Good Care For Your Green-Cheeked Conure
A green cheek requires a lot of care, as you are already aware. These are some unavoidable routines you ought to follow correctly for your tiny feathered companion.
There should always be access to fresh produce, specialized pellets, and a well-balanced diet. In actuality, fruits and vegetables that are not consumed within a few hours should be thrown out. Apples, strawberries, spinach beets, and broccoli are a few of their favorites.
Additionally, you can treat your feathered companion with boiled meat, American cheese, or plain yogurt. But this should be done sparingly. Actually, it’s best to include in no more than 10% of its diet.
Never give avocado, caffeine, sugar, chocolate, or fruit seeds to a green cheek. Try to avoid sugar, and high fat treats as well.
Its water needs to be pure, filtered, and chemical- and chlorine-free. You also have to change it daily.
A well-groomed green cheek parakeet is beneficial to you and enjoys bathing. Every other day, supply fresh, chlorine-free water for bathing in a shallow bowl.
As an alternative, you could use a clear spray bottle to lightly mist your bird with water if it doesn’t bathe itself.
Watch the video below to find out how to give your birdie a proper bath:
In the wild, green cheeks fly for miles to find food and water. While this cant be exactly replicated in captivity, providing some play toys and regular out of cage time can help your feather friend stay healthy and active.
To avoid hurting your green cheek conure, have an avian or veterinarian perform these grooming procedures.
- Trim its flight feathers to keep it from escaping or hurting itself.
- Cut its nails as soon as they become sharp to avoid hurting it or you. To completely avoid this, you can also add some rough patches to the cage.
Ultimately, the quality of your bird’s care will have a significant impact on how long it lives.
Providing Shelter For Your Green Cheek Conure
The ideal room temperature range for a green cheek conure is 65 to 80°F.
The standard conure cage measurement for its housing is 18x18x24 inches, with a metal mesh that is spaced ½ inch apart.
For obvious reasons, the cage needs to be larger if the bird will be left alone for extended periods of time or if it has a companion.
To maintain the health of your bird, place several perches strategically next to food cups in the cage. Each perch should be at least 9 inches long and ½ thick.
Not to mention, you need to provide foraging toys to prevent it from chewing on anything that comes in its way in addition to using them as playthings.
Finally, to avoid any contamination, a metal grate needs to be positioned over the droppings tray.
Note: Dont keep different species of birds together. Furthermore, pairs of green cheek conures may form stronger bonds with one another than with their owners.
Green-Cheeked Conure Vocal Ability
To begin with, a green cheek conure is a clever bird that can only understand a limited number of words. It’s actually among the quietest parrots, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t create a lot of noise.
When it speaks, it does so in a low, deep voice that makes its words unclear.
Even though it doesn’t speak very well, its charming nature makes up for it, making it the perfect companion bird.
Check out how well you handle the screeches in the video below to see if they make too much noise for you.