Conure: Your Happy Healthy Pet

I am about to be a brand new conure owner and this book had all the information that I needed! Easy to read through, and I’ll be using it as my handy guide to my bird. I would buy it!

excellente lecture pour tout propriétaire de conure.

Great book, especially for new owners

Interesting book but there are some important details missing. The most serious is about potty training. Birds can be trained to defecate in designated places such as a basket that is lined with newspaper cut to fit. All the parrots I have known and kept in my decades of life will not defecate in their night time roost. They save it up and can easily be taught to produce it into the sink first thing on arising. During the day they will respond to a verbal command to produce but this should not be in their cage if they have to sleep there at night. This makes the case for allowing the bird to choose a separate sleeping place and it should have a soft length of fabric such as fleece placed over a large straight coat hook in the corner of a quiet room so the bird can crawl up and hide and keep warm in cooler climates. All my birds have always put themselves to bed just after sunset. The second issue is that if you choose to house a parrot you should absolutely make your home parrot proof so it can live a cage free life and have places it can play and sit in safety. Birds enjoy rooting around in the dirt and this should be supplied in a big flower pot filled with organic potting soil. I water the soil and this makes it even more attractive to birds.This is especially important for hens who are laying eggs and have a need for extra minerals. All my house plants are non toxic and not ever sprayed with anything but water. If you bring a new plant home be sure the nursery has not sprayed it with pesticides or herbicides and to be extra safe keep that plant out of reach for at least six months. Please don't try to mix cats and birds as pets. Cats are natural predators and having them in a home with birds is unfair to the birds. Conures love to fly and they are excellent fliers. First thing to do is to show them windows and tap their beak on the glass and best to keep blinds over the windows so flying can be easy and safe to enjoy. Birds have the birthright to fly and we as caretakers should not be taking that away.

Very infomative book. I would have given 5 stars of it didn't lack more information about egg laying since I was surprised to learn that my "male" Conure is actually a female. Four eggs is about average. You need to leave them for a while until she is done and finally loses interest them.(Assuming they were unfertilized, like ours) I substituted fake eggs. She laid them about two days apart, each. The vet said if she didn't stop on her own he would give her a hormone shot. Fortunately she stopped. I added this for those persons who may require more complete info. Otherwise it is a great book.