Tips on training Sun Conures?
My sun conure is nearing 11 months now and I still can’t get him to talk. I talk to him very calmly every day and he still won’t say something as simple as hello. Is there any good method of training? Or do you simply keep repeating the word? Not only talking. What about other tricks. That isn’t too hard (I use a peanut to guide him) but any tips on other simple tricks like wave? I really need help.
My reason for getting a bird wasn’t so it would talk. I am not going to abandon my bird and get a new one just because it won’t talk. I just thought it would be cool.
Teaching a bird to talk is sometimes difficult or impossible because some birds want to talk and some don’t. Even African Greys (which are usually very good talkers) sometimes don’t talk. I wrote an article about teaching parrots to talk. You might find some useful information in it – Look Who’s Talking – http://www.infosuperflyway.com/articles/lookwhostalking.php
For other tricks, you should look into Clicker Training. It’s used by a lot of professional animal trainers and it’s easy to learn. Check out the resources below for Clicker Training articles, books and links.
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Conures Book $6.99 Conures are a beautiful species of bird that continuously gains popularity as a delightful companion pet. This fascinating book features information on all the species of this colorful bird, as well as natural habitat and behavior. Of course, this book also covers everything you’ll need to know to keep your very own Conure happy and healthy, such as diet, activity, health, and even breeding. A must for every Conure fan, especially if you are almost ready to bring home your very own bundle of feathers! |
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TFH/Nylabone Animal Planet Conures – Hardcover $8.99 Animal planet conures – hardcover |
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Kaytee Fiesta Nutritionally Fortified Gourmet Bird Food for Conures (4-1/2 lb.) $16.99 Product Highlight(s): Kaytee Fiesta Nutritionally Fortified Gourmet Bird Food for Conures (4 1/2 lbs.) KAYTEE® FIESTA® Nutritionally Fortified Gourmet Food helps birds thrive! Packed with a fortified mix of fruits, nuts, vegetables, seeds, and healthful whole grains, Fiesta contains essential nutrients for healthy birds. Balanced Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated fatty acids develop and maintain shiny feathers, and can help lower cholesterol. Powerful antioxidants boost immune systems to fight disease. Natural preservatives ensure freshness and great taste. Fiesta – balancing fun food and powerful nutrition. Ingredients Safflower, Millet, Canary Grass Seed, Cracked Corn, Oat Groats, Sunflower, Wheat, Peanuts, Pumpkin Seed, Buckwheat, Milo, Green Split Peas, Ground Flax Seed, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Ground Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Hemp Seed, Dehydrated Carrots, Dried Bananas, Raisins, Cantaloupe Seeds, Niger Seed, Ground Rice, Ground Wheat, Calcium Carbonate, Sun-cured Alfalfa Meal, Almonds, Dehydrated Red Peppers, Coconut, Dried Papaya, Dried Pineapple, Dried Mango, Wheat Middlings, Dicalcium Phosphate, Wheat Germ Meal, Ground Oats, Dextrose, Salt, Soy Oil, Brewers Dried Yeast, Dried Whole Egg, Dried Beet Pulp, Orange Oil, Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, L-Lysine, Dried Cane Molasses, DL-Methionine, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Mixed Tocopherols (a preservative), Potassium Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid, Manganous Oxide, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of vitamin K activity), Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Canthaxanthin, Calcium Iodate, Cobalt Carbonate, Biotin, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Beta-Carotene, Sodium Selenite, Artificial Color. Guaranteed Analysis % Crude Protein (Minimum) 14 Crude Fat (Minimum) 12.5 Crude Fiber (Maximum) 12 Moisture (Maximum) 12 |
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Sun Seed Vita Plus Conure Formula (3 lbs.) $8.99 Ideal for Sun, Blue-Crown, Cherry-headed, Green-cheeked, Half Moon, Jenday and Nanday Conures. Tropical fruits, apples, bananas and vegetables rich in vitamin A make this colorful, nutritious diet attractive to Conures. Also suitable for the Quaker Parrot. |
