Also known as: green-cheek, sun conure, 小太阳/大太阳 · Small–medium (60–120 g)
Conures are active, playful, and enthusiastic eaters, and many species — like green-cheeks and sun conures — eat a fruit-heavy diet in the wild. That makes them more receptive to fresh food than seed-addicted species, but their energy and intelligence mean foraging matters as much as nutrition: a bored conure is prone to feather-plucking, so foods that make them work are doubly valuable.
Conures are smart and busy. Foods that require effort — pomegranate arils, corn on the cob, whole pods, in-shell items — provide enrichment that helps prevent the boredom-driven feather-plucking conures are prone to.
Wild conures eat a lot of fruit, so they take to it readily — but pet conures still need vegetables and pellets to avoid an all-sugar diet. Use fruit as the appealing part of a balanced plate.
Like all parrots, conures can't feel capsaicin heat, and many adore fresh chillies and bell peppers — a vitamin-rich, enriching favourite worth offering.
Foods that suit a conure's needs particularly well. Tap any for serving tips.
These need extra care for conures specifically — or are toxic to all parrots. Tap any for the reason.
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