New conure, need help

Hi everyone! This will be somewhat of a long post but I need some advice. About three weeks ago, I adopted a new female sun conure. Her previous owner didn’t give her a name yet so I’m still sorting out the best name for her. She is said to be about two years old. So I knew her for about a year now. Her owner would bring her over regularly so she is very familiar with me and my house. Anyway, one day I decided to go to her owners house and what I saw baffled me. Her cage was a MESS. Her water bowl had been yellow from how old the water was. Her food bowl had started to grow some sort of mold because of left over fruit. And apparently the only time he lets her out of her cage is when he comes over or for 15 minutes before bed. So basically she gets VERY little human interaction. So about three weeks ago, I talked him into giving her up to me where she will have an amazing home. So first thing I did was take her to the vet and obviously quarantine her from my other birds. Once I got the okay from my vet that everything was okay, I started to introduce my other birds to her. She is still nervous about them so I keep a close eye on her when all of them are out of their cages. Anyway, so since adopting her, her true self started to show up. She is so playful and happy and packs a punch when it comes to her personality haha. I already love her so much. She also HATES her cage and wants to be with me constantly.

Which brings me to my next point. She absolutely adores me but hates anyone else. I do not live alone so there is no way that I can leave her out of the cage all the time because she will attack “intruders”. So what I’ve been doing the past few days is when I’m sitting with family or whatever, I put her in a travel cage with food and water and her favorite toy and I just sit her with us. That way, she gets the interaction with people and I still get to spend time with her. And I was wondering if that was a good idea. She’s only in the travel cage for about an hour in total (not at once) in the morning when I’m eating breakfast with my family, I set her on the table with us and we eat for about 20 mins. Same goes with breakfast and lunch. She still gets plenty of one on one time with me out of the cage obviously lol. So is this a good approach? Any other suggestions I can take to help her get more family time while still protecting the safety of her and my family??

It sounds like you are doing all the right things with your new girl. Suns do have a tendency to overbond with one person and act aggressively towards others, so it is going to take desensitization (being around other members of your family for extended periods of time) for her to adjust. Keeping her in a travel carrier while you are with your family is a good idea. The only thing I will say is that everyone in the family should be making a conscious effort to include her. Be calm around her and always try to make every single interaction a positive one. I'm sure other sun owners will chime in here with their advice!

As for names for her, just please don't name her Sunny, or Tweety, Tango or Mango. Soo many suns are already named those names lol. Be creative! Pick something that speaks to you and her personality.