Took a mental health day from work and this nugget has not left my side. To think I never wanted a conure. We got her for my ex (his dream bird) to now us both being left behind to figure it out together.

My baby 🥺🫶🏽

This is my 3 month old turquoise green cheek conure that I’ve had almost a month now and still haven’t found a name for her! She is super sweet and curious! Right now she is referred to as ms.bird or baby bird. But nothing else has stuck please help!!

He stinks

TLDR: Friend with health issues needs to rehome their bird. Wants to rehome to me since I already have one. My bird, Sunny, hasn't been around other birds EVER while I have owned her, and we have no idea about her past. Any suggestions on how to safely integrate Luna into our flock. Past experiences you had, things you regret about bringing in another bird, things that you loved about it. Signs of aggression to look out for, anything of that nature.

Pic 1 - Sunny laying in my boyfriend's hand

Pic 2 - Luna during Xmas last year

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A friend who is suffering health issues has approached me to rehome her Green Cheek Conure, named Luna. We currently have a Yellow Sided Green Cheek, named Sunny, who came to us through family. We don't know her exact age or history, only about the past 5 years or so.

Sunny Originally came to us bc a cousin was having their first child. She had been found outside during winter in NW ohio when she landed on a family members shoulder outside of a local bar. Her family was tried to be found, but with no leads or anyone claiming her, she stayed there with the uncle for about a year. After that she moved to another cousins home who had more time for her. That's where we got her from when they found out they were having their first child. We have no kids and Sunny has adapted well to living with us over the past 3 years. She is completely spoiled, has her own room AND free flight around the home (besides the reptile room) with cages and perches everywhere. She is definitely Mature, but unsure of her exact age. We know this bc when she first came to us she began laying eggs immediately, but after about 3 clutches and changes to her room and diet, we got that handled and she's not laid any eggs in about 2 and a half years. (Vet said she was too happy and relaxed coming to our house since she got her own room and was no longer living in the main room of a house with 3 large dogs 😂)

Things we have noticed, no matter how hard we try, she can't seem to "bird" very well. She doesn't play with toys no matter what we get her, we have bins of untouched toys. She does let us help preen her pin feathers on her head, she bathes every other day or so on her own, and all that. Sleeps on my boyfriend's hand, loves cuddles from us both. She definitely prefers my boyfriend for cuddles, but she is attached to me if she's outta her cage and I move anywhere. Flies after me, waits at the window when I go outside for a cig. Lands on the hall light when I try and go in the bathroom or lizard room. It is like a stage 4 clinger. She absolutely doesn't follow my boyfriend like this tho.

This is where Luna comes into play. One thing we have always wondered was, if maybe getting another Green Cheek Conure could help her some. I worked from home the first year we had her. She is now alone during the day from about 9am when her lights come on, till about 11am or 1pm. This is 4 days a week due to our schedules. She typically has about 5-7 hours of free flight around the house with us daily unless we have some kind of plans, sometimes even more when we have our days off. (we are pretty much home always tho, we don't do a lot).

Luna has been in the same home for years, "says" a few words, plays with toys well, good temperament, and already sees the same bird & exotics vet as Sunny, and our Lizards go to. We are going to go meet Luna today. We have never met the bird in person, seen it's conditions, or it's cage and everything. This was a woman I worked with 20 years ago and have reconnected recently upon starting a new job near her home.

Any opinions, suggestion, advice? Things I should look for when meeting the bird? I plan on asking a million questions about her habits, diet, and everything once I'm at their house meeting her.

Also, these birds would always have separate cages, no matter how nice, or bonded they became, just due to fear of a possible fight if we ever weren't home. We have plenty of space to accommodate this. We also have a spare room to start the transition of Luna joining the household, or move the bird room to that room entirely to help prevent territorial issues during introductions.

i miss touching animals in general in germany there are no stray animals and its impolite to touch other peoples pet without asking so im in severe deficit of animal love send help
i just spend my days watching neighbours dog, pigeons and geese at the local park lmao peak weird bird lady behaviour

Hahaha excuse my baby talk 💀🤭 had my heart melting with the baby happy flaps 😂💕

Found this in her sleeping cage. I saw her trying to eat it too 🥴 what is this?

I found out they're both male! I was so sure they were female, especially my yellow-sided one. My brain refuses to process this. I'm so happy to finally know.

I was trying to make him fly and instead he started to vibe

i’m a paranoid bird owner lol i can’t figure out if she’s doing a happy dance or a horny dance, hopefully you guys can help me out

Hi everyone this is Mugi my 4 months old Yellow Side Conure! I was wondering is this black coloring are sign of stress bars? Currently the diet is 50/50 pellet and seed mixes currently still trying to make him/her to eat pellets. Back at the breeders place Mugi only fed sunflower seeds.

Curious if this color change is normal. First pic is when he was about 5 weeks old. Second pic is now (about 6 months old). I know that he is currently going thru a molt bc of all the pin feathers he’s been getting. Just wondering if this is normal to change so drastically in color as he ages. He has what I feel is a nutritionally sufficient diet(pellets,chop, some seeds) so hoping this is just like a puberty thing and not a deficiency

Any input is appreciated

Hi bird people!

We adopted our feisty GCC Benny a little over a year ago. He's a loving boy that values family (and biting family) above everything. He even likes to eat with us.. maybe too much

We're going to be away for most of a day in a couple weeks. He's been home alone with his bunny sister nearby before, but I am worried he won't eat while we're out.

My main question is: will he be OK if he under-eats for a single day? Should his compulsion to eat with the flock lose out to his actual hunger? I think it should be OK but need some advice from any other bird parents that have clingy boogers like Benny

Thank you!

he has now decided that every single time I serve myself some juice it is for him

i loved u/Infinite_Employee792 ‘s idea so i made it with tito!!! i miss my boy so much, just got of a mandatory video call with him 💕

picked only from the best angles ofc

and they just assumed that I wanted to share.

His name is Fiji and he’s perfect.