Sunflower seeds for conures?

I've read pros and cons for these seeds.

What are your thoughts?
Does your conure get them?

No sunflower seeds here, but Kermit gets safflower seeds as his training treats. I think sunflower seeds would be okay as long as they’re only used for this purpose. They’re high in fat and shouldn’t be part of their regular diet except as treats.

I use shelled sunflower seeds for training treats. I break them into small pieces and my birds will do anything for them . Definitely not part of their regular diet, but good bribery material in my house.

Don't use them as part of the primary diet essentially. Just the occasional treat.

I give sunflower to the seed mix but very small amount and not every day

i use them for training treats but only to mark behaviors i like that he does. when it comes to training like harness training or stepping up i use something different.

The #1 cause of Fatty-Liver Disease and early death in captive/pet birds is them being fed a daily staple-diet that includes fatty seeds, nuts, and dried corn kernels/dried cracked corn. The seed normally contained in seed-mixes for pet parrots/birds that contains the most fat is by-far all strains of Sunflower Seeds. There is nothing wrong with using Sunflower-Seeds as an occasional treat for your bird, and they are even better as their regular "Training-Treat" because they love them and are willing to work for them...But you should NEVER feed a captive/pet bird a seed-mix that contains any types of Sunflower Seeds (or any Nuts or Dried Corn). And most commercial seed-mixes that contain any type of Sunflower Seeds also contain Nuts, usually Peanuts which are the worst and shouldn't ever be given to your bird as even a treat, and also Dried Corn...

***If you want to feed your pet/captive bird a seed-mix as their daily staple-diet, or you have to because they were not weaned onto pellets, that's fine, but it needs to be a low-fat, high-protein, varied seed-mix that contains no Sunflower Seeds of any kind, no Nuts of any kind, and no Dried Corn. Nuts are also like the Sunflower Seeds, good for occasional treats but never on a daily basis and never in their regular diet. And Peanuts are not only very, very fattening, but they also tend to carry certain Fungi and Molds that are harmful and potentially lethal to birds.

There are several seed-mixes that contain no Sunflower Seeds, no Dried Corn, and No Nuts/Peanuts, but rather contain a large variety of healthier seeds, grains, legumes, herbs, veggies, greens, and fruit. Those are the seed-mixes that you need to feed your bird and not ones that contain the bad stuff, otherwise you're literally killing your bird slowly...Tropimix, Higgins California Blend, Higgins Safflower Gold, Zupreem Smart Selects, etc. are only a few examples of some low-fat, high protein seed-mixes that contain none of the bad stuff and mostly all good stuff...

You have to remember that birds/parrots out in the wild spend literally all day long, every single day foraging for enough food to meet their nutritional needs for that day. And they fly an average of between 8-10 miles each day while doing this, so they are able to eat the very fattening seeds, nuts, corn, etc. and not develop any Fatty Liver Disease or any other health issues from eating a diet high in fat, they actually need a high fat content to sustain their energy...In contrast, our pet birds have a bowl of nutrient-dense food 3 steps away from them all the time. Some don't fly at all, and the ones who do don't typically fly even half a mile a day, nor do they walk much. So all of the fat they eat is not being used, it's just being stored in their Livers every day, all day long...And sugar/carbs end-up in the same place, because they are turned into fat and stored in their Livers the same way...So an occasional unsalted Sunflower Seed as a treat is fine, as is a couple pieces of healthier Nuts like Almonds, Filberts, Brazil Nuts, etc., but only a small few, and only once in a while, not every single day. If you want to give your bird treats, there are plenty of much healthier treats/food that they love and that aren't loaded with fat and sugar...

I knew they were bad, but didn't know a little was okay occasionally as a treat or reward.

Thanks all.