clo1_2000
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Hello,
I recently ** took in** a wonderful Green Cheeked Conure and his name is Yoshi. He is a male approximately 3-4 years old. I bought him from a breeder who had him dumped on her
Yoshi seems very sweet and I had a fully decked out brand new cage with toys that was awaiting a love bird. The breeder's eggs fell through and my friend let me know about a local rehome in the area. I went to visit a couple of times and fell in love.
Yoshi is now getting acclimated to his new home, but I have a couple of questions. I am giving him a diet of pellets, fruits, veggies and legumes. Is there anything major missing from that list? (I am avoiding avocado).
I am also covering Yoshi's cage at night when he gets sqawky (usually around 6 or 7). He flutters around when I'm putting the cover on his cage, but then calms immediately down. Is it safe for me to cover him like this? As I said, it seems to scare him initially, but he settles back down once covered.
My last question is about clipping his wings. The breeder had clipped his wings and it seems like this forum has a negative opinion about wing clipping. If I let his wings alone, I assume the feathers will grow back and he will regain flight. My question is, if he was used to having his wings clipped, is it actually more detrimental to let them grow back, rather than keep them clipped?
Thank you for all the help.
I recently ** took in** a wonderful Green Cheeked Conure and his name is Yoshi. He is a male approximately 3-4 years old. I bought him from a breeder who had him dumped on her
Yoshi seems very sweet and I had a fully decked out brand new cage with toys that was awaiting a love bird. The breeder's eggs fell through and my friend let me know about a local rehome in the area. I went to visit a couple of times and fell in love.
Yoshi is now getting acclimated to his new home, but I have a couple of questions. I am giving him a diet of pellets, fruits, veggies and legumes. Is there anything major missing from that list? (I am avoiding avocado).
I am also covering Yoshi's cage at night when he gets sqawky (usually around 6 or 7). He flutters around when I'm putting the cover on his cage, but then calms immediately down. Is it safe for me to cover him like this? As I said, it seems to scare him initially, but he settles back down once covered.
My last question is about clipping his wings. The breeder had clipped his wings and it seems like this forum has a negative opinion about wing clipping. If I let his wings alone, I assume the feathers will grow back and he will regain flight. My question is, if he was used to having his wings clipped, is it actually more detrimental to let them grow back, rather than keep them clipped?
Thank you for all the help.
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