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Talk To Me Rubber Treatball $12.99 Now, when you leave your dog home, he’ll never be home "alone." The Talk To Me® Rubber Treatball dog toy plays your recorded message and dispenses snacks. |
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Jungle Talk Knotrageous Wood Chew & Rope Toy for Birds (Medium) $13.28 Jungle Talk Knotrageous Wood Chew & Rope Toy for Birds (Medium) The Jungle Talk Knotrageous Bird Toy is NOT for the less than OUTRAGEOUS of parrots! This toy features everything your bird could want in a play toy … brightly colored and flavored manzanita and hardwood shapes suspended from 100% cotton rope, with a tad of cholla thrown into the mix for good measure. The variety of textures and woods of varying hardness keeps birds entertained longer. The Medium is perfect for Lovebirds, Conures, and Senegals! |
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Jungle Munchies for Conures and African Greys – 25 lb. $51.99 African Conures and Parrots are special birds with special dietary needs. Trust Pretty Bird to create a blend of species specific, nutritionally sound foods that your bird will absolutely love Jungle Munchies are a fun way to add variety to your bird’s regular diet With all the special nutrition parrots need to stay vibrant, healthy, and colorful. |
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Natural Food for Parrots and Conures – 3 lb. $11.99 ZuPreem Natural is a nutritious diet designed to meet all the established nutrient requirements of Conures, Amazons, African Greys, Pionus, Eclectus and other medium sized parrots. ZuPreem Natural is an extruded diet, which means that it is more thoroughly cooked than a traditional pelleted food. The premium ingredients are cooked to increase digestibility thus allowing more nutritients to be utilized by your bird. Each nugget is made from the same formula and is nutritionally balanced, promoting better health. ZuPreem Natural has controlled iron content (less than 80 ppm) and may be good for species predisposed to iron-storage disease. |
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Sun Seed Company Tiel Sun Fun Mix 25lb $50.97 Delicious vitamin enriched fun treat mix, with bananas, raisins, papaya, carrots, celery,almonds, walnuts, and bits of cuttlebone. Comes with colorful anise flavored Sun, Moon and Star shaped snacks for chewing fun. Also enjoyed by Love Birds, Parrotlets, and small Conures. Protein (Min. 12%), Fat (Min. 10%), Fiber (Max. 12%). |
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Talk To Me Treatball $11.99 Dispensing treat balls that play a message you’ve recorded for your dog. A wonderful toy for both dog and owner. Keeps dogs busy and active for hours. |
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Sun Seed Company Tiel Economy 25lb $23.77 A mix of millet, safflower, sunflower, flaked corn, canary seed, wheat and oats. (Also ideal for conures). Protein (Min. 11%), Fat (Min. 14%), Fiber (Max. 20%). |
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ZuPreem AvianMaintenance Natural Bird Diet for Parrots & Conures (3 lbs.) $15.99 This ZuPreem Avian Diet is enjoyed by conures, African greys, small Amazons, small cockatoos, mini macaws, pionus, caiques, Jardine’s parrots, eclectus, and other medium-sized parrots.ZuPreem AvianMaintenance Natural is a nutritious diet designed to meet all the established nutrient requirements of various types of pet birds. Formulated by a veterinarian and PhD nutritionist, ZuPreem AvianMaintenance combines the highest quality ingredients with strict standards of quality control to ensure that your bird receives the highest quality nutrition.ZuPreem AvianMaintenance is an extruded diet, which means it is more thoroughly cooked than a traditional pelleted diet. The premium ingredients in ZuPreem AvianMaintenance are cooked to increase digestibility thus allowing more nutrients to be utilized by your pet bird. Each nugget of ZuPreem AvianMaintenance is made from the same formula, ensuring your bird is receiving the same quality nutrition in every bite of ZuPreem Maintenance. |
