our new baby is home!

[goodshep]

We brought home our 3 month old pineapple green cheek yesterday. She rode well in the car and settled in quickly to her new cage. The breeder warned us that she may be a bit wary of us until she gets used to us, but she was happy to go to everyone (roughly 7 people) and even let some of us pet her and give her neck scritches which about put her to sleep. We have several musicians in the family and she seemed to enjoy the blues jam session my husband and son had right near her cage. Here I was thinking the noise would freak her out but she was clearly interested. She approaches the bars of the cage if we come to talk to her and steps up easily and willingly although when you go to get her out of the cage she initially shys away. We're still trying on names....Clementine, Mimi, Evelyn and Peaches are all in the running. She likes to be sung to and listens intently when I sing "Oh my darling Clementine" to her LOL
I'm including a picture of her sitting on my daughter's hand. She was really interested in that shiny black nailpolish! Photos don't seem to do her color justice. They are so subtle and muted - just beautiful. Anyway, I imagine I'll be full of questions and I'm glad you guys are here

[DarwinTheSun]

She is adorable! Congrats!

[Jax]

Cool!
My gcc was not afraid of anything or anyone either when she came here a few weeks ago. She always immediately ran for any finger she saw when the cage was opened. She's totally fearless!

[goodshep]

Finally settled on a name - Georgia Peach. If she turns out to be a boy we'll call her George LOL. I had it in my head wrong about her age. She's actually just 8 weeks old. She was born 2-10-08 Just a baby.

Someone tell me about their feathers. The breeder mentioned how she'll get her adult feathers and they'll be brighter in color. Does this mean that her flight feathers are not in yet? She got off my hand a couple of times today, one time was in front of the stair well and she soared down the stairs to the bottom where our dog lay. He's a good boy and had been introduced to her just before that so he stayed still and just gently sniffed her while I retrieved her. She didn't seem too concerned. I see what you all mean by gcc's being fearless.
How can I tell when she needs to be clipped?

Amy

[Courtzrocks]

She's so cute. You could tell when you need to clip her...she will fly upwards.

[kiwilito]

congratulations on your new GCC. She is beautiful. love the name. Whatever sex she/he turns out to be, Georgie is very fitting.
From your picture it looks like the flight feathers haven't come it yet. You will be able to see them when the time comes.

[Markus]

Do Jendays have the blue on their wings? The ones I've seen didn't. Makes me think of Jenday mix with a Sun or Nanday.

[amri]

Congratulations. Georgie is cute, boy or girl. Conures are fearless and also they dont give up. They love to be sung to. Mili screams if Vinny and I are talking but, if we are singing, she sits there without a word, occasionally croaking. I practice classical music with my sister in law over the internet and she kept croaking for attention as long as we were talking and as soon as we started singing, she was absolutely quiet.
They love music perhaps.
Enjoy your conure. Mili is a baby too, born 02-02-2008. They are a lot of fun and easily trainable.

[MicahEspudo]

Sweet. I am think about adding a green cheek to my flock. She is gorgeous :)

[Lori~D]

No, she looks like she has been clipped already. At her age (from the pics) she would have flight feathers already. They grow in from birth and they should be very long and they can fly before they are weaned. She has been clipped by the breeder.
She will go thru a first molt gradually and lose one or two of the clipped feathers at a time. You will see them on the floor or in the cage. Then over some time you will see the new feather take its place. these need to be allowed to grow to full length before clipping or they will look funny different lenghths if clipped to soon. Dont allow more then a few to get long though, they can fly amazingly well with just a few on each side.
If you stretch out a wing you will see the primaries have been cut straight across. Can I ask where you got her/him??
I say "girl" by the very round head.