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What should I do if my sun conure’s crop ruptured?
If the crop ruptured from trauma, clean, disinfect, and suture, then let it heal. Use saline to clean, cut away dead tissue, disinfect with povidone-iodine, then suture with a U-shaped needle. Careful nursing is needed; poor handling risks repeated infection, so it is best left to a vet.
Why Is My Sun Conure Fluffed Up?
A healthy conure's feathers lie smooth and close. When feathers stand out, scattered and raised, the bird is 'fluffed' - usually from cold, poor diet, or sickness. Read the signs and warm or treat as needed.
How long can a green-cheeked conure live?
Green-cheeked conures live 10 to 15 years, longer with good care. Provide a comfortable home and clean the cage regularly. Feed specialized pellets plus fruit, vegetables, and nuts for balance.
Jenday Conure
The Jenday Conure (Aratinga jandaya), also known as the Jendaya Conure, is a typical climbing bird with an almost entirely green body. Not particularly introverted, it is mainly distributed in Brazil and is a lively, social small parrot.
Peach-fronted Conure
The Peach-fronted Conure (Peach-fronted Conure) likes to inhabit semi-arid areas in the wild, usually active in pairs or flocks. It reproduces by laying eggs, about 2–3 times a year. It is mainly distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, etc.
Painted Conure
The Painted Conure (Pyrrhura picta) has 9 subspecies and lives in forests and forest edges of Venezuela, Brazil, and neighboring countries, mostly around 600 m elevation. A small, attractive conure, it is a decent pet but sensitive to temperature changes and needs a clean environment and a varied, nutritious diet.
Dusky-headed Conure
The Dusky-headed Conure (Aratinga weddellii), also known as the Dusky-headed Parakeet, has a dusky-gray head as its name suggests. It feeds on seeds, fruit, nuts, berries, and flowers. Usually found in pairs, gathering in small flocks during breeding, and distributed in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
Hoffman’s Conure
The Yellow-winged Parrot (Hoffman's Conure) belongs to the order Psittaciformes, family Psittacidae. The body is green; the forehead, crown, nape, the area between the eye and bill, and the cheeks have yellow edges; the ear coverts are red. It mainly inhabits forest edges, especially dense woodland and secondary vegetation at tropical and subtropical elevations of 500-3,000 m.
Red-masked Conure
The Red-masked Conure (Aratinga erythrogenys), also called the Red-costumed Parrot, Red-headed Parakeet, or Red-head, has a face made mainly of red feathers and a mostly green body. In the wild it eats mainly seeds and fruit and is usually seen in pairs. It is mainly distributed in western Ecuador and Peru.
Golden Conure / Queen of Bavaria’s Conure
The Golden Conure has very special plumage: except for green wings, its entire body is golden yellow, dazzling and beautiful. It is one of the rarest, most beautiful, and largest of the conures.