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Kaytee Exact Rainbow for Parrots & Conures (20 lbs.) $54.99 Kaytee Exact Rainbow is a nutritious bird food developed by the nutritional experts at the Kaytee Avian Research Center to provide all the nutrients proven necessary for macaws, cockatoos, all parrots, eclectus, pionus, and large conures.Exact Rainbow combines the highest quality ingredients with added nutrients in a special pasteurizing process to produce an enticing rainbow of life-like colors and shapes. These unique colors, shapes and textures provide a dynamic, fun feeding experience for your bird.Because each nugget is exact, your pet will not leave important ingredients uneaten, insuring your birds gets exactly the right nutrition to produce better feathering and brighter color, and maintain excellent health.Since there are no shells or hulls, there will be less mess in and around the cage and more time for you to enjoy your bird’s company. |
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Sun Seed Vita Prima Large Hookbill Safflower Formula (4.5 lbs.) $10.99 Designed to meet the nutritional need of multiple large hookbill species including Amazons, African Greys, Cockatoos and Conures. Added vitamins and minerals not usually found in an all seed diet promote colorful feather growth and ensure the overall health and well being for pet birds. Rich with tropical fruits and vegetables high in vitamin A, this colorful diet is attractive to all Parrots and has added calcium necessary for all life stages. |
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Kaytee Exact Conversion & Weaning Formula for Parrots & Conures (1.5 lbs.) $9.99 Kaytee Exact has been the recognized nutritional leader by avian veterinarians and breeders since its introduction more than a decade ago. Developed by the nutritional experts at the Kaytee Avian Research Center, Exact is the most researched and widely used extruded food available.Extruded diets have been proven to provide superior nutrition when compared with seed blends. The difficulty is converting a bird on a seed mix to an extruded or processed food. Exact Conversion & Weaning improves the initial acceptance when introducing an extruded food, and is the easiest way to convert your bird from a seed or other diet to Exact nutrition.This complete diet provides premium daily nutrition for Macaws, Cockatoos, African Greys, all Parrots, Eclectus, Pionus, and large Conures. Exact Conversion & Weaning combines the highest quality ingredients with necessary nutrients to produce an enticing rainbow of colors. Each nugget contains exact nutrition ensuring your bird gets exactly the right nutrition to produce better feathering, brighter colors, and maintain excellent health. No shells or hulls means there will be less mess in and around your cage and more time for you to enjoy your bird’s company.Crunchy, easy to eat texture, high nutritional content, and compatibility with Exact Hand Feeding Formula makes it an excellent weaning food. |
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Avi-cakes for Parakeets, Cockatiels & Conures – 20 lb. $83.99 Your bird will love the delicious mixture of seeds, grains, nutritious pellets and sweet molasses in Avi Cakes Whether your bird deserves a reward for good behavior, or just for a fun snack, Avi Cakes are sure to become your bird’s favorite treat Great tastes for your bird, and an extra boost of nutrition to insure your peace of mind. |
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Animal Planet Pet Care Library – Conures $7.98 Awesome hardback Conure care book is loaded with over 100 pages, complete with full-color photos, on keeping these fun and loveable birds. The experts at Animal Planet touch on subjects from feeding, housing and grooming; to the fun activities these birds enjoy. |
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Sun Seed Conure Vita Plus 3lb $8.27 Product Highlight(s): Sun Seed Conure Vita Plus 3 lb Sunseed’s Vita Plus Conure Formula with Quiko Egg Food and Spirulina is ideal for Sun, Blue Crown, Cherry Headed, Green Cheeked, Half Moon, Jenday and Nanday Conures. This diet is also suitable for the Quaker Parrot. The addition of nutrient rich fortified Vita Bite Pellets adds vitamins and minerals not normally found in a straight seed diet, promoting colorful feather growth and ensuring the overall health and well being of your pet bird. Eggs contain powerful antioxidants and are an excellent source of protein. Spirulina, also an antioxidant, helps support the immune system. This colorful diet includes tropical fruits, coconut, apples, bananas and vegetables rich in Vitamin A, and is fortified with added calcium necessary for all life stages. |
