Here's my beautiful Sophia. She is a turquoise green-cheeked conure (GCC). Sophia was hatched on May 7, 2013, so that makes her 11 weeks old now. She's been home with me for two weeks.
It has been a long time since I've had a baby bird! I had a GCC many years ago, but I got her as an adult bird from a pet store. She was not in the best of health and I only had her for four short years. But I fell in love with her intelligence, playfulness, cuddliness, and her sense of humor. I knew when I started looking for another bird this time around, that I wanted the same thing. For me, a smaller conure is the perfect size. And the fact that they are quieter than other conures is also a plus for me!
For a few years now, I would see and fall in love with various conures in the pet store windows. I would ask to hold them and they would snuggle into me and I would long to bring them home with me. But for whatever reason, the time was just not right. How I missed having a bird!
Then, recently, I decided that it was the right time to bring home a new bird. I found myself standing outside of a cage window in a pet store, looking in at the most beautiful bird. It was a GCC, but it was more beautiful than the normal coloring I was used to. I had only seen this coloring in pictures, but it was so much more impressive in person. I asked to hold him. He was so very sweet, and he was still so young. My heart melted. But for various reasons, I chose not to take him home that day.
Instead, I went home and did my research. I definitely wanted a bird of that beautiful color - turquoise. I looked up a few breeders online. I figured I would need to get on a waiting list to get a baby. But I found a breeder not too far from me who had just-weaned turquoise babies! So, off on a road trip I went. And, home with me she came!
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