Green Cheek owners reply below! What has been your experience owning one?

Everything you said is spot on. A great description of my GCC Milton. The only thing I would add is that somewhere around 2 or 3 years old, they go through a difficult adolescent period where they get nippy and aggressive for a little while. I share this because so many people will remove or give up on their conure at this time. Not realizing that this is only a phase they go through and they will go back to their sweet cuddly self if this period is handled correctly.

I LOVE my GCC. she is an absolute sweetheart and the best with kids. Even when she makes noise, she is still very quiet compared to most birds. She also talks but she still has a bird accent as I like to call it.

Oh my god your literally Clint's reptiles, but the bird version

My Green Cheek talks a lot. Says a lot of words and phrases. I think it depends on how much time you work with them.

I thought I got a green cheek but I ended up adopting a gremlin. He is SO nippy 😂😭😭

I came back and watched this after a year of having my green cheek. She is a DNA sexed female. Everything you said applies to her except the loudness and talking. She is almost as loud as my Indian Ringneck and she has a ~20 word vocabulary that she uses in context. If you have the time to put into the them and talk to them a lot. They can learn just as much as other birds. 😊

I've had Sky (Pineapple GC) since she was 4 months old. She is almost 5 now. I cannot imagine life without her. It surprised me how affectionate she is. She gives me birdy kisses all the time. Plus, she rubs the side of my face with hers constantly. She says half a dozen phrases like "I love you" "What are you doing?" "Pretty bird." ......etc. She learned all those phrases in the first two years. Since then, she has not spoken anything new so there seems to be a critical period for learning speech.

I just might be lucky but every greencheek ive own has talked pretty well

My GCC has a lot of attitude, it’s pretty funny. She is well-behaved for the most part, but sometimes she’s not in the mood to step up. When I’m trying to put her back in her cage and she doesn’t want to go, she WILL fight me. Either biting the heck out of my hand or being aggressive towards the perch I want her to step up on. She can squawk quite a lot for attention. When I shower she squawks up a storm. But when she’s quiet it’s like she’s not even there. She really loves to just be with me and likes to lean against me or snuggle my neck and fall asleep. It kills me (with cuteness) every time.

I have researched SO MANY videos to become better educated on breeds of birds. This is hands down the best overview! Not to mention, extremely educational in a package that is short and condensed for younger researchers who may or may not be considering adding a bird to their family. This reminds me of the popular Animal Planet videos that condense the main topics when considering breeds of dogs or cats. Please do more breeds!! These are great! Love the news you cover to bring awareness to the bad people trying to make money rather than better the lives of animals and people!!

This was one of the videos that really helped me narrow down my pick for parrots! I'm now the owner of an extremely clingy pineapple gcc. He's about 9 months now and I got him at 3 months. Your video is pretty spot on, but I will say that from my own experience and what I've read, the male gcc's tend to be more territorial and nippier than the females in terms of a "friendliness scale". Despite my best abilities, Lichi has become very territorial of me around other people, even people he had previously been fine being handled by in his earlier months. He immediately goes on the defensive around other people, and though he's more used to my housemates (who's he's been introduced to and handled by from the first few weeks of bringing him home), he still gets aggressive and will bite if they get too close to him now. Right now, he's also become much nippier with even me, though I'm hoping its seasonal and due to his molting period. He's still 100% attached to me and yes, he's extremely cuddly and affectionate. But he will also bite me out of nowhere unprovoked or get angry about the most random things. Again, hoping he's just irritated from his molt and will soon get over this phase. I like to joke now that he wakes up every morning and chooses violence. Someone else here mentioned that gcc's are notorious for getting into things they shouldn't and should have constant supervision outside of their cage. That they're smart enough to be disobedient and I 100% agree with this! Lichi is very smart, and he picks up his training insanely quickly. But he also has, as mentioned in this video, "big bird personality". He will willfully ignore me or be disobedient like the sass master he is, and he 100% knows what he's doing. It's a roadblock I've run into in his training that I'm trying to overcome, because he will learn commands and tricks quickly, but will conveniently "forget" everything if he's not in the mood. This has made recall training difficult because he will only respond during training sessions but not outside of it unless he's in the mood. Definitely a huge personality in a small body. But overall, I adore him and I don't regret getting him. As in the video, he's very quiet! He mainly makes quiet murmuring/chirping noises around me, but not constantly. The only time he screeches is when he's surprised, there's loud noise (like loud arguing/shouting matches in a movie) or him screeching because I left the room without him (gcc's are drama queens). But it's not often and I'd vouch for gcc's being great apartment pets. Very cuddly, attached to your hip, won't let you out of their sight. They will want to follow you everywhere you go, even just to take a dump. He's overall a very sweet and affectionate bird (only to me). I'm his walking, breathing jungle gym as he just crawls all over my body, plays with my hands or hair, climbing over my face, etc. Even as I'm typing this he's weaving himself through my fingers and rolling around.🤣 I will say though, since this video was released, we're all aware that costs of parrots have drastically increased from recession and an overall shortage of parrots. Your video says an average of $300-$400, but when I was shopping around in January of 2022, the average cost for gcc's was $500-600 in the USA. Color mutations (turquoise, pineapples, yellow-sided, etc) were even higher, in the $600-900 range. Lichi is a pineapple gcc and I got him for $800 from my local bird store in NJ. I will say that Lichi was a bit on the higher end for pineapples since there were breeders down south selling their pineapple clutches for around $600, but the cost to ship them pretty much balanced out the cost of getting one locally (around $150-200 to ship). But I've seen $900 pineapples here too. I saw suncheek mutations going for $1000-1200.

