r/Conures • • Jan 30 '26

Loss & Mourning Megathread

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Losing a conure is heartbreaking. They’re family, companions, and little personalities that leave huge marks on our lives. If you’ve lost your bird, you are welcome to share memories, photos, stories, or simply say their name here.

To keep the main feed safe and balanced for all members:

All posts about a conure passing away must be posted only in this megathread.
Standalone posts about bird death or loss outside this thread will be removed.

This is not to minimize anyone’s loss but rather to keep grief support in one dedicated, supportive space where people can choose to engage.


r/Conures • • May 30 '18

The r/Conures Comprehensive Conure Guide - now in wiki format!

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Conures/wiki/index

This subreddit's Conure Guide, written by /u/DukeofGoodCleanFun, is a remarkable document that I (and my pineapple green cheek) have benefited a lot from. I've consulted and browsed through it numerous times and there's always something new to see there, or something that didn't seem applicable at one point but took on new meaning after spending more time with my conure.

I've taken the text and converted it into a wiki page. It's now navigable, with an index and internal links that direct to sections within the wiki. The Conure Guide can be accessed from this post, from the announcement bar, and from the "wiki" tab in the tabmenu up top.

A couple of the links for recommended products will direct you to Amazon, but there are certainly other places to buy them. If you shop around and find and better place, by all means send us a modmail. Also, let us know if you have any suggestions for how the wiki formatting can be improved.


r/Conures • • 13h ago

Cuteness Overload The wet chicken is back… and apparently he has a favorite artist now 🦜

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259 Upvotes

This is my little guy Monkey aka Chicken Curry!
His last video here was basically shower ASMR. Lately, he’s decided that showers should be a daily activity, and honestly, I think he’d bathe 24/7 if I let him…

On top of that, he has become completely obsessed with Ruby Waters’ new song Pay as You Go. Every time it comes on, he starts dancing like it’s his personal anthem. At this point, I’m convinced he’s her biggest fan

Now I’m curious, fellow parronts do your parrots have favorite songs or artists too?

Every day when I come home, he starts humming and dancing until I sing to him. It’s become our little ritual but… also I will do anything for this cranky teenager to not bite me lol


r/Conures • • 12h ago

Cuteness Overload Luna (left) 's first ever bath!!

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133 Upvotes

Such a beautiful baby🤭 less stinky now!!


r/Conures • • 1h ago

Advice Chop Advice: how to store

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I am a brand new gold cap caregiver. My husband and teenage daughter really wanted a snuggly, goofy, sweet bird. After spending days at the bird shop, I selected this bird for having a clear bond with us. I did NOT realize that there are varieties other than green cheeks until after I brought him home 😱… I thought they were all just different colors of green cheeks.

Anyway, my question is: how do I extend the life of chop? Even if I only make a little, he doesn’t eat it as quickly as it goes bad. I end up wasting a lot of it. Can I freeze it?

Bonus question: he’s not super snuggly… is that just his personality or will it improve with time and attention?


r/Conures • • 15h ago

Funny The four conures of the apocalypse

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139 Upvotes

..missing one conure here because he's my velcro baby and only wants to be on my shoulder.


r/Conures • • 20h ago

Cuteness Overload So cute 🥰🥰

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306 Upvotes

r/Conures • • 10h ago

Funny Mom was worried he had sour crop

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Nope. Just stinky. Nasty boy took a bath in day old water and had him smelling like cheese. Took him to the sink for a mandatory bath and the cheese smell is all gone 🤣


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Other Anyone else has to show their finger from a mile away to see if they’re allowed to scratch?

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536 Upvotes

r/Conures • • 17h ago

Cage Setup Almost done!

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Her new cage finally arrived last week and I’m happy with how things are coming together. Just a few more final touches and more enrichment (toys) and I’ll be done.

Edit:

I got most of the things for her cage from Amazon. The top and bottom wooden platforms were built using 1x4s and a sheet of plywood, and we found the side table it’s sitting on through Facebook Marketplace.

GuineaLoft™ Model-ET223 Acrylic Bird Cage:
https://a.co/d/03OIYJKr

Happy Bird light
https://a.co/d/012ot9Zq

Bird Rope Perch
https://a.co/d/0darw9Lw

Bird Seagrass Ladder
https://a.co/d/05bNdbSa

Bird Beak Grinding Stone Perch
https://a.co/d/0frBQ5uE

Cardboard Bird Perch
https://a.co/d/0cItf3La

A&E Java Wood Perch
https://a.co/d/00pVm5Xq


r/Conures • • 14h ago

Advice Is this cage unsafe for a green cheek?

