M&M Ninja
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- Feb 23, 2025
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- Parrots
- Gold-capped conure
I'd love to hear from those with golden conures about their bird's behavior and activity level.
Most descriptions of golden conures say something to the effect of "extremely needy" or "very high maintenance birds". They need constant attention and affection, or they become unhappy. They are pluckers. They need a second golden conure to be happy. Etc etc.
Have you found this to be the case?
I have a gold-capped conure who I would describe as fairly mellow. (Really, though, I have no idea how she compares to other birds, and she may in fact be high energy.) She gets regular indoor flight work, training and toys. She yells sometimes, but is otherwise content. She'll play/sit in her cage when I'm working, but because she is so good, I take her out all the time for cuddles and keeping me company. She absolutely wants to get into trouble when I get distracted, so she is always supervised.
I'd love to add a golden conure to my flock, but I want to make sure he/she would be a happy addition. I also plan on building a large outdoor aviary next spring (maybe 30 feet x 10 feet) so that my current and future birds have more flight opportunities than they get during our practice sessions. I imagine any bird, high energy or not, would benefit from the sunshine and exercise.
Edit: I asked my husband, and he thinks our conure is high energy. He bases this on his experience with lovebirds and cockatiels and her activity out of the cage - stomping around on the carpet, looking for trouble, flying around and investigating things. To me, however, those events are the minority of her time.
Most descriptions of golden conures say something to the effect of "extremely needy" or "very high maintenance birds". They need constant attention and affection, or they become unhappy. They are pluckers. They need a second golden conure to be happy. Etc etc.
Have you found this to be the case?
I have a gold-capped conure who I would describe as fairly mellow. (Really, though, I have no idea how she compares to other birds, and she may in fact be high energy.) She gets regular indoor flight work, training and toys. She yells sometimes, but is otherwise content. She'll play/sit in her cage when I'm working, but because she is so good, I take her out all the time for cuddles and keeping me company. She absolutely wants to get into trouble when I get distracted, so she is always supervised.
I'd love to add a golden conure to my flock, but I want to make sure he/she would be a happy addition. I also plan on building a large outdoor aviary next spring (maybe 30 feet x 10 feet) so that my current and future birds have more flight opportunities than they get during our practice sessions. I imagine any bird, high energy or not, would benefit from the sunshine and exercise.
Edit: I asked my husband, and he thinks our conure is high energy. He bases this on his experience with lovebirds and cockatiels and her activity out of the cage - stomping around on the carpet, looking for trouble, flying around and investigating things. To me, however, those events are the minority of her time.