haha "pocket snuggle puppy" ... that's adorable

Mine love veggies,fruits and pellets. Mine only sleep in their cage. THEY WILL STEAK YOUR HEART. THEY ARE MY FAVORITE BIRD AND I CANT GET ENOUGH OF THEY.

I love your way of presenting analysis of the breeds: handleability, quieteness..etc. And the honesty with which you talk about strengths and weaknesses, pro and cons, based on your personal experience. You make very clear videos and you are very funny nice!! I like your videos and hope to see other breed described. PS. the green cheek conure seems to me a parrot among the most interesting for me ...In theory I would like to find, if it existed, a parrot (but also a non-parrot bird) that was mainly: 1-calm and never screaming aloud 2. fond and loving. 3 who loves physical contact.

Ended up bonding with a GCC at my work place back in 2019. I brought her home after five months of working with her and she's been my best friend since. She spends most of her day with me, is generally quiet (she'll call for me when she wants out of her cage,) and loves to cuddle! She'll be five this upcoming March. I couldn't have asked for a better bird!

I love this channel. I don’t have a bird anymore since I’m in college so I love watching other people enjoying their birds until I have my own place and the ability to get one of my own again :)

My GCC us my absolute best friend! :D He's a yellowsided turquoise called Thanos; My father is fond of him as well as we consider him a member of our family. He says "Baby (boy)" when calling for me. It's not perfect, but he's awesome! he says other things, but as you said, they're not proficient, so whatever else he says/mimics is difficult to understand, lol! Sometimes during the hormonal season, he gets very nippy, but I learned to read his body language and left him alone if he had that "look" He LOVES spending the day with me; sometimes he prefers hanging out somewhere else and that's fine. Best bird ever!

My pineapple GCC is a female and has a vocabulary of around 40 words and repeats full sentences. My other girl talks but only says about 5 words. They are totally “pocket cuddle puppies” ❤

I saw a Conure at Petsmart… it wasn’t scared of people. It just goes up against the plastic screen and turns to the side expecting to be pet.

My 16 year old GCC does amazingly talk. Her name is Chica and she says her name with an attitude lol. She says good morning chicken, good girl, starting to work on i love you and makes a kissing sound. She's so much fun and sweet....great video

Nice vid, your conure is waay more friendlier than mine lol. One of them hates leaving the cage and doesn’t bother flying on anyone but is chill. The other one gets on everyone it sees but you can’t touch it or it’ll go crazy 😂 still love em

“If you have other birds GCC’s can be bullies” Hahahah. You have yet to see my lovebird, Nemo. He would bully him!