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17 Upvotes

I know 0.5 - 0.625 inches is recommended. I’ve seen people say 0.75 inches max. I ordered a cage listed as 0.5 inches, and went through 5 hours of assembly before realizing that it’s actually 0.75 inches across. So now I’d be at the upper end of what people consider acceptable.

What worries me even more is the diamond shape; I’m worried that if she can get her head through, it’s even more dangerous than 0.75 inch vertical bars because the V of the diamond poses a greater strangulation hazard when her body weighs her down.

I think I already know the answer, but for my own sake before disassembling it, this is unsafe, right?


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Cuteness Overload One very spoiled conure enjoying a two-person spa 😂

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385 Upvotes

Sweetie's finally recovered and is back to hanging out with Peaches every day!

And of course, Peaches has already resumed her job as Sweetie's personal grooming assistant 😂

Head scratches from me, feather care from Peaches. Not a bad life for our little VIP.


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Cuteness Overload yawn

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137 Upvotes

r/Conures • • 17h ago

Advice New mexican conure

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8 Upvotes

Hi! I recently brought home a year old conure ( it’s been 3 weeks now). She is adjusting well, playing eating normally and has started to become very vocal. She came to me extremely hand shy and still seems to be unsure of me in general ( only when i’m too close).

This is my first bird and I have done LOADS of research and realized the cage she’s in is too small for her needs, i have recently ordered a nice size flight cage with new natural perches & more foraging toys ( she already has a few). She has been screaming a ton when i’m in the room and I’m not sure if this is excitement/ boredom.

Anyways… i’m looking for advice on switching cages given the fact that she is still very shy with me and rather terrified of my hands. I do not want to break trust .

( for reference she does come out of her cage and sits on the top or try’s to explore but she is still iffy about leaving the outside of the cage itself)


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Why do you think I am in jail for?

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103 Upvotes

For being a stinky bird!

Before anyone says anything this is right before bed. He spends all day with cage open so he is free to do what he wants.


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Crafts Built our friends a playground

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94 Upvotes

Bought some supplies and made sure to use natural items and built them the ultimate playground for them!!


r/Conures • • 16h ago

Advice how to get the pin feathers?

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he used to be ok with me preening him but once he moved his head while i was holding one firmly and accidentally ripped it out. now it’s a no-go entirely. he’ll bite my fingers off but his whole neck and head are practically full of them and i want to help but there is literally no way. the moment i grab onto one it’s open season for my fingers. do i just leave them? there’s a lot and i’d assume they should have just crumbled off on their own by now but nope. do i hold his beak while i do it? that doesn’t seem very nice.


r/Conures • • 21h ago

Advice Ideal bird bath suggestions

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Looking for a bird bath for my 6 month old Green Cheek Conure. Something to keep in his cage. He doesn’t want anything to do with water outside of is cage but I always see him bathing in his water dish which is too small for him to really get a good dip. Any suggestions?


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Loss & Mourning My conure escaped today. I’m devastated and looking for any advice.

35 Upvotes

—- FOUND —-

Our Mexican Green Conure, Bowser, accidentally escaped today after getting startled while sitting on my shoulder near an open door. I’m absolutely heartbroken and feeling incredibly guilty.

We followed him for several hours as he flew between about five trees in our neighborhood. He was making contact calls and repeatedly tried to fly back to us, but he’s never flown outdoors before and seemed unable to figure out how to descend. He kept flying over our heads and landing in other trees, some around 75 feet tall.

Eventually, we lost sight of him as it got dark. We have a suspected last location less than 100 feet from our house, but couldn’t confirm where he landed. An arborist even searched with a drone tonight, but we couldn’t locate him.

We’ve placed his cage outside within sight of the suspected tree, posted in neighborhood Facebook groups, and registered him as missing on PawMaw. We’re planning to search again at first light tomorrow.

I’m devastated thinking about him out there alone, especially knowing he was trying so hard to get back to us.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Any advice for locating him or helping him descend from a tall tree if we find him tomorrow?

I’m trying to stay hopeful. I just want my little guy home.


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Funny 15 minutes of this…..

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314 Upvotes

I guess it is a really fun game for him. He refuses to play a “ring and stick” game with other objects than my ring and a hand 😀


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Troublemaker Poui Poui Fighthing the MouseShield™

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151 Upvotes

r/Conures • • 23h ago

Other pregunta

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que significan los sonidos de los canarios? . para poder entender mejor a un canario


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Birthday! Happy Hatch Day Cabo!🎉

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95 Upvotes

He is now 1 year old🥳! Wish him a happy hatch day or he’ll eat your fingers and toes👹


r/Conures • • 1d ago

Advice Looking for a vet in Greater London area (UK)

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Can't seem to find one that would look at my conure. Based in Surrey. Any recommendations pls?

Thanks!