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Kaytee Exact Original Premium Daily Nutrition for Parrots & Conures (25 lbs.) $49.99 This complete diet provides premium daily nutrition for macaws, cockatoos, amazons, African Greys, all parrots, eclectus, pionus, and large Conures.Exact Original combines the highest quality ingredients with necessary nutrients to produce enticing crunchy nuggets. Each extruded nugget contains exact nutrition, insuring your birds get exactly the right nutrition to produce better feathering, brighter colors, and maintain excellent health.No shells or hulls means there will be less mess in and around the cage and more time for you to enjoy your bird’s company.Kaytee Exact has been the recognized nutritional leader by avian veterinarians and breeders since its introduction more than a decade ago. Exact is the most researched and widely used extruded food available.Choose Exact for exact nutrition in every bite. |
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Lafeber’s Original Flavor Avi-Cakes for Parakeets, Cockatiels & Conures (8 oz.) $7.99 It’s Love At First BiteOriginal, Nutritional, FlavorfulThis is the recipe birds have grown to love. Lafeber blends the natural flavors of fresh seed with an equal amount of nourishing enriched pellets and the surrounds them both with sweet, scrumptious molasses.Cake with BalanceAvi-Cakes are chock-full of protein, carbohydrates, fat, and every essential vitamin and mineral. They provide 100% of your bird’s nutritional needs in each delicious cake, making them not just good, but good for your feathered friend.Working and ChewingBirds, large and small, are happiest when they’re working. And, natural work is precisely what Avi-Cakes require. Seeds and pellets are bound tightly together in a bed of chewy molasses and eating them takes hard work–happiness for your bird.These chewy treats are scored for easy, precise feeding and packed in a resealable bag. |
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Kaytee Exact Rainbow Premium Daily Nutrition for Parrots & Conures (4 lbs.) $16.99 This complete diet provides premium daily nutrition for macaws, cockatoos, amazons, African Greys, all parrots, eclectus, pionus, and large Conures.Exact Rainbow combines the highest quality ingredients with necessary nutrients to produce enticing rainbow of colors and shapes. No matter what color or shape, each extruded nugget contains exact nutrition, insuring your birds get exactly the right nutrition to produce better feathering, brighter colors, and maintain excellent health.No shells or hulls means there will be less mess in and around the cage and more time for you to enjoy your bird’s company.Kaytee Exact has been the recognized nutritional leader by avian veterinarians and breeders since its introduction more than a decade ago. Exact is the most researched and widely used extruded food available.Choose Exact for exact nutrition in every bite. |
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Kaytee Exact Original Premium Daily Nutrition for Parrots & Conures (4 lbs.) $16.99 This complete diet provides premium daily nutrition for macaws, cockatoos, amazons, African Greys, all parrots, eclectus, pionus, and large Conures.Exact Original combines the highest quality ingredients with necessary nutrients to produce enticing crunchy nuggets. Each extruded nugget contains exact nutrition, insuring your birds get exactly the right nutrition to produce better feathering, brighter colors, and maintain excellent health.No shells or hulls means there will be less mess in and around the cage and more time for you to enjoy your bird’s company.Kaytee Exact has been the recognized nutritional leader by avian veterinarians and breeders since its introduction more than a decade ago. Exact is the most researched and widely used extruded food available.Choose Exact for exact nutrition in every bite. |
