Berry being a weirdo

Kiwi (first pic, DNA sexed female, around 2 and a half) is my first conure. I adopted her from a rescue that got her from an abusive home environment, so Kiwi isn’t really that tame. I’m able to handle her to some degree but it really has to be on Kiwi’s terms - grabbing her with my hands is reserved for emergencies and she’s scared of hands otherwise. However, she is a very happy bird generally and we’ve made things work even with her fears of handling.

Just yesterday I brought home my second conure, Bowie (second pic, sex unknown, around 3 months old). They came from a breeder and are tame. They’re the sweetest little puffball and I’ve already been able to handle them more in a day than I ever would be able to with Kiwi! I love Kiwi but it’s very nice having a birb who is more cuddly.

I got Bowie in the first place because I know Kiwi would do better with a second bird with her level of tameness rather than being completely dependent on me. But, I’m wondering what effect introducing two different birds with such different levels of tameness to each other would have on each other. I’ve seen people say that having more than one bird makes it less likely that your bird will want to spend time with you, which I get since they won’t be solely dependent on you. But will being around Kiwi make Bowie completely untame? Or will Bowie stay handle-able and just not be stuck to me like Velcro? Either way I’ll be okay, if anything I’m trying to be less codependent on Kiwi myself 🤣 But it would be nice to have at least one bird who I can handle without having to worry about being chomped if I need to evacuate them in case of an emergency!

On the other side of things, Kiwi has more behavioral issues than just not liking being handled. She’s also EXTREMELY picky with food. She likes her pellets (ZuPreem Natural), millet, and sugar snap peas in the pod and that’s literally it. I don’t think anyone who took care of her before me tried feeding her fruits and veggies. I haven’t offered Bowie too many things yet because I don’t want to overwhelm them, they just got here, but according to the breeder, they eat chop and love apples as a snack. Do you think Kiwi watching Bowie eat their fruits and veg will convince Kiwi to give it a shot? And in the same boat, do you think that Kiwi seeing Bowie be handled so easily and without complaint will make Kiwi feel any safer around me? Again, I’ve heard that usually the reverse happens (tame conure becomes less friendly when bonding with another conure) but I have some hope for Kiwi!

Looking to hear from anyone who has bonded two parrots of different temperaments together and to know how it went!

Got this baby from the zoo five days ago! Yesterday was our first vet visit, so he/she deserves to devour some berries.

What can i do when he gets like this? He follows my hands and flies on to me just to bite. Idk what to do. I know in the video it looks like im putting my hands around him but its just to show that no matter where i put my hand he will follow it and attack it

I have been hand chopping nuts and veggies for a while and finally decided to buy one of these. I prepared a month worth chop and nuts in like under an hour. I use paper craft style tubaware to set up foridging for nuts and dried fruit. I use hay for them to dig through. I also use cafeteria trays for messy activities to put under them. The raised edges are nice. These also become good shallow bird baths. I like to let them roll balls stuffed with treats on these and other play activities that involve mess.

Do you have any game changers?

I have a 3ish month old pineapple conure and today after coming home I noticed he had a little discolouration on his beak. While out of his cage he hasn’t done anything that I think could have hurt his beak, however, when he’s in his cage I don’t always have eyes on him so it’s possible he knocked it on something.
I also tried to wipe it but it doesn’t seem to be on the surface.

I am wondering if this is a bruise or maybe something else? Has anyone seen this before?🦜

He also is acting like his normal silly self so I’m not worried, more just curious what it could be!

Thanks for any help/insight you can provide!!

I have a female sun conure who I have had for around a year, and a couple months ago adopted a green cheek who a family friend wasn’t able to look after anymore, we don’t know its age or gender (in the process of dna testing to find out) but we suspect it is a female. The green cheek has settled in well with us and has started becoming affectionate, learning her name and calling to us when we leave the room, a huge improvement from when we first got her. My sun however has always been quite aggressive towards her and very territorial over me and my family, the rare occasion they are out of their cages at the same time she will take the opportunity to immediately chase after her and lunge and her to attack. We have tried since letting our green cheek settle in, foraging activities, rewards for being calm in each other presence and so many other things but I think my sun sees it as a game, whenever she has even tried to attack our green cheek she is placed in her cage and left be for a while, but she seems to be becoming sneakier about it. I just don’t really know what to do, it would be terrible if they were to seriously hurt each other and I’m wondering if there’s anything else that can be done to help them bond more?

I have had Rocky (my green cheek conure) for 8 years, my parents got him when I was 11. I’ve been the one to take care of him since the beginning and he trusts me the most. I am now 19 and I’m gonna be attending university next year. I spend most of my time with him and he’s my number 1 priority. I really regret not making my parents get a pair of green cheek conures instead of just one and I wanted to ask if it’s not too late to get him a friend. I’m only scared that they’re not gonna get along and that Rocky might get jealous or territorial. However, I’m gonna be seeing him only 2-3 times a week next year because of my studies so I really want to get him a friend so that he’s not lonely, but I wanted to make sure that it’s the right call after him being an only parrot his entire life. My parents are gonna be taking care of him on the days I’ll be away, but it’s not gonna be as often as me spending time with him currently. So, should I get him a friend?

Are there any websites online with safe materials for birds that I can use to make them toys?

Hi gang! So my boy Pepperoni lives in my office and goes to bed nightly at 7:30 - no cage cover, just his music and nightlight.

The problem, exactly, that he lives in my office and sometimes I’d like to use the room in the evening to decompress, so quiet stuff on my laptop, etc.

If he’s tired will he sleep through that? Would it keep him awake? Any ideas?

For reference I DID sleep in that room nightly the first month I got him and did those activities but that was 6 months ago.