They did a survey back in 2018, and found that out of all the conures species, it was the FEMALE GCC, yes female, that spoke the most words, out of all the conure species. My GCC, she was generally quiet, but when she felt safe and relaxed, she talked up a storm. She would speak in phrases, then mix words together to make legible new phrases. She was extremely smart. It’s not just mimicking, but actual cognizant speech. She wasn’t super snuggly like other GCC, but very sweet. She wanted to be around me at all times. She learned the phrase “Are you okay?,” “Is she ok?,” and would ask this after something dramatic/bad/eventful would happen. She would then make a point to comfort me or the person/flock member that needed the reassurance. She unfortunately passed away recently. Me and my Sun are in the process of grieving. I know I will need to find my Sun Skittles, a new sister, but my Verde could never be replaced. There will never be another one like her.

Thanks to your informative video (This one and best beginner parrots) my friend got an almost 5 week old Green Cheek today!!! Your vids are concise & to the point and you don’t pull any punches! Great pros & cons of GC & other parrot species. Really helped her narrow it down to a GC! Really appreciate your vids! Anyway thanks again!!!

Unrelated comment: I dig that shirt!

My female gcc talks so much and can be incredibly loud when throwing tantrums She is amazing and extremely intelligent, she doesn’t like cuddles or head scratches however

Also I love the Clint's Reptiles style of videos. I always wanted a channel like this, but for birds.

My green cheek speaks clearly. It depends on the type of voice you are using. If you speak quietly to them, he/she will talk quietly. I used different tones in my voice and he speaks back in the same tone in their voice and is completely clear.

Great video! Thank you for making it and keep up the good work!

Thank you so much for these videos, super informative! I absolutely love birds & want to be sure I make the right decision before caring for one.

I have green cheek conure male and he is not very cuddly. Hes a calm percher and forager. Females are more cuddly than males. Buyers beware. Do I regret my bird? No because he talks and he is calmer but sassy. He was worth every penny that was spent... ❤

Thank you so much! Great and highly informative!

Love that, "What up Flockers". Also love your bird reviews.

Your videos are so informative, thank you!

Currently looking for a bird, and loving this series. I love the upfront description of the real cons, because birds are mostly advanced pets to own. I owned two cocktiels for about 15 years myself!

Thank you for another great video!!

My green cheek is legit one of my best friends. He’s super intelligent, talks in context & is very cuddly.

I have two of them, and they speak two languages. They do, boss me around. Super smart and sweet.

thanks, great video. They need plenty of greens ... fruits and veggies and birds are flock eaters so they always want your food... :)

Fantastic video Sir. Thank you and keep up the great work 😊

You haven't met my GC Link, lol. One of the reasons I got a green cheek was because the research I did led me to believe they're cuddlier birds. So naturally Link can't sit still for more than 30 seconds, let alone long enough to be cuddled, haha. He won't even let me help preen his face. Oh and he's a screamer too, every time something goes by the window or anyone goes up or down the stairs; and those screams are loud... He's also a chewer, on hands, my desk, my mousepad, cords, everything, so I've got to watch him like a hawk. But I love him anyhow. He is super trainable and food motivated, so that has been fun. Also, where does one get a GC sized flight cage for $60?!

Great video! This video made me choose my first bird. So thanks for that 🙂 keep up the good work!

GCC's being bullies is very true, as my cinnamon GCC bullies our German Shepard, who is 130 lbs

I like Clint's reptiles and birds so this is absolutely perfect 👌

I got the references... Clint Reptilessss!

Great channel so much well presented, well organized info.

Great GCC overview, your greenie is v pretty! I have had mine about 18 months now, a sweet bird overall but the only issue is the over clingy behaviour, if either of us leave the room she’ll follow otherwise she’ll call out which is pretty loud, luckily we don’t have close neighbours, she’ll often screech in the mornings too but not for long. I’d love to get her company like a budgie but for the reasons you mention we’ve been unsure, would hate to see her attack them or remove its toes!

Love my GCC Paul. He loves to chomp the heck out of my fingers and especially my toes if I let him run around on the floor of my room (which he loves to do). Regardless of that he is so precious and sweet, loves to "preen" the hairs on my face and rub his neck on my ear. Demands constant attention and is incredibly intelligent. Not only has figured out every conceivable way to break out of his cage, but he can tell if I'm upset and cuddles up under my chin to make me happy. He is so loving and caring and I'd never trade him for anything. Best decision ever to add him to my life, even if I do have to remind people that he's rambunctious with that beak of his!

