Breeding of the Golden Conures
Breeding of the Golden Conures are stunning birds. Georg Marcgraf who apparently knew the species as a cage bird describe it for the first time in 1638. He mention it and other species then known in Dutch Brazil. No writer since then has fail to be impressed by its beauty.
The Golden Conure
The Golden Conure are to me the epitome of Brazil, sporting the green and yellow colors of the flag. They are a large conure, are typically noisy and when tame extremely gentle. If I ever catch any of my adults and move them away from the their cage, they quickly revert to their tameness and will readily step up on my hand. They are only aggressive when nesting, when they would not hesitate to attack any introding hand.Golden conures
Golden Conures are very sociable. In groups, they play excitedly and are constantly interacting. In such a setting, the feathers seem to often suffer from the excess attention, with the flights and tail feathers being chewed. Only if they receive continuous enrichment will they leave the feathers alone. The effort is in my opinion justified as the interaction of the group will provide hours of observation. Pairs tend to be less vulnerable to feather chewing, though also need to be keep occupy.
Diet for Golden Conures,
Diet for Golden Conures, we treat them like miniature macaws. They receive fruits, vegetables, cooked whole grain pasta and brown rice, pellets, sprouted grains and seeds, and wheat bread liberally smeared with almond or peanut butter, some cracked walnuts or almonds, or a bit of sunflower seed. The fatty component to the diet is varied. We can grow a number of items that they find in the wild and these, even in birds that are generations from their wild ancestors, are prefer above other fruit. They will, for example, eat the astringent cashew fruit (note fruit, not the nut) and also the seeds of guava over temperate fruits or vegetables.