My 9 year old son and 7 year old daughter have doves. We worked hard to teach our children how to take care of and handle them. My husband and I still monitor the children and the birds. They are very sweet birds and even though they can be noisy they coo instead of screech like some birds which I find soothing. I also love parakeets they to can be very sweet and can learn all sorts of tricks. Where you already have other pets you know the kind of work that goes into taking care of an animal. Birds are not the kind of animal that can be put in a cage and ignored, even canaries and finches need you to do more than just clean cage, feed, and water, they like to be talked to and have music playing for them when you are not home. Of course all animals need interaction with people or another animal.

good luck
jodi