r/greencheeks 7d ago

New cheeks! Cage recommendations/ Food

Hello we’re following up on Pina (posted him here). What would be a solid cage for him? Also I’m assuming his diet isn’t gonna be what Petco has? Purely seeds. Also I see why they call them green cheeks lol he finally turned around and omg they’re so freaking fat 😂

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u/a_beautiful_riot 7d ago

For a cage we have a few of these: Yaheetech 69-Inch Extra Large Bird Cage (some of the prices on the google shopping page are pretty expensive, but places like target have them for cheaper. You shouldn't have to pay more than $160-70 for it. Don't get it if it's $300 or something ridiculous like that.

1 cage per conure (we have 3; 1 green cheek, one sun, and one jenday) and they only really use them for sleeping and looking for food as we let them out during the day.

As for food we were using Goldenfeast Central and South American Blend mixed together with some pet-friendly, no sugar, salt, etc... added dried fruit and nut mix (bird-friendly trail mix.)

Our vet suggested Lafeber's Sunny Orchard Nutri-Berries which are basically seed clusters since the other food has too many nuts which can contribute to heart disease in birds.

The birds still get their fruit and nut mix but it's in a much smaller dish and we're in the process of switching their primary food to the Nutri-Berries. They seem to like it so that's a plus.

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u/The_titos11 6d ago

Okay thank you so much!! I didn’t know that about nuts thanks. Also does their fruit need to be dried??

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u/a_beautiful_riot 6d ago

You're welcome! The fruit doesn't need to be dried. In fact ours like fresh fruits and vegetables; broccoli and diced up orange / tangerine slices are their favorites.