Hi,
My boyfriend and I already have a little parrotlet, but when we saw this bird advertised so close to where we live we had to have him. He's a green cheek conure, they had him listed as pineapple, but after a bit of googling I think he might be cinnamon - I could be wrong! We've had him 2 days now.
They said he's around 7 months old, he is ringed and I know which breeder he is from, so I might try to confirm this. They also said the breeder told them he thought the bird is male, and he said he's right 9 out of 10 times, but I don't know how correct this is.
He came with this cage:
Eden Play Gym Top Small Parrot Cage
It looks a decent size for him but if anyone has any differing advice I'd be grateful. He only had one dowel perch and a swing, so I've been out and bought him a large branch perch, a small branch perch, a calcium perch, and a rope perch. Also gotten him a few toys, and removed the cozzzy hut he had, after reading horror stories!
He also came with a box of seed mix, I've ordered pellets, but I was wondering what pellet to seed ratio I should feed him? He loves apples, loves pears, and I'll keep introducing other fruit and veg as I go.
One concern I have is that the people we bought him from were smokers, and smoked around him, I've cleaned his cage from top to bottom to get rid of the smell but he smells of smoke himself! Will the smoke have caused him any long term damage?
As far as he goes himself, he pretty much begs to come out of his cage, will come straight onto your hand, loves sitting on your shoulder. He grooms me, nibbles my ear, gives kisses. He likes to do anything he should, including trying to nibble the tv remote, my laptop keys, my bracelet. He tries to tap things on the ipad screen. He LOVES water, he gets excited when he hears running water, so I put a big dish of water on the floor and he was straight in there!
He will let you stroke his back, but doesn't like being held, and will try to bite. He also sometimes gets nippy if you try to move him and he doesn't want to move. Any tips on how to reduce this?
He is unclipped, and I would like to keep him this was, I love watching him fly! He can say 'what are you doing?', and when he thinks I'm not paying attention he babbles and babbles away, most of it doesn't make sense, but definitely 'speech' noises.
Sorry for the long post, I just want to make sure I'm doing the best for him, so any tips, advice etc. would be much appreciated!
Sarah
My boyfriend and I already have a little parrotlet, but when we saw this bird advertised so close to where we live we had to have him. He's a green cheek conure, they had him listed as pineapple, but after a bit of googling I think he might be cinnamon - I could be wrong! We've had him 2 days now.
They said he's around 7 months old, he is ringed and I know which breeder he is from, so I might try to confirm this. They also said the breeder told them he thought the bird is male, and he said he's right 9 out of 10 times, but I don't know how correct this is.
He came with this cage:
Eden Play Gym Top Small Parrot Cage
It looks a decent size for him but if anyone has any differing advice I'd be grateful. He only had one dowel perch and a swing, so I've been out and bought him a large branch perch, a small branch perch, a calcium perch, and a rope perch. Also gotten him a few toys, and removed the cozzzy hut he had, after reading horror stories!
He also came with a box of seed mix, I've ordered pellets, but I was wondering what pellet to seed ratio I should feed him? He loves apples, loves pears, and I'll keep introducing other fruit and veg as I go.
One concern I have is that the people we bought him from were smokers, and smoked around him, I've cleaned his cage from top to bottom to get rid of the smell but he smells of smoke himself! Will the smoke have caused him any long term damage?
As far as he goes himself, he pretty much begs to come out of his cage, will come straight onto your hand, loves sitting on your shoulder. He grooms me, nibbles my ear, gives kisses. He likes to do anything he should, including trying to nibble the tv remote, my laptop keys, my bracelet. He tries to tap things on the ipad screen. He LOVES water, he gets excited when he hears running water, so I put a big dish of water on the floor and he was straight in there!
He will let you stroke his back, but doesn't like being held, and will try to bite. He also sometimes gets nippy if you try to move him and he doesn't want to move. Any tips on how to reduce this?
He is unclipped, and I would like to keep him this was, I love watching him fly! He can say 'what are you doing?', and when he thinks I'm not paying attention he babbles and babbles away, most of it doesn't make sense, but definitely 'speech' noises.
Sorry for the long post, I just want to make sure I'm doing the best for him, so any tips, advice etc. would be much appreciated!
Sarah
- it would be nice to see a picture of your parrotlet and your conure if you can manage it. You should be careful with both of these birds as the parrotlet is tiny, the don't know that and it could well challenge the conure or attack it, and vice versa. Just a little warning to be cautious.
