[Monica]

Nandays are one of the quieter conures, though still are quite loud and will scream if their needs are not met.

As far as rainbow lories, they are extremely hyper birds and need a very specialized diet that includes nectar and lots of fresh fruits (not very much of anything else). Because of this diet, they always have the runs (watery poops) that need to be cleaned frequently or else it will stink within days. I don't really suggest for a teen or child to care for one of these birds since they are hyper and harder to care for than some of the other parrots.

If you are interested in getting a conure sized bird, please talk to your family first and let them know your ideas. If you are looking to adopt a bird then it will be your parents who will actually be adopting the bird and should help you in the care of the new family member. I realise that you are atleast 13, and caring for a bird is really a LOT like caring for a toddler who eats just about everything that you eat! Just to let you know however, I've been into parrots since I was 12 and had budgies for over a year before getting bourkes, a turquoisine, a lovebird, then a couple months later a cockaitel, and later on a cherry headed conure (in 2001, when I was 13). The two oldest bourkes and the turq were quite old and have already passed on (one due to a fatal injury). The lovebird is gone, though I still have the birds in my signature (all accept for Clyde which I rehomed which was for the best of him).

Now, I really want you to think about actually adopting a conure. A bird that is up for adoption usually comes with a LOT of baggage and the foster family doesn't always get these problems solved before the bird is adopted out. When I was 13 and I had received Noel, she was biting, screaming, and mutilating herself. This IS NOT what a 13 year old child should have as a child, since I'm speaking from experience. Noel has come a far way, no longer mutilating herself, rarely biting, and only screams in the morning for her food! This took a bit over two years to accomplish though because she had come with so much baggage and I had no previous medium sized bird experience, let alone a bird that was screaming, biting, and mutilating itself! I'm only 17 now....

If you are thinking about adopting the nanday conure, please do so with your family and let them know completely about this bird and what it needs and possible problems if they are to arise.

If you are thinking about the rainbow lory instead, please know that a bird for so cheap could come with a lot of problems as well and there is probably some reason that this person is giving away a bird for so cheap with such a large cage!

Either way, you would need to get the bird a complete bird check-up full with blood panel, etc if you are able to do this to ensure that the bird is healthy when you got him.