Congratulations on your new bird. I hope I can help you find info and I'm sure some other bird people here will be able to help too. We got our parakeet last summer after we did research online and got a couple of books. You could also go to www.petsmart.com that is where we got our bird, they have info and supplies if you need them too. Our bird did play statue the first couple of days till he got used to it here. Is the bird young? Has it been finger trained? One thing it will love is spray millet get it some if you don't already have it! Good luck!