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The larger the better. Try not to stay too vertical (think cube like is best), as I notice there's not a lot of room to make the bottom half interesting (I'm experimenting with this guys, I'll have a trip report later). Things a conure will like: Bells. Happy hut. Preening toy. Oversized food and water bowls (especially water for getting good splashin and bathin on). A "landing pad". The top part of my cage has a huge fold down that acts like a landing pad. HE LOVES THIS. Flies to it when he needs to poop, if we are in the room and he's hungry he'll get food, dip it in water, and then go up on it and be social while eating. Think about one or two small external branches if the cage is nearby where you sit. I have a small concrete branch he uses to jump off and fly to me that's not by where the landing pad is. He's more comfy jumping off of that than the cage itself. Other thing to note: Get a computer plastic pad (the ones that prevent all sorts of wheel fuckery) and put the cage on top of that. You're gonna have poops up to 4 - 5 inches away from any edge of the cage, and this will make cleanup easier unless you are on some plastic tile. Ajax + water cuts up even the most caked on bird poops.
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My green loves only the medium size green happy huts (they look like one size too big). I noticed he'd pick at one side (preening?), but once I got a preening toy that stopped. Also, make sure to snip the tag as low to the fabric as possible.
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Apparently one of my neighbors also own a green cheek. What do you guys suggest to do for a birdie playdate? How would I go about introducing the birds?
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Nov 3, 2012 19:09
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Daemon loves his happy hut  So torn on whether or not I should remove it since he's had it since he's been a baby bird (I've replaced one to wear and tear though)
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Nov 5, 2012 23:42
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If I eat it, it is sweet sweet ambrosia until otherwise notified.
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Nov 14, 2012 16:16
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SaNChEzZ posted:I thought Novolo was a 'tiel, either way, I hope she gets better Did he take a bath? Sometimes its that.
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Nov 17, 2012 20:40
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Conures learn what bite is too hard. Then randomly decide to bite too hard.
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Dec 2, 2012 01:42
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Just so we're clear, he's not sleeping on his back is he? If not, I'm so sorry
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Dec 3, 2012 15:21
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Green cheeks are pretty seriously quiet unless something is startling them or they feel lonely.
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Dec 6, 2012 15:50
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Any time I move anywhere, Daemon slips into my shirt and has his head popping out like he's wearing it.
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Dec 11, 2012 15:50
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I'm jealous I want a potty trained bird and all I get is not being pooped on on the shoulders.
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Dec 11, 2012 16:03
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Yeah, this is bog standard for the first few months, unfortunately.
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Dec 14, 2012 15:41
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You're lucky (in a sense). I can't get my guy to STOP CUDDLING IN AWKWARD PLACES. Its always a place where I would move except bird.
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Dec 19, 2012 16:02
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Bird shirt time?  Yep, bird shirt time. (He does this on his own constantly)
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Dec 20, 2012 21:45
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Pip pip pip posted:I don't have any good advice, Horn of Arby's, but good luck This is approximately correct for all conures.
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Dec 31, 2012 02:54
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Incidentally, every story I've ever heard about GCCs/their owners indicates that the bird, the person, or both fall in love at first sight, the sort of love that moves mountains and sets the air afire. Could be confirmation bias, but I prefer to chalk it up to the fact that conures are goddamn magical. This is actually an AOE attack. Totally hits local family members too. My father (who lives two hours away) has a dislike for ALL animals (too dirty disease carrying etc) and loves this little dude.
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Jan 5, 2013 02:53
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Balcony as in outside? IF so, you should really consider indoors, as predator animals can and will attack your new friend through the cage bars.
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Jan 7, 2013 14:32
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Frozenfries posted:Oh it's not completely outside, it's quite a large balcony and sheltered, so there's no risk of predators. It's pretty much right at the entrance to the balcony where she can see in and is about an arms reach from where I sit at my computer. I do often move the cage inside though in the day, so she can look around when she doesn't want to hop out of the cage. I'm just warning you now: If its exposed to the outside (as in something wild could POSSIBLY get in), some predator can and will get in, and get your bird. I'm not going to dig up any nightmare fuel (this does exist, and I'd rather not look at it again), but suffice to say, raccoons and hawks will get your bird even if its a huge flight cage just by being fast enough. E: I hate being "that guy," but I'd rather everyone be safe. Wozbo fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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No problemo. I actually have my little dude's cage sitting about 2 feet away from my PC setup on its own plastic pad. It has the secondary benefit of making him extra calm while I'm gaming (as he can see me and then play with his toys and not be ohgodscared of every really wierd noise). If you're worried about mess, the goto advice is to get one of those big plastic computer mats and put it under the cage. Makes for easy cleanup and the bird shouldn't get any poops on anything else (some water and soap will melt it off in < 5 minutes). Of course this requires you to get a good berth around the cage, and I dunno how big your cage is.
