I was talking to some friends the other day about how long we’d all had each of our parrots. We went around all of us, and all had pretty impressively old parrots, but the oldest among them was one of my friend’s pineapple conures that he had for over 25 years. I knew parrots could … Read more
As delicious as the flavor of lemon is, it’s not something many of us just eat by itself. We usually apply this same logic to our pets. We can’t and won’t eat lemons on their own because their so sour, so neither can our parrots. What about conures, though? Can they eat lemons? Yes, conures … Read more
I have always loved videos of talking birds. I watch videos of parrots talking to other animals, humans, the television, and even stuffed animals. I saw the most adorable video the other day of a cockatoo (under supervision) petting a small puppy. The woman holding the puppy told the cockatoo, “tell him you love him,” … Read more
I’ve recently welcomed a new species of parrot into my home that I’ve never owned before: the beautiful conure. We’ve been getting to know each other and have been hitting it off really well. I’ve been learning all of his different behaviors and what they mean, but there’s one that I’ve been struggling to get … Read more
I’ve run into this issue multiple times over the last few weeks. It’s never happened before and I’m not sure why all of a sudden it’s started to occur. My conure keeps biting me out of nowhere, I don’t believe it’s something I’m doing wrong as I believe he’s a happy parrot. I tried various … Read more
When researching your parrot’s needs, you may have been surprised to learn about the debate over something called cuttlebone. There is a lot of confusion in the air about what cuttlebone is, why your conures need it or don’t need it, and what it even is to begin with—so do conures need cuttlebone? Yes, conures … Read more