Hellooo

[Crazy4parrots]

Yeah he looked "fat" which was not fat just fluffy & puffy! Now he is soo much better!

[Crazy4parrots]

Despite all efforts he still flick his wings vet is baffled so i just read this.. http://www.premiumparrots.com/ILL_PARROT.php
This helps me to prepare for the future.. read where it says Posture.
He isnt flicking his wings almost at all... from that page flicking also means respiratory infection so i searched in my books and it says 80% of birds get tail bobbing (when infection is located in the upper respiratory track) but there is a 20% who get a respiratory infection in the lungs and when this happens they flick their wings constantly for no reason..especially when it has been going on for a long period of time...

[Pajarita]

No, when they say 'flicking' they mean the tail and not the wings (the sentence is 'tail bobbing/flicking...) To tell you the truth, I don't know why they use the word 'flicking' for tail because the term is always 'tail bob', as far as I know. For the wing movement, they use either flipping or flicking but it means the same thing.

And yes, that is what I was telling you about his posture not been the one a healthy bird would have. When they are sick or weak, they kind of crouch on the perch because this posture makes the tendons on their feet lock around the perch and they cannot fall off (this is the same mechanism used for sleeping).

[Crazy4parrots]

No, when they say 'flicking' they mean the tail and not the wings (the sentence is 'tail bobbing/flicking...) To tell you the truth, I don't know why they use the word 'flicking' for tail because the term is always 'tail bob', as far as I know. For the wing movement, they use either flipping or flicking but it means the same thing.

And yes, that is what I was telling you about his posture not been the one a healthy bird would have. When they are sick or weak, they kind of crouch on the perch because this posture makes the tendons on their feet lock around the perch and they cannot fall off (this is the same mechanism used for sleeping).

Oh ok yeah i thought it was weird that they used that flicking word. Well good news he is preening himself & taking baths! and barely flicked this morning!

[Pajarita]

Great news!

[Crazy4parrots]

Great news!

Two days without flicking! And i think he is a she lol
I read that males Brown throated conures have yellow iris and and lots of yellow around the eyes also it does says that males only get yellow after 3 years of age...& Sammy have almost no yellow at all.. Females have grey iris and no yellow at all around the eyes. Also juveniles have mixed iris colours... In males yellow around the eyes mixes with their brown on their cheeks.... So far this tells me Sammy is a girl! LOL! Which makes no sense cause Sammy hates men?

[Wolf]

The sex of the bird has no bearing on the sex of the humans that it chooses to like or not like.

[Pajarita]

Can you give us a link where they describe the dimorphism (physical difference between male and female)? Because I checked in English, Spanish and Portuguese and have not been able to find a single place but one (where they say that a lady has a male and a female and that the female had a lighter face but you can't go with one individual of each gender to make a generalization for the species) where they list this species as dimorphic or how to visually sex them. In every single one, the Eupsittula pertinax venezuelae is described as both genders having the yellow markings on the face and yellow irises. The problem is that there are many different species of the Eupstittula pertinax...

In any case, GREAT on the no more flicking!!!

[Navre]

Can you give us a link where they describe the dimorphism (physical difference between male and female)? Because I checked in English, Spanish and Portuguese...

Want me to check French, Russian, Arabic, and Mandarin? We will have most of the world covered!

[Crazy4parrots]

Can you give us a link where they describe the dimorphism (physical difference between male and female)? Because I checked in English, Spanish and Portuguese and have not been able to find a single place but one (where they say that a lady has a male and a female and that the female had a lighter face but you can't go with one individual of each gender to make a generalization for the species) where they list this species as dimorphic or how to visually sex them. In every single one, the Eupsittula pertinax venezuelae is described as both genders having the yellow markings on the face and yellow irises. The problem is that there are many different species of the Eupstittula pertinax...

In any case, GREAT on the no more flicking!!!

Flicking is back -.- but i discovered what is causing it even its not really strong as it was before! not all the time but its back problem is i realized he doesnt want to be alone this flicking thing begun the same day Juliet died she was a flock mate even tho they never shared a cage they did shared a room so i think he have anxiety for separation cause i took Baylee & Sammy with me for the New Year celebration and for 2 days no flicking cause he could see Baylee. As soon as we came back yesterday and he was not seeing Baylee flicking begun. Not as strong but whenever he hears Baylee he flicks! O.o
But im not sure what to do