Do you breed these guys? I love them!

I personally don't. My work get's them from a breeder down in Florida. We just hand raise and sell them ^^

At my job/petstore we get adults that were "hand fed" yet they are VERY nervous and sometimes terrified of people so I really wonder what they do to them. I may eventually own a green cheek since they are very sweet. They are becoming my favorite bird.

I own a green-cheek and in my opinion they are the best of the conure family. They are a tiny bird with HUGE personalities! If you look through my scraps, you can see some pictures of Tiki.

At home are they loud? When we have them at the store they are very quiet compared to the Sun Conures. We had one mimick our finches.

It varies I believe but green-cheeks are the quieter of the conures, not at all likes suns. Tiki get's about as loud as a cockatiel and only during certain times of the day (Sunrise and sunset) or when he's trying to get my attention. He's not loud so much as he's noisy if that makes sense.

Ok, just making sure they still kept the same temperment at home cause I know sometimes that can change. I fell in love with one of our greencheeks... but so did he... he tried to mate with me any time I tried to get him to step-up and sit on my hand.

They do have a tendency to be little a-holes when they mature though. A sweet GCC you know as a young baby might not grow up to be the same sweet bird. Tiki is the greatest animal I've ever had come into my life, but even he has his moments.

The ones we had were hitting puberty by the time they were purchased. Do you know how to avoid the mating behavior? He would puff up and rub his cloaca against my hand and I would have to put him back as soon as he started doing it because I didnt want to rehiterate the behavior. He started getting angry/frustrated because I wouldnt handle him as much.

lol Unfortunately there isn't much you can do to stop it, because birds consider the people they live their flock mates and will try and court you just as they would another bird. For starters, whatever you do, keep handling them and taking them out regularly. Birds are very sensitive and keeping them locked in a cage all the time will piss them off and that could cause trust issues. Normally the whole humping thing is just a phase they go through in the spring and they will ease up eventually. The best way to deal with this is everytime they start to mount your hand, quickly move your hand away and firmly tell them "NO". If they continue, put them back in the cage for a while, then take them out later. Avoid sending them mixed signals as well (touching their back, etc).

I know not to touch their lower backs. I still handled the bird and other people would handle the bird too. He became difficult to show customers because he would be protective of me and/or jealous and wouldnt want to see people when I would try to show him off. I had to have other associates show him after a while because he would freak out at other people when I tried to show him. I miss that bird.