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Hi! I'm relatively new to conures, but I'm having a great time getting to know my green cheeks and their quirky personalities! I acquired Sophie (a yellow-sided green-cheeked conure) about 2.5 months ago. Unfortunately, I recently found out that she has an enlarged heart, but she's getting...

Orinoco/Pirate and me. This is our first time stepping up!! We were both very happy about it.

Greetings to everyone. I am brand new on this site, thank you for having me. Anyway, previously we had a green cheek for about 2 years. we were traveling to FL for Christmas in a larger, what we called her "travel cage". as we have traveled with her before. On Christmas Day we put her in the...

Hello everyone. So allow me to get right to the chase. I am currently the owner of two GCCs, Hawk and Swoop. I have had Hawk for about a year and a half and have had him since he was weened (assumed male, non DNA tested) and he has been the sweetest and most playful thing imaginable. He was...

Hello Everyone! This is my first attempt at posting to a forum so please forgive for any mistakes. I am a new owner of two lovely Lovebirds. I figured why not join a community with people who might have some insight into birds. Any who, I wanted to inquire about a certain behavior I just...

Hi, I’ve had my blue budgie for almost 6 years. He had a cage mate until last year when he passed in the night. Until recently, he has been alone and actually kind of happier without a cage mate. He has a large cage more suited for 3-4 budgies to himself. A few days ago I got a lovely yellow...

Hello! I recently purchased my first Indian Ringneck about 2 weeks ago. The breeder said that he/she (no idea of the gender currently) was hand reared and is about 13 weeks. When I got him home I opened the cage door and allowed him to move into his new big boy cage, the one he was kept in by...

Hi all. I have previous parrot experience and now that my daughter has gone to college, I am looking for a feathery kid to care for. I have been bamboozled by scammers these past 2 weeks. I AM EXHAUSTED. When I got my scarlet macaw, in 1997, it was so easy. When did this get so crazy, sheesh! I...

Hi! So, I am completely new to parrots. Two days ago, I got a my first one. He is a 2-3 month old green cheek conure from my local pet store (I named him Alfie). The owner had lowered the price from $600 to $200, because Alfie was an aggressive biter and no one wanted him (He was the only one...

:21::angel-smiThis is my opinion and not trying to sound rude! :angel-smi So you want a bird. You've done research and a bird is right for you. But you don't know exactly WHAT bird you want to get. You know you want a catalina macaw, but everyone says "oh nooo get a budgie or cockatiel those...

Hi everyone! I just got a cockatiel around a week ago. When we got him/her (she/he is now 7 weeks old and fully weaned) she was on a seed-only diet. We are trying to convert him/her to a pellet diet (Tropican lifetime formula mixed with ZuPreem FruitBlend pellets) Do you have any tips? :grey...

Hi everyone! I brought home a new baby Meyer's parrot, Penumbra Pen, a.k.a. Pen Pen, the last week of April, and the two of us have taken to each other in the weeks since. I've done a decent amount of reading, both elsewhere and on these forums, but with a little time and experience under my...

So I've really been considering getting a parrot lately because I've moved to a new and bigger place and have always been an avid bird lover!! And I'm really stoked for this But before I dive into research and get some valuable hands-on experience with rescue birds I wanted to propose a few...

Hello, I am doing research to get a new budgie... I have had a parrotlet and a lovebird in the past, so I do remember/know a fair bit about bird husbandry, but want to make sure I have everything exactly right before bringing anyone home. Online, I have found a lot of resources but they seem...

Hi all! We just got a new pineapple conure today and we already have a GCC. The hope was that they would be friends but the pineapple is ruthlessly attacking our GC. Is there any hope of fixing this or should we return her because of her aggressive behaviour?

Hello! I am currently a high school senior who hopes to move out and go to college within this year (the university is in the same city). My mom has never let me have a pet bird, she thinks they smell and are quite messy (which I can understand), if everything works out right, I'll rent my...

My parakeet has brownish feathers above the cere crusty beak and always wants to sleep my Vet said it was malnourished so I bought some liquid supplements and gave it more sunlight Is it true what else could I do then

I’ve asked for advice on this situation before but again have found myself in a conundrum, here’s my situation: I currently own 3 conures, I’ll reference them as 1,2 and 3 to stop confusion but don’t be worried, I genuinely love them all very much. 1 is the birdie I got first, 16 months ago when...

I get my bird today! As some of you may know I have been preparing for a cockatiel baby for some time now. It was a close decision between a ‘tiel and a conure, but considering some of the noise conures are capable of, my family decided on a cute white face baby. :grey: After my classes I get...

I went into Petco for budgie food and walked past the birds for sale...there was the most amazing sun conure that ran right up to the glass and begged to be scratched...I asked to hold her and well, now she's sitting on my shoulder eating a snack. I was planning on getting a green cheek and...