Earring thief! Mostly just ranting….

[Briburd]

Help! My GCC is an earring thief….like this little dude is a straight up Houdini and I’ve bought locking earring backs (but cheap ones off Amazon) and those things don’t work. Anyone else have the same problem?!?!

 

[ravvlet]

Hah, yep. It must be a conure thing, as I think it comes up every couple months! Necklaces too!

Just wait till he expands to keyboard caps. Our tiel used to snap them in half!

Best I can offer you to to keep a Tupperware or jar with a lid near his cage so you can take your jewelry off and stow it before interacting with him. They can’t help it - earrings are fun and dangly and shiny, and why would we stick them in our face?! I’ve had my nose ring groomed once, and I swear my soul left my body; I was so afraid he’d pull it out.

They’re so cheeky and cute though, I bet it’s hard to stay upset.

 

[T00tsyd]

Oh yes this is so familiar. I have never worn earrings all the time even though my ears are pierced but do when I go out. I quickly learned to put them on and take them off in the car! Little did I think that this little feathered ball would change my behaviour so much. I'm almost fearful to analyse how my life has been changed since he came into my world!

 

[Stitchthestitch]

Wait until he figures out how to unclasp necklaces ! I cant wear any jewlery around albie as he finds its great fun to figure out how to remove them and fly off with them. He lost a really nice earring doing that .

 

[Cottonoid]

I was shocked how fast my Quaker removed a tiny stud when I forgot I was wearing them.

His favorite party trick though is unhooking my bra strap

 

[saxguy64]

Hmmm, not just a conure thing. My ekkie is the same way. He'll pop an earring out before we even notice he was looking at it and chew and bend up the posts like a pretzel. He's sneaky about it too. Very gentle so many times I didn't even notice he stole it! I used to have one in 24/7, so I never really paid attention to it being there. I had to stop wearing it completely about 2 years ago

 

[Cottonoid]

I didn't even notice Opie had taken mine out until I looked to see what he was chewing! Clicking around in his mouth like a kid snapping gum!

 

[saxguy64]

I didn't even notice Opie had taken mine out until I looked to see what he was chewing! Clicking around in his mouth like a kid snapping gum!

Yup, exactly!!!