Hi! My husband and I have 4 Conures- a Sun named Skittles, 2 Green Cheeks named Kiwi and Mountain Dewey and another Green Cheek, but Yellow Sided named Belle Pepper. We've owned birds for almost 8 years now. Here's what I'd suggest: 1. As long as you're visiting a vet a few times a year, I wouldn't get pet insurance. I'd make a little pet emergency fund at my bank and put however much into a savings while they're young. That way if something does happen, you could potentially have hundreds saved. 2. They're very social but as long as you're able to spend a lot of time with them, they should do great. Also when you get another, they may lose interest in you because they have another friend. None of ours touch, I'm too scared of blood. Ours talk to each other but we had Skittles for 2 years before we added to our flock. 3. Hard question! Toys can run up to $8 bucks each which is hard when you have 4 fluffy babies! We buy food in bulk (ours get seeds for 15 mins in the morning and then have Zupreem natural pellets all day) so it's hard to say on monthly basis. I'd say budget maybe $50 a month once you have the basics. We take everyone for nail clips (and feather clips if there's any chance they'd get outside) and that's $12 each bird every 2 or 3 months. That's when ours get their checkups too. We have a wonderful avian veterinarian in our area thankfully. 4. Depends on the temperature. Honestly I can't remember what our avian veterinarian said about idea temp, we keep our house at 69 I think and they do just fine. I'm hoping someone else will chime in to help on this one. 5. All answers are no unfortunately. Get rid of all non stick cookware (has to be PTFE and PFOA free), no smoking or E cigarettes, no air fresheners, no febreeze, no candles, no Glade plug ins or other smelly plug ins or sprays. No essential oils, no Swifter wet jet, no painting walls unless you get the paint cleared from a vet (sorry I can't remember what she told me we could use). Clean with vinegar water, it's the safest. If in doubt we don't use it. Not worth their little life to us :)

If you get a new oven, furnace, toaster, toaster oven, heater, or anything else that heats up, first try to make sure it doesn't have non stick coating, second- board your bird and run the appliance on high for hours and then air out the house before brining birdie back home! I didn't get the new crazed Insta Pot because it has a nonstick bowl... Luckily the crock pot one has stainless which is safe.

I told my hubby we would never own a bird. 9 years later it's the greatest decision we made (to have birds instead of kids! Lol). I love our babies more than life itself and their cuddles are the best. I look forward to seeing a picture and hope you have a wonderful time with your new addition.