just rescued this little guy from a rooftop, and need some info on him. he's about as big as a robin

can anybody help?

^ (Hey Rick, BMW, anybody...)

Is that a parakeet, Blackie?

http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E250.htm&Pic=250_1.JPG 

It's a Conure, and I think it's a little Green Cheek. The link above is from The Lexicon of Parrots.http://www.arndt-verlag.com/

They can be pretty sweet little birds.

Barry

"They can be pretty sweet little birds."

I heard they taste like chicken.

I heard they taste like chicken

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More like Quail, LOL.

Barry

yep. did some homework, thanks to bmw, and he's a green cheek. he's gettin more healthy every day. my 1st bird. we'll see how long it takes him to drive me outta whats left of my mind.

quail, eh? roasting would be the way to go then, wouldn't it?

That is a Green Cheek Connier. My wife has one just like it.

Billy

They are very smart birds and have a lot of personality. eventually they will learn to talk, although not quite as well as the larger version.

I'm sure that someone is very upset about losing him. I kno that ours is like a member of the family and my wife would be devistated if something happened to him.

If I were you, i would post a couple of fliers around the neighborhood and try to get him back to his rightfull owner.

A neat little bird......conures make nice pets!

Charlie

It talks? Its just a matter of time....

Baaaawwwwwk "Dammit, out of Scotch." Baaaaaaaaawwwk Baaaaawwwwwwk! "Where's my porn ?" Bawwwwwwk

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LMAO!!

close, russ, but no cigar.

i'm tryin to find the owner, but only gonna give it a couple weeks.

just wonderin if its female, would the eggs go better with sausage, or bacon?

You can never go wrong with bacon.

whoever owned him forgot to clip his flights and his nail need clipping too.

it looks like a rose breasted conjure.

buy him small hookbill seed by katie, water all the time and put something in the cage for him to bath with at least every other day, an inch or so of luke warm water.

rwmove the bath about half an hour after he finishes bathing. if he doesn't bath for the first few times, skip a week and try again.

is he tame?

does he bite?

Have his flights aned nails clipped by a bird store, not a pet store, or by a vet.

a small piece of fresh carrot or a piece of apple and a scrap of left over cooked chicken will be good for him.

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opps, i forgot they call them maroon belly conjures

he seems to be tame, as i coaxed him to me from the roof with a cracker. he bit slightly, just enough to let me know he was unhappy with my grip on him, but to my understanding, could'v done alot worse damage to me if he really wanted to. thanks for the advice, rick & others. i'll do more research, and start buyin apples.

oh, by the way, does he require 70/70 in his humidor also? how 'bout cello? spose i should leave the cello off, eh?

blackfoot11

if he bit you slightly, he is tame. he could have drawn blood. you are correct, it was a warning.

get the flights and nails clipped and you will not lose him.

after he realizes he can't fly, he will be happy to sit on your shoulders and at some point you can run some tepid water in the sink, very small stream, and cup your hands to make a little pool.

he will run down your arm and bath in your hands.

patience.

The Green Cheek is one of the only birds in which the sex is virtually undetectable without DNA testing. Of course, if it ever lays an egg, then you can pretty much figure it out.

Also, if you have it's wings clippped, they will usually grow back within about 8 months to a year.

We got ours last christmas and had it't wings clipped. It is just now realizing that it can fly, so we will be having her clipped again before she ends up on one of our neighbors rooftops. lol

May I suggest a nice Chardonnay with that and a Don Carlos corona.

billyc

if you notice the bird usually drop one or two feathers in the same poisiton on each wing.

when the new feathers get about 2 or 3 inches longer then the previously clipped flights, clip them back to the size of the other ones that have been clipped. when they grow a little mor clip them again. that way you never have to have all the flights clipped at once and you can do it yourself with a scissors. you won't hurt the bird, it's like cutting hair.

the more you can groom the bird, cut the nails and file the beak smooth, the less aggravation the bird will have going to a stranger to be handled. with some birds it's tough. i have had birds that needed to be covered with a towel but the bird will feel less theatened when it's owner does it. he or she knows he is safe with you.

gamine will sit and let me clip her nails with a little fussing.

zana sits in toby's arms with a towel over him for his nails and flights, but has no problem with me using a wooden or cardboard nail file on his beak. i think the little bugger gets off on the feel of the nail file on his beak.

great rescue! those little guys are full of personality and love talking. good luck! my cockatoo was so misbehaved when i first got him i could not stand it. but i had patience and now he is like one of the kids. took about 1yr. (had him 7yrs now)