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    5 week old GCC refusing formula

    I recently got a green cheek conure. I brought him home at 4 weeks and hes a little over 5 weeks old. I have been feeding him veta farm neocare formula and he's been eating it properly (5 feeds per day of 2 tablespoons-full making sure the crop isnt too full and streching out as per instructions...
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    Two conure babies dead

    Hello, My conures had babies and this was not intended. i have never breed birds before. Please no rude comments, this is not a good moment for me. Advise on how to prevent them to breed again? Advise on what did I do wrong? Or what could of have happened? I am so devastated. Only three out of...
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    Baby Green cheek I got today fluffs his feathers and sleeps all the time

    Hello everyone, this is my first post here, and I just got a weaned baby green cheek conure today. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, and maybe it’s normal for babies, but he fluffs his feathers all the time and sleeps all the time. Is he I’ll or something, or is it normal for babies? (Also, can...
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    My new conure - Tim

    Hi all, so I’m new to the parrot owning club! Very excited as I got my first conure on Monday! He’s 2 months old (I say ‘he’... I have assigned him this gender)! He’s been settling in over the last few days, becoming more and more calm around me and much less flighty when I change food and water...
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    Harness training + which harness???

    Hello everyone! I want to start harness training my 2 month old pineapple conure and I was wondering which harness I should get. I’ve heard the best is aviator but I’ve been told avianweb as well. Also any tips on how to do it or go about it? Right now when he goes places with me he rides in a...
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    Is my bird scared of me? :/

    I have a 4 month old GCC. I got him about a month and and a half ago, so I know he might still be sussing me out. His name is Leo and I love him so much already (if he is in fact a he, heck if I know 😂). I got him fully tamed and weaned. He’s very sweet and playful. And loves scritches and...
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    Normal size conure?

    Do pineapple gcc not get as big as normal gcc? My baby is only 8 weeks. Will he get bigger or is he just small? He’s about the size of a lovebird. I just saw the green cheeks in petco and they look much bigger. I mean I know he won’t grow a crazy amount but will he grow at all anymore? I wont...
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    HELP!!! New handtamed baby conure biting

    Help!! I recently bought a new baby pineapple gcc three days ago. Its 8 weeks old. It was handtamed and let’s me pet it and doesn’t act scared at all. It lets me grab it. The breeder did not teach it to step up he would grab them. However, I want to teach it to step up. I try to get him to step...
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    What's in a Name?

    :33: Oh my gosh, I'm going crazy! I can't decide on a name for my baby - I've had him/her a week already and have changed it three times! At first I waited to see what would fit. I decided on Snuggles. That lasted for one day because the next day Snuggles wasn't snuggly, he was chatty, so...
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    Heartly welcome to My new Chick

    Hi All, I'm entirely new to this portal. I have a few queries related to my Sun conure chick. can someone please help me to clarify those. 1. How old is my Sun Conure Chick? 2. How many days need to hand-feed to self eat fruits.? 3. can anyone share the growth curve of Sun conure chick for...
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    8 week sun conure not eating - is this behaviour normal?

    Hey guys!! About two days ago I purchased a 7-8 week old sun conure. Very cute but he’s not really playful yet...he’s mostly sleeping all of the time or sitting on my shoulder doing nothing. My bird is always sleeping is this normal? The bird also never really eats himself, he tries to but...
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    Conure Baby Tips Required

    Hi All.. I recently brought home a Jenday conure.:orange: It was 45 days old baby then.. Now it is almost 60 days old. I am hand feeding it with a Pet's life handfeeding formula (weaning food). I have fed only apple other than the weaning food. He/she was kept in a box with wood shavings when I...
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    Head bobbing and squawking

    Hello! I’ve been searching parrot questions non-stop for almost a month now and always end up here! So I figured it was time to join you lovely folk! Im thankful for the community. I have had one budgie since the beginning of the year, recently started housing a Moluccan cockatoo (who I am...
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    My Sun conure refuses to be weaned.

    My Sun conure, Barry, is 14 weeks old. He eats seeds and fruits, though only a little. When he wants his baby formula, he makes sure he gets it. He will refuse to eat anything if he is hungry (well, except for apples). Any help? I've read and have already weaned birds, and I have tried...
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    New Baby Sun Conure! Introduction & Looking for Helpful Tips.

    Hey guys, My name is Jess and I got my baby Sun Conure, Sammy, about a week ago. I've done a lot of research on this little guy, and I would like to make sure I'm on the right track so I can give him the best upbringing I can. Sammy is 9 weeks old and hand fed with formula. I have started...
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    Hello everyone!

    Hi everyone, I own a 9 week old sun conure named Sammy. I thought it would be a good idea to join because I love to learn all about conures. I'm so excited to see him grow and learn, he has so much personality already!
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    New bird owner!

    Hi guys! I'm new to bird ownership and I just got a Yellow-sided Green Cheeck Conure. I want to know if my setup is appropriate, or if I should change a few things. I'm also concerned about feather loss, as a tail feather is coming out and I want to make sure it doesn't have to do with how I...
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    Incessantly Chirping Baby Green Cheek

    Hello, just made an account to ask this question. So a few days ago I got a 6 week old hand fed green cheeked conure from a couple that couldn't keep them anymore. They told me that the bird was just about weaned, and that they only fed them a spoonful of formula three times a day(by spoon)...
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    Conure health

    Hello, 3 days ago I got a 4 week old green cheek conure and I've been hand feeding it with a syringe. Since yesterday, my bird has been opening its mouth in between feeding and since a few hours it's been opening its mouth, bobbing its head up and down and after vomiting the food I just gave it...
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    Slow crop?

    Does this looks like an empty crop? I dont think it does. I got two baby conures that a person cannot take care of them anymore. When I got home I noticed one of the birds had his crop empty and the other one did not. It seems like one of them is not digesting the food as he is supposed to. I...
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