thanks everyone!

we wont be going a parrot for our first bird, need a bit of bird keeping experience/confidence before we get that excited!

Astrolady- we have found a cokatiel we are going to look at, hes 7 months old but not hand reared, the owners had bought him with the intention of it but got ill and cant keep him, he is apparently fine when you walk up to the cage but definitely not handle worth yet, have you had to train one before? is it a long process?

we are more than happy to put the effort into training him so thats not an issue, just curious....

we are going to see him tonight and then make a decision. he comes with his cage and accessories so hopefully it wont be to traumatising for him if we end up welcoming him into our family

oh and dogs will definitely be out when he is out of his cage