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Conures A few listed of this large family - Green cheek, Blue Throated, Black Capped, Maroon Bellied, Slinder Billed.

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Old 09-21-2008, 04:24 PM
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I have a sun conure for sometime now. I didnt buy it my uncle gave it to us as a gift which he brought from Florida. She loves to bite but she's still a cutie. My mom whistles in different patterns and she picked them all up and does them. She doesnt talk and we've had for maybe 4 years. Im guessing she's still young. We talk to her alot. We also have a Quaker and they love each other.
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What type of food should I give them? Link me if you can
What can I do for them to stop biting? The quaker never bit but he saw what the other one would do
Any sites that I can get some tips/help would be great. I love them so much
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Old 09-21-2008, 06:31 PM
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Try Parrot Training Tips To Fix Your Pet Parrots Problems if you haven't already seen it at the top of the forum. They can teach you everything you need to know. Good luck
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Old 09-22-2008, 10:18 AM
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Both conures and quakers are naturally bitey birds. They don't do it when they are young but, once they reach sexual maturity and, later on, sexual frustration, they start. Nothing much you can do about it, either, it's their nature to be like that and, in most cases, it's not even aggression but what we call 'love bites'. They don't feel like any kind of love to us because they do hurt but they are not supposed to, it's not their fault we don't have a double layer of feathers protecting our skin from their beaks.

As to food, it's much more complicated than just giving you a link. In reality, all parrot owners should cook for them as seeds and pellets are real bad if free-fed (too much protein and oil which destroys their liver and kidneys). They need a lot of fresh veggies, fruits and leafy greens. You are in luck because both quakers and conures are very good eaters and excellent foragers but you will have to educate yourself as to what is good for them and what is not (crops that have a lot of chemicals in them -like apples, strawberries, cherries, etc- or stuff that is just plain not good -like anything with white flour, sugar, salt, caffeine, fried, animal products, etc). If you want, send me a personal message and I will direct to a site that has a lot of good advice on diet.
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