I don't really have anything to add really. Looks like you got alot of good advice.

One thing is my dogs don't interact much with my bird even when I had my tiel. Usually when the dogs are inside the birds are in the cage or in another room. Sometimes I have had the birds out when the dogs were in the same room. I just had to watch them closely. They didn't really seem to care for the birds.

I think $90 is a fairly good price. I guess it just depends were you live. I got my first tiel free from my mother in law. I think cockatiels around here are $68 for non hand fed babies and $80 for hand fed babies. I haven't been to the pet store in about 2 months so I'm not sure what they are priced for now.

Good luck with you new baby.