/r/Conures

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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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Getting/mixing new birds with existing ones.

Curious to know if it’s safe to get a new bird and mix them in the same cage or not. How will their behavior be with each other, or what it the best means of befriending them with each other.

Currently have a GCC and was considering maybe a Linoleated Parakeet, would love a Mexican Conure but doubt I’d find them so easily. My guess is that the obvious answer might be no, especially at first. I’m guessing maybe if they are friendly with each other then it might be safe. Curious to know your thoughts and experiences.

Picture of my bird buddy pickles 😄

1 Comment
2024/03/16
00:20 UTC

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Sick bird, vet thinks siezures?? I don't understand why they think this, their explanation isn't adding up to me..

My conures is obviously sick, poor balance, lethargic, staying on bottom of the cage with eyes closed.

This is a new vet, and they are telling me since I don't have a uva/uvb bulb it is probably seizures from a lack of calcium caused by me not using special bulbs. I've read up a lot in my years of owning birds and this is new to me I have other birds that are fine too... my birds are in a window with direct access to sunlight every time the rises.

I'm obviously not a vet, but I am not at all happy with this visit and I don't know what to do now, I had to travel a hour and a half and wait for 3 additional hours to be told it's probably seizures?!

They gave her calcium injections, B12 injections and antibiotics as well.

Does anyone have any thoughts about any of this?? This doesn't seem at all right to me.

4 Comments
2024/03/16
00:14 UTC

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I got a birthday present. Now it belongs to Millie.

1 Comment
2024/03/15
23:08 UTC

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CONTROVERSIAL!! To wing clip or not to wing clip??!

Okay I understand people feel VERY (!!!!) strongly about this subject but please LET THIS BE A SAFE PLACE to express opinions!!

But I need advice- I love him, I really do. But if something doesn’t change I’m not sure I have it in me to keep him. He’s five bombing SOME guests. Chewing stuff he shouldn’t. Like so much stuff! ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS wants to be hanging off me in some form and when I’m trying to fix the vacuum Not the greatest moment. Caught him chewing the ceiling earlier.

PLEASE LETS ONLY VOICE OPINIONS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.

Would love to hear from anyone that had free flight and then clipped!!!

12 Comments
2024/03/15
22:08 UTC

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Saying his name?

Wondering does your conure constantly repeats his name?

9 Comments
2024/03/15
21:36 UTC

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Does she not like herself? 😭

10 Comments
2024/03/15
20:40 UTC

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What is Minnie thinking about? (Wrong answers only)

She's been doing this for five minutes now as I watch to make sure she doesn't decide to eat the kibble! I might need to restart her, she's frozen!

19 Comments
2024/03/15
20:05 UTC

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Red bangs on conure?

Is there a reason why some of them have red bangs? Does it mean anything? Theyre actually growing ontop of her beak and spreading around her neck(the color red).

0 Comments
2024/03/15
19:10 UTC

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Crunchy szechuan pips

3 Comments
2024/03/15
19:07 UTC

3

how to keep gcc in cage

everytime i put my gcc in cage he’s being loud or running up and down the cage wanting to let out. what can i do to stop him from doing that

4 Comments
2024/03/15
18:17 UTC

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i recently got a gck and so far this is his cage setup. anything i should add/change?

4 Comments
2024/03/15
17:51 UTC

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The face of "What? I wasn't doing anything..."

6 Comments
2024/03/15
16:31 UTC

11

Time for lunch pops

Currently eating better than me🤷‍♂️🦜💚

0 Comments
2024/03/15
16:16 UTC

6

Pineapple conure screaming sometimes. Why is this?

Kinda scares me lol but it sounds like an eagle “AHHHHHH”

4 Comments
2024/03/15
14:16 UTC

15

Should i be worried about the flaking around the nose

2 Comments
2024/03/15
12:57 UTC

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Headbird demand millet

0 Comments
2024/03/15
07:32 UTC

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What dose it mean when he gets down and fluff up ?

11 Comments
2024/03/15
05:38 UTC

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Need advice

I have a sun conure and jenday that have gotten along the last few months. They preen each other and the jenday will bob his head real fast in excitement. Today was the first day in a month or two that i’ve been able to hold my sun and just cuddle her and she enjoyed it, sat there and basked in the attention and I could shed tears because I was so happy that she was happy to hang out with me again. The jenday who I think is a male kept going back and forth puffed up and doing the slow war dance at me, mad at me that I was holding her I’m guessing, and he has lunged at me before when I come around her and he asked to step up by putting his foot up and I picked him up and we were fine, he hung out on my shoulder and when I put them both back in the cage, i went for their food bowl and my sun came over to my hand to inspect and the jenday instantly came barreling forward and got between my hand and the sun and started biting at my hand.

Then they started fighting and it got pretty out of hand and I instantly grabbed my sun by scooping her up and then they were fine after that but as soon as I come around the cage the jenday will start lunging at my sun. Kind of peck at her because I’m coming around. I’m now thinking of keeping them separated permanently and have moved them into separate cages for now. I’m just concerned that they will both get depressed because I moved them into separate cages….

2 Comments
2024/03/15
04:31 UTC

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Rescuing wild(?) conure advice

Hello all, I recently found out that a friend has a conure that has been trying to get into their house for the past three years! It sounds to me like it was possibly a pet of the previous owner and had escaped at one point and is now trying to come home. I have never dealt with conures, but would like to try to rescue it and bring it to a vet to be looked at and see if the leg band(they got those right?) is registered to an owner. Any advice on catching the little one?

4 Comments
2024/03/15
03:26 UTC

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Found this bat hanging from my ceiling

9 Comments
2024/03/15
03:24 UTC

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i wonder what this pocket may hold

1 Comment
2024/03/15
01:48 UTC

91

Pre Spring happiness

4 Comments
2024/03/15
00:28 UTC

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Your eardrums will thank me later 🤣

2 Comments
2024/03/14
22:33 UTC

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Sun conure starts flying and screaming out of nowhere

I moved into a new apartment about 3 weeks ago and have had my sun conure for around 8 months now. Since I moved here he’s been having more frequent screaming and flying fits that happen out of nowhere. They used to happen but much, much rarely. Now he would do this at least once a day or two. He doesn’t do it from something sudden (there’s no sudden/loud noise or anything that moves out of nowhere).

All his other behavior is normal. He eats normally, cuddles and plays normally, sleeps normally.

Is this a cause of concern? What should I be more careful about?

1 Comment
2024/03/14
22:29 UTC

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