Help us get ready for our new pet. (parakeet)

My family is getting a new pet. The main owner will be my 5 year old son who has been longing for a pet for over a year. We finally decided on a parakeet. I had a parakeet when I was in highschool and I loved being a bird owner. This way i won't feel put-out when I have to do most of the care.
We found a person who breeds birds and she has some baby budgies that will be ready to come home in about 4-6 weeks. I took Marcus over a couple of nights ago so we could see them. We are both in love... marcus has drawn about a dozen pictures for his parakeet already and has named it Cracker.

We have 4 weeks to get ready, as in, we need to find a cage and learn all about the things we need to do. Would would love any advice you can give us.

 

Hi congratulations on deciding on a budgie they are sweet birds.

You can find all you need to know from what to feed upto the difference in cages at the following link.

It has lots of info and pictures of different birds and whats safe and not safe for birds.

www.birdshelpline.bravehost.com

Mike