i say go and look and see what there is ... if one doesnt "reach ourt and touch ya" then you know to wait ... when my boys were young the oldest wanted a parakeet ... we made 4 trips to pet stores before we found the one that he wanted ... as he said "the one that seemed to speak to him" he was 7 ... that bird was williams buddy ... would sit on his shoulder while he did everything ... the cutest memory i have is the fact that chatterbox would peck him when he was doing homework and the pencil was not writing ... he seemed to know when william was daydreaming ... lol