Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum but would love any information I can get or anyone who can help me.
I am Kayla and I have been looking for a bird and researching them for months(even had my husband tested for allergies). I have finally settled on getting a Conure. All the bird web sites are great but I really would like to have a first hand owner experience of what your little buddy is like.
I also am not looking to buy one instead I have been searching for a family who can no longer keep their bird and will adopt it. I think I have finally found one. Anyway the conure is a cherry headed conure. He looks sweet and from what the owner writes his personality is good he's just "shy with new people" which I don't mind. As I am disabled I have allllll the time in the world to sit with him.
I grew up with an amazon and got to learn how to tell when she was mad or when she wanted something etc.
My basic questions are
How long do conures like to sleep?
Do they like to hang out on shoulders?
As far as everyone saying they are noisy does this mean constant noisy from the time they wake up till they go to sleep or does this mean when they let out a screech it will be so loud it will wake the dead.
Do conures normally like other animals?
Besides sitting with my conure till he can trust me and gently offering him food talking to him etc....is there anything else I can do?
How to tell upon meeting the bird for the first time if hes been abused or he has health/temperament issues?
I'msure I have a million more and I hate to be that person who asks a million things. I just want to know mostly what to expect.
Thank you -Kayla
I am Kayla and I have been looking for a bird and researching them for months(even had my husband tested for allergies). I have finally settled on getting a Conure. All the bird web sites are great but I really would like to have a first hand owner experience of what your little buddy is like.
I also am not looking to buy one instead I have been searching for a family who can no longer keep their bird and will adopt it. I think I have finally found one. Anyway the conure is a cherry headed conure. He looks sweet and from what the owner writes his personality is good he's just "shy with new people" which I don't mind. As I am disabled I have allllll the time in the world to sit with him.
I grew up with an amazon and got to learn how to tell when she was mad or when she wanted something etc.
My basic questions are
How long do conures like to sleep?
Do they like to hang out on shoulders?
As far as everyone saying they are noisy does this mean constant noisy from the time they wake up till they go to sleep or does this mean when they let out a screech it will be so loud it will wake the dead.
Do conures normally like other animals?
Besides sitting with my conure till he can trust me and gently offering him food talking to him etc....is there anything else I can do?
How to tell upon meeting the bird for the first time if hes been abused or he has health/temperament issues?
I'msure I have a million more and I hate to be that person who asks a million things. I just want to know mostly what to expect.
Thank you -Kayla
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