1st baby sun conure from 17 year pair

[Kiwibird]

What an unexpected but super sweet surprise! It's great he has good parent birds. You're very fortunate they've been willing to let you handle and socialize the baby. For an unexpected chick from pet-quality parents (pet birds rarely make good parent birds), this is an ideal scenario in every way it sounds

Pet birds rarely make good parents? I didn't know that. Why, do you suppose that is?

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Pet birds become very human-oriented (or at least well cared for pet birds do). They often have little or no interest in their eggs or chicks and even less idea how to care for them. It's not true in every individual case, but more often than not if someone lets their pet parrots mate, they'll end up providing round the clock care to the chicks, not the parent birds. It's like a 13 year old having a baby and being expected to care 100% on their own for it. They may have some vague idea of how to care for and provide for a child, but not really. Only it's even harder to teach a bird! That's how pet birds usually are- some ill-defined instincts, but not the real skills nor desire to rear a chick to weaning. That will more commonly than not fall into the lap of the unprepared human who now must provide round the clock care to extremely fragile and sensitive baby birds who can become ill or die from something as simple as the wrong temperature formula or the brooder being a couple degrees too cold.

Alternatively, the parent birds can also go through pronounced behavioral changes towards their human family, becoming aggressive and uninterested in human interaction. That's why breeder birds have such nasty reputations and people generally don't recommend ex-breeders as pets or warn not to have high hopes for a cuddly companion even after years of work. They can become quite aggressive and wholly uninterested in humans. Of course, that is not true 100% of the time, but is the case enough it is a legitimate reason for concern. Worse case scenario, your pet quality birds "turn" AND you end up having to raise their babies for them.

OP seems to have gotten very lucky! My guess is because they've had their birds for so long and the birds have always been in a loving home. I guess some little surprises are just meant to be

 

[janquito]

What an unexpected but super sweet surprise! It's great he has good parent birds. You're very fortunate they've been willing to let you handle and socialize the baby. For an unexpected chick from pet-quality parents (pet birds rarely make good parent birds), this is an ideal scenario in every way it sounds

Pet birds rarely make good parents? I didn't know that. Why, do you suppose that is?

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Pet birds become very human-oriented (or at least well cared for pet birds do). They often have little or no interest in their eggs or chicks and even less idea how to care for them. It's not true in every individual case, but more often than not if someone lets their pet parrots mate, they'll end up providing round the clock care to the chicks, not the parent birds. It's like a 13 year old having a baby and being expected to care 100% on their own for it. They may have some vague idea of how to care for and provide for a child, but not really. Only it's even harder to teach a bird! That's how pet birds usually are- some ill-defined instincts, but not the real skills nor desire to rear a chick to weaning. That will more commonly than not fall into the lap of the unprepared human who now must provide round the clock care to extremely fragile and sensitive baby birds who can become ill or die from something as simple as the wrong temperature formula or the brooder being a couple degrees too cold.

Alternatively, the parent birds can also go through pronounced behavioral changes towards their human family, becoming aggressive and uninterested in human interaction. That's why breeder birds have such nasty reputations and people generally don't recommend ex-breeders as pets or warn not to have high hopes for a cuddly companion even after years of work. They can become quite aggressive and wholly uninterested in humans. Of course, that is not true 100% of the time, but is the case enough it is a legitimate reason for concern. Worse case scenario, your pet quality birds "turn" AND you end up having to raise their babies for them.

OP seems to have gotten very lucky! My guess is because they've had their birds for so long and the birds have always been in a loving home. I guess some little surprises are just meant to be

Hmm, maybe that's why my quakers are so aggressive. I rescued them, was told they were a breeding pair which had two clutches that she knew of. I took them to basically get them out of the situation they were in.

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[Kiwibird]

Hmm, maybe that's why my quakers are so aggressive. I rescued them, was told they were a breeding pair which had two clutches that she knew of. I took them to basically get them out of the situation they were in.

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Sounds fairly typical for ex breeder birds. They really do tend not to be friendly creatures. One of those things owners often must settle on simply knowing they provide the birds with a good home and accept they will likely not see too much of their love reciprocated back. With time and a lot of work, you'll probably be able to train them to at least step up and that you aren't going to hurt them so they don't attack you, but they'll likely always be more interested in each other than they are you.