- Dec 30, 2021
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- Sunny: Sun conure, hatch 2/2021
HI everyone!
I'm just so happy to have found this forum- I desperately need the information! I will be honest and admit that I got our Sun Conure somewhat on impulse. We were getting some fish supplies at the pet store and there she was. She (I’m just assuming gender here) was so curious and seemed desperate for attention. We inquired about her and were told she wasn’t ready to go yet, they were monitoring her weight, thought it would be another 5-7 days yet. So we put our name down as first in line. Then went home, got a cage, supplies and waited. Stupidly I did not do the deep dive research, but…. Well, here I am now. Anyway she came home with us 3 months ago! I am totally in love with this goofball and want to provide the best possible care for her mental and physical health.
She is 11 months now, going thru her molt, and a bit….. chompy with it, but normally She is usually incredibly friendly- she will even sleep on her back on my chest, shoulder- as well as the same with my husband.
One story; yesterday day evening she was perched on my knee and started down the other side to my foot. I lifted my foot and she went to my toes and started playing with my sock. It really tickled and out of reflex i dipped my toes with a “Eeek!” . She immediately did it again and got the exact response. So she stood for a minute just looking at my toes, then gave them a little poke with her beak. It occurred to me she was testing for a response, so i dipped the toes, gave a Eeek! She did it about 5 more times!!!! Then she traveled to my other foot to give that a try as well. This morning, she had to go give the toes another test, same response and she seemed quite satisfied. just amazes me how smart she is.
anyhow- i will be pouring thru the site to hoover up all the information I can find!!
I'm just so happy to have found this forum- I desperately need the information! I will be honest and admit that I got our Sun Conure somewhat on impulse. We were getting some fish supplies at the pet store and there she was. She (I’m just assuming gender here) was so curious and seemed desperate for attention. We inquired about her and were told she wasn’t ready to go yet, they were monitoring her weight, thought it would be another 5-7 days yet. So we put our name down as first in line. Then went home, got a cage, supplies and waited. Stupidly I did not do the deep dive research, but…. Well, here I am now. Anyway she came home with us 3 months ago! I am totally in love with this goofball and want to provide the best possible care for her mental and physical health.
She is 11 months now, going thru her molt, and a bit….. chompy with it, but normally She is usually incredibly friendly- she will even sleep on her back on my chest, shoulder- as well as the same with my husband.
One story; yesterday day evening she was perched on my knee and started down the other side to my foot. I lifted my foot and she went to my toes and started playing with my sock. It really tickled and out of reflex i dipped my toes with a “Eeek!” . She immediately did it again and got the exact response. So she stood for a minute just looking at my toes, then gave them a little poke with her beak. It occurred to me she was testing for a response, so i dipped the toes, gave a Eeek! She did it about 5 more times!!!! Then she traveled to my other foot to give that a try as well. This morning, she had to go give the toes another test, same response and she seemed quite satisfied. just amazes me how smart she is.
anyhow- i will be pouring thru the site to hoover up all the information I can find!!
