It’s a GIRL! 🌸

[onamom]

The DNA results are finally back and it’s a GIRL! We are so excited!! She’s about 5 weeks old now and her name is Ona (Oh-na, it’s Hawaiian). 🎉

 

[LaManuka]

Congratulations on your gorgeous girlie! 🌸 I've got a soft spot for little hens, even though I have 3 roosters now. And i LOVE her name too, such a beautiful choice ❤️ I'm very excited for you too!

 

[Laurasea]

Beautiful name for a beautiful girl@
I'm the opposite of lamanuka
I've got mostly girls

 

[HeatherG]

What a lovely girl! Is she a certain mutation of greencheek conure, like fallow?

 

[Laurasea]

Im just excited to see more updates!
And so glad they are waiting till fully weaned and eating on their own! And how wonderful the visits with little one are

 

[clark_conure]

It could either be pineapple or cinnamon....do you know the exact breed?

 

[onamom]

What a lovely girl! Is she a certain mutation of greencheek conure, like fallow?

She is a dilute!

Latest Ona photo 😍 she is quickly becoming a momma’s girl and I love it. She’s very comfortable with me and loves to nuzzle my fingers when I pet her

 

[clark_conure]

Wait till the wing feathers come out and you see the blue contrast with the red tail.....

 

[onamom]

Time for an Ona update!! She is finally interested in treats! She loves dehydrated papaya, corn, and pea treats and some seeds.

She gets jealous when I talk to other birds in the store and starts insistently nuzzling me 😂

She’s starting to eat some pellets so we are making progress toward weaning! This week she is 7 weeks old.

 

[LaManuka]

That is one adorable baby, and she just gets prettier every time i see her!

 

[clark_conure]

From the latest pic yep it is a mix of some sort, not a traditional cinnamon or pineapple. It's actually a very good melding, might be a bit of turquoise in there. Very beautiful. Definitely good mix... I mean the beak and feet are regular/standard black capped conure, the coloring is kind of cinnamon or maybe more pineapple, but the color of the head looks almost turquoise...or will be. I'm pretty confident the flight feathers will be blue. Definitely not some parrot from a parrot mill.

Your bird should be very hardy and will bond with you like none other I've found with GCCs.

 

[onamom]

From the latest pic yep it is a mix of some sort, not a traditional cinnamon or pineapple. It's actually a very good melding, might be a bit of turquoise in there. Very beautiful. Definitely good mix... I mean the beak and feet are regular/standard black capped conure, the coloring is kind of cinnamon or maybe more pineapple, but the color of the head looks almost turquoise...or will be. I'm pretty confident the flight feathers will be blue. Definitely not some parrot from a parrot mill.

Your bird should be very hardy and will bond with you like none other I've found with GCCs.

Thanks! The breeder describes her as a “dilute”. I agree she is a very beautiful girl. You are correct, her flight feathers are blue with an almost rainbow like shine to them. She is clipped right now (breeder waited to clip until she was consistently sticking landings. I hope in the future to let them grow back out again.) Here is a pic from several weeks ago where you can see them:

 

[clark_conure]

One thing I've learned is cameras can NOT capture the true color and effervescence a birds feathers have. The vibrancy.... I'm sure I'm missing at least 10% of the true color shown here. when I look at my bird and then a pic its like um... it's off.

 

[HeatherG]

Thanks! The breeder describes her as a “dilute”. I agree she is a very beautiful girl. You are correct, her flight feathers are blue with an almost rainbow like shine to them. She is clipped right now (breeder waited to clip until she was consistently sticking landings. I hope in the future to let them grow back out again.) Here is a pic from several weeks ago where you can see them:
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Parrot of the month!!

 

[onamom]

Have to share these from today. My snuggly girl.

 

[LaManuka]

Have to share these from today. My snuggly girl.

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Totally and utterly adorable

 

[clark_conure]

Enjoy the cuddles.....they don't run out.

 

[onamom]

I didn't get many photos but I just had the best Ona visit! I saw her preen for the first time today!! She was perched on my finger and I was scratching her cheeks which she REALLY loved when all of sudden she started trying to stand on one foot (which I've never seen her do). Then she reached around with her lifted foot, grabbed one of her red tail feathers and fanned out her tail a little to bring the feather to her beak and started chewing the end of it slightly, just for a moment. She quickly let go of her tail and put her foot down then started preening her back a little. Afterward she would start partially extending one wing out a time. I know preening is a sign of happiness and relaxation but I wonder what the tail thing was about? 🤔 She was obviously very happy for snuggles and cheek scritches just not sure if she was just experimenting with preening or what. The store does have a blue and goal macaw that constantly is "showing off" her tail so we were joking that she learned it from her

 

[LaManuka]

Preening very definitely a sign of trust! I am so looking forward to this little girlie coming home with you, she's just SO pretty!!

 

[onamom]

We have finally decided we like TOYS!

She loved this one in particular: