congrats! birds are fun. i've owned parakeets and tiels. i personally liked the tiels better.

when looking for a healthy bird of any kind always make sure they have all their feathers. a lot of ill tiels go missing the feathers on the back of their heads. make sure the bird doesn't have droopy wings. also make sure they aren't all bunched up under a heat sorce. that's a sign that they aren't feeling too good. if yu want a tame bird make sure they are tame when you buy them. it's a lot of hard work to tame a bird. although taming parakeets is pretty simple. i had my parakeets tame in 5mins.