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Jan 7, 2013 15:02
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Bird Crazies, would the Celestial Seasonings Chamomile Tea be safe for parrots? This is the one: http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/herbal-teas/chamomile Or should I stick 100% to all natural?
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That's what they say. Just wanted to know if anyone else has used prepackaged stuff or if there's something like "The machinery might introduce <foo>."
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Jan 10, 2013 01:14
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Lookit all dem pin feathers. You need to interact more. That bird is probably itchy as all hell.
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Jan 11, 2013 20:37
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The last one looks like he could be a bottle opener.
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Jan 30, 2013 14:49
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Pile of Kittens posted:Oh my god, I need to see a video of Ohtori rolling over to kick his little birdy feet in tiny birdy rage. Seconding this. I want to see something akin to a toddler having a tantrum in conure form.
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Feb 1, 2013 05:39
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That's standard conure behavior right there.
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Feb 6, 2013 22:02
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My bird likes, of all things, watching Mythbusters sitting on someone's raised knee.
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Feb 7, 2013 17:01
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Might be a "When it fails it fails spectacularly" thing.
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Feb 8, 2013 16:48
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Oh god, I'm imagining the slowest hoverfly with that too.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:55
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That's my GCC alarm noise at the start.
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Apr 16, 2013 19:04
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My GCC dealing with new pellets : What these arent my horrible petstore $5/ tonne shitbrand pellets! I shall not eat! : Well ok I'll just eat them (pretend om nom nom): GIVE ME THOSE PELLETS
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May 6, 2013 03:11
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If there's one thing I miss about budgies, its how you can tell they are having a HEATED ARGUMENT.
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May 28, 2013 15:36
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Just a warning: Conures are the bird version of velcro. You will not be able to detach the loving once it starts.
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Progress report from pellet switching: So I went from the lovely kaytee fruibrand that Daemon was originally hooked on (smelled bad, too many company recalls) to a Zupreem diet. Specifically: http://www.wag.com/bird/p/zupreem-fruitblend-medium-large-birds-118188 and http://www.wag.com/bird/p/zupreem-natural-diet-medium-large-birds-118053 (I'm not buying from here, just the first thing google just turned up). I mix them roughly 50/50. Those are the correct sizes. Previously he was eating the super small parakeet sized pellets AKA dust size. For the first two weeks I had to mix in some of the dust size pellets while he figured out how to eat the larger pellets (Hilariously, he would take one bite then drop the rest of the pellet). After pretending to love it a few times, he's taken to it 100%, including proper conure "Hold the food and gnaw it down from every direction." Each week he's picked a new color to try and find out it's not poison. Now he eats everything except one very small pellet type, which I'm expecting will be discovered to also be food in the next week or so. Just so happy he's not doing the whole "Starving myself stupid" thing. E: Are there any good tabletop playgyms that can work for a conure? I've only seen parakeet sized ones or the standalone super expensive ones with the tray at the bottom.
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Yeah, any color in the food goes straight to the poops.
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Conures are the bird version of velcro. Just sayin.
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I'm in the same boat, my little guy is actually nippy and noisy when he wants to go back (in a way that's different than normal). Its awesome!
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zbeezy posted:He's mine now and we are adjusting to being friends pretty easily. He's sitting on my lap being cute. Be extremely careful with cats. The saliva is as deadly as a chomp to birds iirc. I wouldn't risk all too much interaction, and definitely supervised forever if you aren't gonna listen to that.
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Bird Crazies: Conure Cuddle Counter-ops
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Basically, I started training by holding a seed inside the cage, and when they are going inside, saying "Insiiiiide" followed by a "Goooood biiiiird" and seed. I did it long enough now that I can do Inside as long as I'm holding (haha, he knows better when I'm not) a seed. He also sometimes goes right back out and when I say "nononononon" he goes back in. Smart little poo poo.
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Eejit posted:Is it like a shiver? My bird does that when he is extra comfy and then you pet him in a way that is even more comfy. It's like he's trying to snuggle harder and wants you to know. Man, my little guy does that, but every so often does little wing flaps. Absolutely adorkable.
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