green cheek conure

Hey guys, so I am a brand new 3 month old Yellow Sided GCC Owner with a few questions. 1: The breeder clipped my poor babies wings before I managed to find him and rescue my baby, but poor Kai keeps trying to fly off of the cage and bumbles and falls. He isn't hand tame just yet so I can't...

Hey Avian Avenue, I'm a new-ish bird owner. I've owned a GCC and a couple of cockatiels before, but it's been awhile. My previous GCC was sweet as pie, loved scritches, cuddling my fingers, etc. Just a really great bird. With that being said, my bird owning drought should end and received a...

My 10 month old Male Green Cheek has been to the vet a couple times now for his poo. I know it sounds gross but it looks like firm green strings with clear urine. The only thing the vet can find in a low amount of good gut bacteria which we have corrected by using a Bene Bac syringe of...

Hi everyone! I've had my adorable yellowside green cheek conure for about 2 weeks. She's about 5 months. She warmed up to myself and my boyfriend at about the 4-5 day mark of having her. She hesitates or refuses to step up a lot, but I usually use treats to convince her to and she complies...

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if anyone can help me with a feather-plucking problem I’ve been having with a green-cheeked conure who is a bit over three years old. Background: I got him and another bird (a black-capped conure, also approximately three years old) from a man who no longer wanted...

Hi everyone I've attached some photos of my GCC Casper. He's had brown scalloping on one wing for over a year, but with his recent moult for spring he now has it on the other wing, too. He doesn't seem to be itchy or irritated, he doesn't pick at them. He's just turned three, is it just his...

I've always been unhappy with the cage I used to transport Lawrence in-- it's pathetically small and Lawrence doesn't like it at all-- so I decided to upgrade to something a bit more swish :) This is the 19'' Suncast pet carrier, and it's fantastic! Lawrence is happy to spend time in it having...

Hello! So I recently got a Pineapple Green Cheek Conure and he's (not sure if it's a boy or a girl) about two, almost three months old. Sometimes when I take him out of his cage and put him on the top of the cage, he'll start rapidly bobbing his head and then bite my hand hard. What does this...

I recently started taking care of a GCC named Shibs, because my partner's still in school and couldn't devote enough time to the bird. Shibs is about a year old. Shibs is a pretty light sleeper, and I can tell because he makes these really cute purring/grumbling sounds whenever someone makes...

Parronts! I need your help! I've had my Yellow-sided GCC for just about 1 year now, and she is a couple months shy of being 1.5 years old. I love her to death and like many of you I'm sure, I have this strong desire to add another GCC to our family :-) That said, what I really need is to know...

Hi guys. New here...been meaning to join a parrot forum for a while now....quick question about my green cheek conure. I recently bought a kitchen scale to weigh my birds and it turns out my green cheek weighs 92 grams (He is fully grown). According to averages I found online that's seems pretty...

I'm new to the forum but I have owned budgies for about a year now. I really love them, but I would also like a more affectionate, interactive bird that can live in my apartment with me. I decided I would like to bring a green-cheeked conure into my home. I was going to gradually gather supplies...

Our Little Luna at 6 weeks! She has grown so much in just a week. She will come home to us some time in August, woohoo, and we are beyond excited! Her colors our looking so brilliant! This is a picture from our breeder..... We are preparing her cage now for her. We have made some toys for her...

We are adopting Luna, a pineapple green cheek conure. This is an updated photo of her. She is 5 weeks old. She was DNA tested, so we know for sure its a girl. We are adopting her from a breeder. We should have her home with us sometime in August. My family and I are VERY excited. The last video...

Hi everyone! I'm bringing home my first small conure in a few weeks and I'm wondering on your recommendations for cage and cage bar spacing especially. I've heard some people are housing theirs in 3/4" spaced bars and others are saying no way, never, that's way too wide. I'm wondering what you...

Hello everyone! My name is Sam and it's nice to meet all you other bird lovers out there! Tomorrow I am very excited because I am putting a payment on my own baby GCC! Conures are my heart bird, although I have never had one, I have always wanted one. He is still a baby, so will have to stay...

I've been meaning to buy some more toys for Lawrence for a while now, as my selection is pretty slim (and dull-- quality toys that aren't just cheap plastic covered with bells and mirrors are hard to find where I live), but a few days ago I had the cash to splurge on my little buddy :D She's...

Hi everyone! I hope somebody can help me figure out what's going on with my green cheek. I've had the bird for a little over two months and it has been molting since I adopted it. It has already bonded to me and I spend at least three hours of on one on one time with it everyday. The last two...

Today Lawrence went on his first trip to the vet :D He went for a general check-up, look at his feathers, and to get DNA sexed (I've just been assuming he was a boy this whole time lol, can't wait for the results in the next few weeks). I was really nervous about how he'd go, but he did really...

Hi all, I just wanted to ask some things about adding a new flock member-- I might be getting a new bird in the future (as in, quite a few months), and I'd like to know about your experiences and methods in introducing a new bird, how you've come to divide your time between birds and avoid...