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Post by dcalton75 on Feb 6, 2014 3:19:58 GMT
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Post by roxhum on Feb 6, 2014 3:50:15 GMT
What type of conure is he. He looks as big as an amazon parrot, is he or is it because he is so much closer to the camera. How do the birds like each other. Peewee looks on alert
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 6, 2014 4:49:31 GMT
standoff lol
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 6, 2014 4:49:43 GMT
i love your spangle
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 6, 2014 14:44:50 GMT
How long have you had these two beauties?
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Post by dcalton75 on Feb 6, 2014 16:22:27 GMT
He is a green cheek conure. We have had our tiel for 8 months or so. We bought two gcc about a month ago. They came out isolation for the first time yesterday so we brought them together to meet. I wouldnt say they were immediate friends but they perched together on a cage for about ten minutes. If one got too interested in the other i would step in and restore order. He is closer but he is larger than my normal color gcc.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 6, 2014 18:45:11 GMT
There isn't much talk about conures here on our forum. I hope you will often let us know how yours are doing (and post lots of pictures) so we can all learn more about them. Your cockatiel is beautiful.
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Post by dcalton75 on Feb 7, 2014 1:47:20 GMT
Thanks pammy. I have tracked your time with mistletoe. He is a beautiful bird as well. Will try to keep updates on our conures. Funny little buggers so far.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 7, 2014 1:51:24 GMT
Thank you! We are all so fortunate to be able to care for and love these gorgeous little creatures.
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 7, 2014 2:22:02 GMT
I agree that it is great for our forum to have a member that has conures and can share experiences.
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Post by Sarah on Feb 7, 2014 7:14:46 GMT
D'aww. Both these sweeties are so lovely. I'm glad they seem to be getting off to a good start. Your tiel looks pretty excited by the whole thing
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Post by dcalton75 on Feb 7, 2014 16:14:31 GMT
This is frankie and pedro together. Pedro is a normal colored dna sexed male who is one year old. Frankie is a cinnamon gcc who was sexed by feeling the pelvis. He is suppossed to be a male. Frankie is very sweet but uses his beak quite a bit. Only one real bite so far to my ear. Pedro is not a people bird so far. He will not come out the cage and if we go near him with a perch, he lays flat and flutters his wings very fast with his wings close to his body. I have no doubt he is telling us back off mister.
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Post by Sarah on Feb 7, 2014 16:56:48 GMT
Aww. They are so lovely! I adore those little greenie faces! You said you have had them about a month? Word of advice in your ear, conures are some of the most food motivated birds I've ever worked with, maybe excepting my cockatiel who is obsessed with human food. To get through to these two, find the food they just gotta have. Is it sunflower seeds? Popcorn? Spaghetti? Steak? Potatoes? Who knows! You can try practically anything humans can eat except avocado, chocolate and anything containing the seeds of fruit bearing trees. Well, I bet Frankie jet doesn't know how gentle he needs to be with flimsy human skin. Make a policy of howling in pain like someone shot you in the foot every time he so much as pinches you, and he will start to treat you like you have paper skin
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Post by dcalton75 on Feb 7, 2014 17:33:23 GMT
Thanks sara for the advice. I love this site. The only problem is my significant other can aggravated cuz either on phone or tablet reading forums. Lol.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 7, 2014 22:09:40 GMT
Heehee! That's so funny! I've had to lay my iPad down and turn it off when my hubby or one of our kids wants to talk to me, so I'm not distracted by reading threads and posting. I loved seeing the picture of your green cheeks! It's so fun learning about a new (to me) bird.
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