I adopted him from a previous owner who stated he was about 8 months old and he has now been with me for 5 months. During this time he has refused to eat anything other than seeds and bread. Because he is easily frightened by new things, I started slowly for the first two weeks, I let him eat his comfort foods so he could settle into his new home. Afterward I began introducing fruits and vegetables, noticing he only approaches smaller, less intimidating pieces only to taste and spit them out. I suspect his hesitation comes down to texture and wetness, so I now dry chopped veggies with a paper towel. While he is no longer as fearful of them, he still won’t eat them. I’ve tried putting out fresh food in the morning when he’s hungry but he will either refuse to touch it or go down to eat whatever debris is left at the bottom of the cage. Even after thoroughly cleaning the cage before breakfast, he simply starves himself rather than eat. I’ve also tried mixing veggies and fruits directly with his seeds, but he is meticulously picky, eating only the pieces that haven't touched the fresh food. I am really worried about his health and feel like he is becoming very weak and his nails are very prone to breaking which makes me think he’s low on calcium and other nutrients. How can an owner be this neglectful of a live, breathing being? This poor parrot seemed to be really scared of everything when I got him. I have a feeling the owner didn’t bother letting him out of the cage. How hard is it to feed the essential nutrients to your damn pet?? I am sticking to mixing seeds, veggies and fruits because I’m hoping one day he’ll just eat one. But any other tips would be appreciated.

​Hi everyone! I recently bought a bag of Hagen Tropican pellets, but the package feels really hard and compact almost like a brick. When I shake it, I can’t feel the pellets moving around at all.

​Is this normal for this brand? Is it vacuum-sealed for freshness, or should I be concerned? Thanks in advance

….and now that he’s noticed it, he is going to chew it. Ugh, it needs to be lower. Conure West! 🤬

My sun conure sounds like he has a stuffy nose, like how you'd have a stuffed nose while being sick. I'm really worried about him, he doesn't have any other changes, he flies fine, screams fine, eats well and moves well. Is it just like the flu for humans where we give it a week and it goes away? I've noticed this for about two days now.. I'd also say he sneezes the normal amount, I haven't noticed increased sneezing. His screams are the same but his chirps sound a little off due to his nose I guess..

Will the paper work itself out? Does she need a vet? I've never had this problem before in ten years with my sun conure 🫪

I am obsessed with her

How can I get one of my conures to stop fighting every bird he meets? One is friendly with pretty much any bird, while the other wants to fight them all. Both are tame to humans. The one on the right is an absolute velcro baby who always wants to be on my shoulder and is very affectionate with me, but not as much with my partner. The one on the left doesn't mind other birds at all. I have three other conures and cockatiels as well that usually hang out together lol.

I'd love for the one on the right to eventually hang out with the rest of the flock. I kept him in a carrier during their interaction for everyone's safety, and this was my first time trying it with the carrier.

They will try to shred each other if there's no barrier. Any advice? I've tried "resetting" them and didn't let them see each other for a solid three months and I keep them in separate rooms. Both are on a pellet/chop diet, with seeds as treats.

They had their annual vet appointment in July and both were cleared but I've never taken them to the vet for this particular issue.

also should i remove the bell? its quite big so their beak wont get stuck

My fiancé and I moved from a 1 bedroom apartment to a 3 bedroom house. Tomorrow will be a full week our conure has been here. She does not stop doing these extra hoarse screams unless all three of us are together and even then she still does them sometimes. She never did this type of scream at the apartment. Is this normal while a conure is getting used to a new environment? I’m worried she is going to her a lung or worse with the amount she does them

I usaly replace all my lightbulbs with ones that give off the natural sunlight and times, but this appartment lease says "no touching the lightbulbs." So, I tryed looking on amazon for a light for conures, I done research and it honestly feels im going in circles! So I wanted to know what you guys use as i assume you guys keep useing them because they work for you! Vrs payed to advertise or whatever amazon bots say are 5 stars