Green cheek conure or a cockatiel(a pair?), /an/? I had a cockatiel

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>>2185994
Conurs are loud, cockatiels are perfection in bird form

>>2185994

Conures are massively fucking expensive. Around 500$ to a thousand dollars.

Get a Cockatiel, they're only 100$-150$.

>>2186023
>>2186032
I know sun conures are loud(my cousins is oddly not but I assume he is just a minority). Ive known a lot of green cheeks and they don't seem too loud. They were little darlings. Maybe I should specifiy that I don't mind noise. I've been around a lot of birds. Noise is fine but what you would get from a cockatoo, large macaw, etc all the time is not. My own cockatiel was very noisy since she picked up the neighbors dog barking, but it wasn't 'neighbors down the street complaining loud'.

I don't mean to be difficult but I really do have to commit to what I get since I plan to have it for their life expectancy. Price is also not an issue to me at all, be it the bird or accessories. Both are cheap to me if not just for their lifespans alone.
I only owned the one cockatiel and haven't known many, as opposed to conures but are they just as silly and playful as conures?

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i'm not a fan of cockatiels, but my green cheek is great... she's not really loud, she can be, but my uncle has a cockatiel and had another, and they were both way louder more frequently than she is... my 2 male budgies are noisier than her too, most of the sounds she makes are clicks, clucks, and purrs

she's playful, and affectionate too... her biggest issue is that she can be stubborn and her nippy phase as a baby sucked but didn't last long...

my uncle's cockatiels were both one person birds too, whereas gypsy will sit with and preen people the second she meets them... she's extremely friendly, but she's also really bonded to my s/o and i...

she does need more interaction than a cockatiel seems to though, so if that's an issue for you a cockatiel would be better (i'd just get budgies in that case though honestly... they can be playful, and they're more entertaining)

i have a lot more free time than most people so my situation is kinda perfect for a bird... chronic health issues so i'm home a lot and well she goes out too...

>>2185994

Don't limit yourself, there are so many types of small parrots out there. Why does /an/ always stop at the same few breeds?

>>2186032
>Conures cost 500$
>cockatiels 100-150$

Wow what the fuck are they so expensive in america?

Here in greece conures cost 150 euros and cockatiels cost 30 to 50 euros.

>>2188038
Depends where you get them, my petco has them for about $60, but the LPS has them for over $100, but they are hand tamed.

Conures are fucking dickheads. My sis has a conure and its an aggressive POS. It literally doesn't care about anyone other than my sis.

>>2188055

my conure will go right up to new people preen their hair, sit on their shoulders, and kiss them (she also likes to sit on/lay on people's heads if they get pass out drunk or something)... she loves my s/o and i more than other people, but she's friendly to everyone... it really depends on how you socialize them... she's been around a lot of people since she was a baby and has been taken outside and shit so she likes anyone who pays attention to her...

also if you don't discourage mate shit then they can be assholes too...

i'd probably maul a small child for my green cheek conure. cutest son of a bitch there is and he loves cuddles/rubbies/wrestling. I just leave him out of his cage and he flies to me whenever he feels like it. he also poots when i poke his bird fillets