Julie I agree that the information given to new owners is minimal and some guidelines need to be put in place,not only for parrots but for all exotic animals.A lot of vets are not conpetent in treating and giving care advise on exotics so what hope does a new owner have.Now we have access to the internet we can gather information but sometimes the information found is way off mark and it is down to a new owner to decide what is good and bad information,hard to do when you have little knowledge.Also the information is very conflicting.