Great video! I'm getting a Green cheek for my first bird

I think the price is out of date. Per stores are selling for 1100$ each lol

I'll give them a 7 out 5, because their personality out of the charts =D

Your shirt is legendary mannnnn!

my conure does not stop talking LOL he knows so much words and whenever he poops he says "make a poopie"

My green cheek is a Maroon Belly and is so amazing to live with. Im not gonna lie looking at videos of green cheeks and then looking at mine makes me feel like I am dreaming XD. To live with Savern is a honor and a blessing because she/he is a very social and talkative bird so, it makes it easy to just admire her/he up close and from afar.

I differ on your pellet diet. Full pellet diet isn't all that great for extending their lifespan. I would suggest fresh veggies and fruits included with the pellets to make their diet better

Awww Clint inspoooo. Good vid!! I have a sun conure!

Recently subscribed, love your videos!

I juat recently purchased or adopted a GCC instead of a Senegal. I never regretted buying him. ❤ He was neglected and possibly abused but very nippy. Not aure how to get him to stop biting. Please come back. I love your videos.

In my experience, a lot of the info doesn’t line up with how owning a GCC has been. My turquoise mutation green cheek was $800 and I spent another 200 on toys in addition to the many toys and perches I already had. A correctly sized flight cage is minimum $800. Your initial vet visit will be about $100. You’re looking at around $1,000 if you’re providing the correct care but that also depends on the mutation. I don’t believe any bird is low maintenance but GCCs definitely require more than one hour a day of attention to thrive. Mine is out of the cage any time that am near him. They may be easier to care for than larger birds, but birds are high maintenance pets. I’m just worried that people will get the idea that they are easy pets and take on more than they were expecting.

Plz do a AMAZON PARROT next

I have a green cheek and it's the best bird! This video is so accurate, I agree with everything.

my green cheek conure is like the most hardiest bird ever

My green cheeks talked alot when a juvenile. Much less so now. Mimicking speech?!?!?! If he liked his food he would say."That's very nice thank you" When he watched sports and a team scored, he would say, "Yessssss!" If he was awakened at night by a noise, he would say, "What's happening?!?!?!" Then he says, "I love you" when picked up and cuddled. I never said any of that. That's not mimicking!

Calvin's Parrots💀 good video btw

Everywhere I read or watch: GCC’s are really nice and sweet one of the most nicest birds Me: *bird tries to attack my toes for no reason* I’m not surprised that everyone is saying they can be aggressive with other pets because mine tried to bite my dog he also attacks my brother he’s mainly just mean to male humans

My conures they bark like my yorkie and they say what ha doing,kiwi good baby,peekaboo,etc

Had a Query but first, Really love your work. No one summarises and explains parrots as well as you. Thank you. My question was, there are so many mutations of the green cheek conures, would you say their personality is the same or close to the Green cheeks? Thanks again.

you could have 3 dogs in the same lifetime of a green check, think about that

I remember my Green Cheek Conure before he unfortunately passed away (he got killed by a dog owned by a guy my mom knows). He was so cute and sweet. I still kinda miss him.

When you got to the upfront cost Me:getting to green cheeks for 300 hundred dollars each

Mine bullies my 3 Amazon parrots, they’re all scared of her. But she’s the best with humans. Loves, loves, loves people and is crazy sweet with anything that isn’t another bird 😅

The conure I had made too much noice

My female green cheek is a little chatterbox. xD

You forgot to mention how much they poop! I was shocked to discover this after bringing my green cheek home. He is like a dog, marking his territory with little poops everywhere. When I first get him out of the cage, I bring him to the "poop station" where he does a very big, very watery poop. And yet, he still makes a trail of little poops everywhere. I am laughing because he doesn't like to poop in his cage. He saves it up for his out-of-cage adventures. My green cheek can out-poop any other bird in my flock.

My conure is super clingy. I have to spend at 4-5 hours with him per day, and my mom spends the rest of the day with him. He only goes back to his cage when he sleeps or when he wants to have alone time. I honestly don't think 1 hour is enough.

I am deciding on my first pet parrot.... GCC is a strong contender!!!

My inside green cheek doesn't shut up...talks alot..and I mean alot. He can talk so many words and knows the context. Everything you have said is the opposite. FYI, I have 5 gcc's and 4 princess parrots and the green cheeks are by far loud and love fruit, seed and anything new and exciting.

