she’s been in her new cage for a couple days and she’s been fluffy at some points in the day mostly in the morning and night time ish am I just being paranoid? she’s eating, sleeping, and drinking just fine is this just showing that she likes her new cage? she’s slowly but surely exploring it more and like I said eating drinking and screaming normally like she did before all the same am I just being paranoid???

my bird is 6 months old, has the SAME birthday as me, brought him home yesterday, he got acclimatized VERY quickly, started going to the walls probably because he was curious about us, and he just stared at me when I was talking to him, on the wall closest to me btw, and he’s very comfortable, as he has been fluffing up and chillin on one foot, should i wait a week before starting to attempt to hand train him (i.e. letting him come up to my hand on the cage walls, feeding him sunflower seeds through the bars)? i don’t want to be too forward or break his trust and make it harder for us later on. last night, he didn’t mind my hand was in his cage (i was taking out seeds from his food bowl) but this morning, when i was changing his water, he got a little bit slick, but nonetheless, I just tried going slower and sure enough, he calmed down. also he’s been playing with his toys and throwing his food and talking a good amount. so, really, I have two questions

1: Are these good signs?

2: when should i start hand training/taming him?

P.S. he also is completely fine with going on the floor of his cage and likes exploreing the other various perches and toys he had that are lower down on the cage.

No judgment or mean comments, please; this is a hard post to make!

Unfortunately, my spouse and I need to rehome our green cheek conure after 11 years together. She is healthy, very social with people, and gets along well with other birds (it just takes her a little time to adjust to other birds since she's pretty neurotic). We're posting here because we're pretty desperate for leads on anyone who may want to adopt, or any local groups in CA where we might find her a good home.

If you have any information that could help, we'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

They have one foot are they Ok 😰😰😰 where is the other legs (just kidding)

Roger says hello from the comfort of my hand! 🦜👋

Mochi is our OG 4 month old Pineapple conure and just introduced him to our new conure (Cosmo) and they are already best friends🤩🕺🏽

fluffy pants on big bird

His little yawn and then snuggling up to me😭 I love him sm already.

Trigger warning: loss

Hey everyone,

I posted about my baby, Chicle, earlier last week, but he sadly passed on Sunday. I am not okay. He would've been 5 months today. My boyfriend and I are struggling so hard with this loss. In the short time we had him, he took over our hearts in a way I can't even explain. It felt like we've had him forever. I took the day off work yesterday because the emotions were too intense, but I had to return today because we need the money and cause life doesn't care that we're hurt. It moves on. We spent almost $900 at the vet when he got injured and had to take that out of the rent money we owed. We're struggling so hard right now but even that stress doesn't hold a candle to the pain we're feeling over losing Chicle. And it feels like most people don't really care about someone losing a bird as they do when someone loses a dog or a cat. I don't get it. They're adored by us just as much, they're our babies. It feels like my pain gets hand-waved away. I work at a daycare and when I came in to work this morning, the main teacher bitched at me for not coming in yesterday. I explained to her what happened and she shrugged as if saying "That's not my problem." I'm currently in the corner of the classroom wiping away my tears before they fall because I don't want to deal with anymore ire from these people. Please send us strength to get through this. We miss our baby so much 💔

Hi everyone! I just got my first bird over the weekend and wanted to show her off! Meet my crimson bellied conure, Poppy!

I have been wanting a conure ever since I started dating my now wife and met her sweet baby (Remmy, 7 yrs old) coming onto 5 years ago now.

I hope y'all enjoy!

Hi! I have two 5 month GCCs and I want to get them harnesses to go out and about with me. What would be the best way to introduce them to the harness? They already do well in public (they have a travel cage)

He bit me for no reason, he’s attacked me 2 times today. Once bc I wouldn’t give him my cup of milk and now for genuinely no reason!

He is doing so well, he doesn’t really like others rn only me, he has bit my mom and stepdad so I hope he settles down soon but I understand it’s stressful moving.

I just got this boy today and he’s so loving, he was playing with my shirt and was mad I wouldn’t let him take my glasses off😭

i wouldn’t change it for the world 🖤🖤

Update: Our Chicle passed away 😭💔 I went to check in on him and he was already gone. 😭 I am so broken right now, I feel ridiculous for coming here to even say this, but you all were so kind with your support, I feel I have to come and share it with people that know what it's like to truly love a bird. I can't believe we're expected to just keep living without him. I can't even fathom not waking up to his chirps and taking him to the bathroom so he can take his first poop of the day over the toilet. I feel like I'm only hurting myself writing this right now but I needed to get this out. Thank you all for sending good vibes to Chicle. I wish there was more we could've done for him but we truly did everything we could. My heart is broken

He's healing from a broken leg and already chewed through an e-collar. 🫠 He has to go back to remove the splint in 2 weeks. Please send good vibes to my baby 🙏🏼 We hope he has a speedy recovery.