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Avian Fashions FlightSuit in Small (Small; Baby Tiels, African Senegals, Conures) $24.99 Soar to new heights of fun with FlightSuits. This reusable bird diaper collects droppings in the patented poop-pouch and keeps droppings away from you and your bird anywhere, anytime. With FlightSuits, your bird can enjoy more out-of-cage time without the mess, inconvenience, and embarrassment of soiling your clothing or furnishings.Won’t impede flight. Non-restrictive, comfortable design allows wings, neck, and feet maximum freedom.Patented pouch keeps droppings away from bird, and you.Quick and easy on and off with Velcro fasteners.Made of lightweight, stretchy Lycra fabric in a fun rainbow pattern.Reusable diapers last for years. Insert a disposable FlightLiner in the poop-pouch to extend use and cut down on changing or laundering of FlightSuits.Great for travel, even for potty-trained birds.Set includes FlightSuit, FlightLiners, LifeRing and Lanyard or AnchorLine to keep your pet safely grounded and allow FlightSuit to double as a comfortable harness. |
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Kaytee Forti-Diet Egg-Cite! for Conures & Lovebirds (3 lbs.) $9.99 KAYTEE Forti-Diet Egg-Cite! Egg-riched Fortified Food is recommended during breeding and molting.High quality protein Readily available energy Well balanced amino acids and fatty acids Great Nutrition |
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Premium Bird Food for Conures and Small Parrots – 3 lb. $5.29 The perfect blend of fruits, vegetables and nuts, scientifically fortified with vitamins and minerals. The carefully chosen selection of fine quality ingredients have passed a rigorous inspection and testing procedure to insure good quality in the food. A combination of this food and other Pretty Bird foods will help give your feathered friends a good variety of food choices and when available on a regular basis will help promote happiness and well-being in your bird. |
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Premium Bird Food for Conures and Small Parrots – 25 lb. $31.99 Pretty Bird prides itself on the quality of its bird food. All species specific mixtures are scientifically formulated to give your bird all the nutrition advantages possible The variety of tastes in every bag is sure to please even the pickiest of pet birds. |
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Fruit Blend Diet for Medium to Large Parrots and Conures – 17.5 lb. $43.99 ZuPreem Fruit Blend Premium Bird Food is formulated for various species of captive birds. They’re nutritionally balanced with 21 vitamins and minerals in every bite, and they contain fresh ground fruit for a taste and aroma birds love! These easy to eat, naturally preserved pelleted foods are shaped and colored like 5 different fruits. This size is recommended for Macaws, Cockatoos, Amazons, Senegals and other large parrots.245841 |
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Nutrition Plus Supreme Food for Cockatiel, Lovebird and Conures – 3 lb. $5.99 Choosing Nutrition Plus Supreme Foods for your bird shows them your commitment to their health and well-being. These foods are vitamin and mineral fortified and formulated with select seeds, nuts, fruits, and grains as well as specialized ingredients specific to your pet’s taste and nutritional needs. Appealing textures, colors, shapes and flavors stimulate their appetite and help to satisfy natural foraging and chewing habits. It all comes together in this exceptional food! |
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Original Avi-cakes for Parakeets, Cockatiels & Conures – 8 oz. $4.89 Avi-Cakes are loaded with seed. Depending on the variety, there’s canary seed, safflower, sunflower and millet. When a bird looks at Avi-Cakes, that’s what they see – seeds through and through. But there’s a lot more to Avi-Cakes than just seed. There’s wholesome foods like cracked corn, rolled oats and whole eggs. All made extra enticing with a covering of rich, thick molasses. Hidden between all those enticing ingredients are the pellets. Pellets that provide 100% of the balanced nutrition a bird needs. Also a food that provides essential beak exercise and an enjoyable eating experience. |
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Dometop Bird Cage – 26 in. x 20 in. x 65 in. – Charcoal – FREE SHIPPING $419.99 This Dome Top Cage is constructed of wrought iron with designer charcoal black powder coated finish. Each cage includes the stand with 4 rolling casters, a removable tray, and a wooden perch. This model has .5? bar spacing and is suitable for birds like Sun Conures, Cockatiels, Love Birds, and Parakeets and small Cockatoos. |