Nice video. I agree as a greencheek owner

Oh man, having a GCC is...an experience. They are smart enough to disobey. Fig is constantly doing things he knows he's not supposed to, like stealing food, flying over to places he shouldn't, jumping on keyboards and pooping exactly where it's most convenient. And I know he knows because he will look you dead in the eyes while he does it, and no amount of saying "no" will dissuade him. While he is usually quiet, he can vary from making cute croaky noises, to high pitched peeping, to outright screaming because he feels like it or like he's being left behind. The peeping is particularly annoying since he doesn't seem to do it for any reason besides wanting attention. And GCCs can be a little tough. My BF accidentally sat on him once because Fig was making a mad dash towards a sandwich in front of the couch, and he was hobbling around on his little broken leg trying his best to pretend that nothing was wrong. He kept trying to chew on his cast the entire time he had it. If you're thinking of getting a GCC, they're super cute, but super clingy. They will try to follow you everywhere and get upset if they can't.

The least expensive GCC I've seen is at Petco (discount price) for $899.99! I think the prices have gone up significantly. I see them for anywhere between 900-1200 dollars.

I have a green cheek conure named Charlie 🦜❤️💚, He's my best friend 🦜💚❤️ 3:03

Hey! Would love if you could do a review on a sun conure! I recently got a baby sun conure from Omar’s.

Ayeee! This channel is like a little brother to Clint’s Reptiles. 😊

The life span is one reason I'm drawn to birds now. I've had dogs and cats I loved who died of old age and it's been a lot. It would be nice to have a pet who can make it 20+ years

I had a GCC and when I bought it from the breeder, I noticed his feet were slightly splayed. The dealer got quite angry and defended himself. So not knowing much about them I took him home. Lovely bird but after a year he broke his wing in flight after hitting something in my apartment. When he was taken to the vet, they did an xray and biopsy. the vet said he had cancer all over his body and would not survive. My impression was that (like you said), GCC are not hardy birds. They are fragile and light. But also, I think the breeder may have interbred them which may have resulted in the bird having cancer, which seems unusual for a parrot. He was a great and lovely parrot. His name was Bobby.

Wow dude, 60 dollar cage? Can I buy one from you? I spent 400 on my green cheek and 300 on my cage. Plus my bird goes everywhere with me, I live in CA and he tolerates temps up to 95 and as low and 50 Fahrenheit

Thanks for the great videos - really love these! I'm pretty much sold on the GC Conures but I'm having some difficulty (in the UK) finding one that is clearly the green cheek variety. Do they actually come in different colour mutations and which other conures are similar in character the the GC? Thanks for the help.

Excellent, requesting to make a video on African Gray Parrots

A 2024 update on pricing, I just found some violet turquoise green cheeks for $2,500 USD.

Can you please please please do a similar rating video on sun conure? Talking, noise level, cuddle, taking care, personality, size, maintaining, . Will you please do a video on Sun Conures 😢

Amazing video Does your green cheek conures has his wings clipped ?

New subscriber, I want one but I’m nervous because I live in an apartment. I’m retired and always home BUT I’ve never even held a bird before yet I’m not scared of them. I’d spoil her rotten.

When you said GCCs are bully you weren't kidding. I just got a male GCC 4 days ago and got a female GCC yesterday. Both are 3 mo old. When the female GCC perched on my head, he literally flew out of his cage and attacked her. But after 3 hrs of supervised acclimation, they started preening each other. Now they eat together and sleep together. However, when i spend too much time on her, he would come up and chase her away 😆🤣. They are also bullying my two rosellas when they come closer to me.

Hi 👋, we took all this into consideration and bought a pineapple conure, ours is noisy, talks all day, but can scream when he wants attention, eats all day, but wouldn't be without him.

Awesome video Just wanna ask where did you get the wooden stand for conure? Thanks

Cool video, I was planning on getting a poicephalus. But I don't even know which poicephalus I should get, can you help me choose? If not that is perfectly fine. although I might reconsider and get a green cheek conure

My Yellow sided gcc able to bird talk whatcha doing and called his own name Nico. Fast learner on target training, fly to me recall. Free fly before couple of time. Now only let it fly around the house. Been with me for 1 year plus now. I love it so much like my own baby boy🥰

Thank you!

My GC. Conure says quite a few phrases and I think shes a girl. Its very clear too. Its taken a good year to get her not to bite,but shes so cuddly and knows everything thats going on.