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[Korvia]

Hello from Canada, I have one cockatiel and I just got two maroon bellied conures today (Male and Female) both un named about 6 years old.
any suggestions? btw they are fast little guys lol

 

[weco]

Assuming you don't mind the possibility of chicks or maybe that's your intention, I would clip their wings or they may take much longer for you to develop a relationship with. Bonded pairs tend to be more interested in hanging out with each other than with you.....especially when you don't have a prior relationship with them.

MBCs are fun birds, I just had a 29yo MBC pass last year.....had him since he was 3mo.....he had a good life.

 

[wenz2712]

Welcome to the forum

 

[aliray]

welcome to the forum.

 

[EclectusRoratus]

Welcome!!! Hope you enjoy the forum!! We have two sun conures at my job, their names are Don Juan and Skittles. We also have a Caique named Diego. My Eclectus' name is Gannicus. I hope this helps some! haha.

 

[EclectusRoratus]

Assuming you don't mind the possibility of chicks or maybe that's your intention, I would clip their wings or they may take much longer for you to develop a relationship with. Bonded pairs tend to be more interested in hanging out with each other than with you.....especially when you don't have a prior relationship with them.

MBCs are fun birds, I just had a 29yo MBC pass last year.....had him since he was 3mo.....he had a good life.

Sorry to hear about your bird passing

 

[MonicaMc]

Welcome to ParrotForums!

If the maroon bellies are unrelated, do you plan on breeding them or keeping them as pets? Generally speaking, pets don't make good breeders and breeders don't make good pets.

If you want to tame them, I would suggest working on them with positive reinforcement, aka clicker training. It does not require clipping them to work with them, but it will be easier to work with a bird that can't escape from you. The point of positive reinforcement though is to *give* the birds a choice to be with you and work with you or move away from you. The trick is to find a variety of rewards (doesn't necessarily have to be food related but it's often one of the easiest rewards) that the bird is willing to work for and to keep his/her interest for 5-15 minutes at a time.

 

[Korvia]

As far as I know they are unrelated. I want them as pets. I've already clipped I think the female's wings and she would sit with me, but the other is a nippy little one and only let me clip one side before giving me a panic attack, he looked like he was bleeding when he wasn't.