days I've had him, we've made a ton of progress! He's already very comfy with my hand, and will cuddle up close 🥺 still yet to step up onto my finger but it feels like we're bonding so quick!
I do have about 5 years of secondary parrot experience from living with an ex, but and tips, tricks, and advice more than welcome!
Hello! I want to ask for a bird backpack for Christmas, but I'm not sure which is the best kind. I've heard that the domes can be disorienting, and I'd imaging the plastic sheets would be worse. I've also heard of birds chewing through mesh.
I'd love to bring my baby with me places, but I want to make sure it's safe and comfortable for him. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you! (Picture added for cuteness - and to show he chews on everything)
They have been looking behind there for nearly 30 mins. Do you think they dropped their phone or wallet there? Should I help them out?
SE Florida
I found a bird outside a while ago that I posted about. He’s(unsure of gender) a blue crowned conure/parakeet. He was very malnourished and couldn’t fly and was incredibly unsteady. He has since gained lots of strength and is an absolute love bug. He loves to chill on my shoulder all the time, rolls over for tummy rubs, and even lets me know when he has to poop so I can bring him back to the cage. In my previous posts you can see how we decided to keep him because he was definitely not wild, he’s way too friendly. Anyway there’s a wild flock of blue crowned conures near me. They are a non native species here. He often times screams for them especially when they are in the backyard. Sometimes they will chirp back at him but they don’t try to come to him or anything. I think he wants to be friends with him and I feel bad for him since he can’t. He does have a budgie that he hangs out with sometimes who lives in a different room in the house but they only have supervised visits(it only started after the blue crowned conure was quarantined and confirmed not to be carrying anything). Is there anything I can do to make him feel less lonely?(I cannot get another blue crowned conure)
I'm going on holiday for 2 months to see family. I'm leaving my gcc at home with my mum while I'm gone.
Me and my gcc are completely inseparable and he only tolerates other people. I'm worried that he'll get depressed or upset at my leaving and take it as me abandoning him or if he will forget about me and bond with my mum?
Hey there! I recently changed him onto an all pellet diet as compared to the seeds he was raised on by the previous owner. He used to have green poops but they look like this lately. Is this normal looking?
My girlfriend loves cats and dogs and I love birds, she wants dogs and cats in the future in our house and I want a bird in the future once I have enough money for that huge investment. And I refuse to keep a bird in the same house however I am suggesting to have a cat or a dog instead to make her happy, but she doesn’t want to because she had a cat or dog for her entire life so far and I obsess over birds to her all the time and wants me to have a bird. She also suggested to have a cat and a dog with a bird in the house but I refused because of how dangerous that would be for a bird. So am I in the wrong to push that we will have no bird if a cat or dog is in the house and that I’m suggesting to have a cat or dog to make her happy instead?
Seriously best pic I’ve ever taken
SE Florida
Cheddar is making these sounds while being out of the cage but not in it. Is he hormonal anxious or something else entirely?