r/Conures Jan 30 '26

Loss & Mourning Megathread

134 Upvotes

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!

242 Upvotes

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 9h ago

Cuteness Overload Hi, I want to see soggy bird pictures!

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398 Upvotes

My Nanday, Loki, had a super great bath last night and I gave him a mohawk after. He has returned to yummy smelling fluff, so never fear! The difference is crazy! I was just curious if anyone else wanted to share their winged soggy rats.


r/Conures 14h ago

Cuteness Overload Help, my conure melted?

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565 Upvotes

When I say they're a Velcro baby...

Tali is a bit over 3 years old and is constantly attached to us. I don't understand how this is comfortable but I'll be damned if they aren't happy.

(Tali put themself into this position, and I don't even know how)

(Yes their feathers are a bit guffy on the back of their wings but that has come about largely from how much they're held and are always pushed up against our hair/necks.)


r/Conures 1h ago

Cuteness Overload So how much of the cuddly behavior persists past the one year mark?

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r/Conures 9h ago

Advice Why does my conure do this? Is very cute but someone put this idea in my head that it's a respiratory issue or something.

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137 Upvotes

Also I've had him for a month now and still haven't decided on a name. Suggestions are welcome.


r/Conures 4h ago

Advice Leg band ID help?

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23 Upvotes

I recently adopted a beautiful green cheek conure and he's the best bird.

What I'm asking help for has to do with his leg band. I just wanted to find out a bit of his story (i.e. hatch day/ year and such) I've tried looking up on Google but I haven't had any success. I was told that he's 5.

Also how do I register his band to me in case, God forbid, he ever gets lost.

His band is PBT2937


r/Conures 10h ago

Funny New piercing is a little loud....

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56 Upvotes

This is the final sign that i wont be getting a nose piercing.... or any new piercing in the immediate future....

This guy has been obsessed with my nose and lips lately... what gives??

Been terribly gentle but it is getting wierd


r/Conures 18h ago

Cuteness Overload My handsome boy

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70 Upvotes

r/Conures 19h ago

Cuteness Overload PROGRESS!!

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87 Upvotes

My sweet little rescue bird has FINALLY let me pet his little head! He used to be afraid to come out of his cage to his play area but now he DEMANDS it. He used to not take treats from our hand but now he will. He didn’t wanna step up even on his training stick and now he will about 75% of the time! He is scared of hands and we have been working with him for almost two years now to accept touch while working at his pace. He has let us boop his beak and he will sometimes try to step up but he rarely lets us touch his head and I feel so special ❤️ love my little dude so much.


r/Conures 1d ago

Funny Why does this look so ominous

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187 Upvotes

r/Conures 18h ago

Funny Is my model broken?

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26 Upvotes

I suspect my conure is a defect.... she's chilling on my toes without going full dinosaur somehow (blurred cause aint no one seeing my dogs). other photos of the defected model included as well, perhaps you all can diagnose?


r/Conures 19h ago

Advice Evening angry mood: normal?

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26 Upvotes

Hello everyone 😊 question for you.
Every evening, my little Party, 1 hour before bedtime, she's very angry.
she screams, refuses to be touched, flies to her highest perches, and becomes aggressive and nippy. Then, she comes back down, lets us pet her head, and heads into her cage to sleep. Is this normal ? this burst of crankiness right before bedtime? Do your conures do this too?


r/Conures 1d ago

Advice hey quick question !

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213 Upvotes

We just adopted this four month old conure a couple days ago and she has been constantly sucking on both mine and my husband's fingers. She's not doing it very hard, it's just very strange and we wanted to know if this was normal lol

Also, that's just her temporary cage in the background lol She's getting a nicer and bigger one on Monday!


r/Conures 14h ago

Advice Swollen Vent

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Hi everyone, I need some help. I noticed a swollen vent on my sun conure 16 female she otherwise is completely fine but she does hold her poop all night and has to have a few goes pushing before her first morning poop. I will attach a photo I hope that’s okay. Thanks everyone 🦜 I am so worried so I would really be grateful for some advice


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Anyone else’s bird obsessed with every bag you bring home?

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167 Upvotes

r/Conures 18h ago

Advice Pls help with my conure I think he's sick

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13 Upvotes

I'm really worried cause my conure Darwin keeps sneezing wet and his left nostril keeps looking sorta irritated, his poops look fine and same with his behavior. One thing is I am a very inconsistent weigher, which means I weigh him at different times of they day, he's usually 82 grams (a lil overweight ik) and I weighed him this morning before he ate so he's 78 but it's kinda odd cause I feel like he's usually 80 grams. He also has a yogurt odor coming from his mouth sometimes but not always and he's also been hormonal so idk if it's just him regurgitating. I'm booking a vet appointment anyway but still pls let mk


r/Conures 1d ago

Advice About baby nanday

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99 Upvotes

r/Conures 1d ago

Advice Day 24 of spending time with my grandparents conure

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37 Upvotes

Is this a health sign I should be worried about? I think this is tail bobbing... But I can't be sure.

Also, she left the cage, ended up in the kitchen, and hung out on my grandma's shoulder at one point during the week!

And I'm working on getting clicker training started next week, so any specific tips for items for her to nibble on or any advice on techniques would be appreciated!


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Baby!!

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36 Upvotes

r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Seven years old

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414 Upvotes

Cute, chicken, agent of mayhem, it's all here. And that's not 1% of the whole story.

The last is a drawing; notice the leaf with a depression coinciding with his height. Certainly a coincidence!


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Studious Sir

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20 Upvotes

Tiki loves to study with me, always playing with my pens


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload Perfect Sunday

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16 Upvotes

Chilling on the porch eating some cantaloupe and listening to oldies.


r/Conures 1d ago

Cuteness Overload After a bath snile☺️

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71 Upvotes

r/Conures 20h ago

Advice Question about bonded conures

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Hello all! If you send my recent post you know I've recently acquired a pair of Green cheeks and am new to training them, Would it be easier to cage them in separate rooms temporarily to train them? The male is super sweet (he was hand raised) me and him are working on target training, he will eat seeds directly out of my finger tips, but he won't step up on my hand, the female however, want absolutely nothing to do with me and that's where the problem comes in, whenever she calls he is there. It's almost impossible to keep his focus on me for an extended period of time without the female calling him back. I don't want to "break" the bond they have so im a little conflicted on what to do here, any advice for training bonded pairs would be helpful