IndySE
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I would consider a budgie as well. That's what I had at your age.
They're super sweet, though can be sensitive if you mishandle them. If you want more of the outgoing 'big bird' personality that responds well to training, get a hand-fed one Most of my budgies came from the 'budgie bins' and did not like me whatsoever; it took months of patience to tame them, and even so they never took to me the same way that the ones I raised did. I met a few hand-fed babies, even, and those guys actively sought out my attention (RAN to me like puppies). I've even had friends that taught theirs tricks like recall training.
Budgies fostered in me a lot of passion and love for birds. Don't discount them. In fact I nearly got another budgie instead of the cute GCC I'd been researching.
They're super sweet, though can be sensitive if you mishandle them. If you want more of the outgoing 'big bird' personality that responds well to training, get a hand-fed one Most of my budgies came from the 'budgie bins' and did not like me whatsoever; it took months of patience to tame them, and even so they never took to me the same way that the ones I raised did. I met a few hand-fed babies, even, and those guys actively sought out my attention (RAN to me like puppies). I've even had friends that taught theirs tricks like recall training.
Budgies fostered in me a lot of passion and love for birds. Don't discount them. In fact I nearly got another budgie instead of the cute GCC I'd been researching.