Parrot questions (Picture)

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

Well, I know he doesn't fit any description perfectly, so he probably is a mix. One thing everyone agrees on is that he is a conure.

He hasn't been nippy at all. He hasn't wanted us to pet him yet, and I'm not going to push it. As long as he will climb on us and not bite, I'll wait for him to feel secure enough for us to pet him.

Here are a couple more pictures of him.

You can sort of see the mottling of his leg feathers. He also has some of this mottling on his belly.

Here he had been playing hair stylist with GD

His wings are not clipped, and he does start to fly to me, but he always just goes back to the top of his cage.
I'm undecided about keeping his wings clipped. There are pros and cons to both. DH is planning (sometime in the future) on getting a Blue Heeler puppy that will be in the house.
Right now, there are no dogs in the house, except when GD brings hers in to play, which is not an issue. Her dog stays with the chickens or the small chicks at night, whichever I feel like needs protecting on each night, so she is used to chicks crawling all over her. I don't imagine 1 parrot will bother her if 200 chicks don't.

Jean

 

[aaronzclark]

That is not a sun it is for sure a jenday conure i have 2 of them and a sun

 

[77horses]

What a pretty bird! My family and I have one Cockatiel and a bunch of Parakeets.

I would also say it's some kind of conure.

Have fun with him/her!

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

He has decided he really likes me now!!!
He was climbing all over me the other day and he walked under my hand, so I could pet him! Now he loves to cuddle, but I am very ticklish, and I can't deal with too much of his cuddling

before I have to put him back on his cage or his play tree!!

I was looking for one of those sleep sacks and I was wondering if they get really dirty from poop. How often do you have to wash one? And doesn't laundry detergent bother them?

Anyway, I am having a lot of fun with him. He doesn't like DH or my son when he comes to visit, but he likes me and my GD. He will bite the men, but not us girls. Any ideas why that is?


Jean

 

[jojo@rolling acres farm]

The birds that I have that sleep in the sleep sacks...don't really go potty in them. They sleep in them overnight and then in the morning get up and go potty elsewhere. Sometimes they will perch on the outside...then they get soiled.

Some people think that girl birds like guys better and vice versa...it is not true. He/She just prefers females...may have imprinted on a female early on. Some of my best pet birds are females. Both sexes make great pets - they can just have different overall tendencies.

 

[Rising_Phoenix]

Most of the time a bird will form a bond with a person and whatever the sex of that person is that is what gender they favor even when they go to a new home. Our cockatiel do that they like all the men in our family but can't stand the women, Because they were hand raised by a male breeder.

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

Thanks for the info on the sleep sacks. I think I will get him one.

Ok...a dumb question.

One thing he has started doing tells me he is BOY!
He acts like he is trying to breed my arm, and several of his toys. I know in some other animals, the females will mount also, I just don't know about parrots.

What do y'all think?

Jean