Yep, a cute factor of 10, no doubt about it! But you shouldn't feel that way about people telling you that you need experience. I am one of those that says that and there is a very good reason for it. The truth is that, although ALL parrots are extremely hard to keep healthy and happy for people with normal lifestyles, there are some that are more difficult than others - and that is an incontrovertible fact! Large parrots that can bite a lip off your face, parrots that require a super-duper specialized diet that needs fresh preparing every single day of their life, parrots that are naturally 'hormonal' so you have no leeway whatsoever in their light schedule, etc are much, much harder to care for than other species. For example, although cockatiels, budgies and lovies are highly opportunistic breeders, a person with a normal lifestyle (full time work outside the house, family, etc) can keep them very well if they keep them free-flighted and in a small flock BUT, on the other hand, a cockatoo which requires strict solar schedule (they have two breeding seasons a year) and constant company is not. Same as an ekkie, which not only requires a very specialized diet but also an EXTREMELY strict solar schedule so as not to become hormonal (they have the longest breeding seasons of all parrots: up to nine months out of the year!) and which is not easy to pair up (because of the very unusual 'arrangement' they have in the wild), it's impossible to keep from getting hormonal if you work full time, for example. African grays which are naturally high-strung need a quiet household (so no children!) and because they hardly ever bond to another bird, they require their chosen human company all the time, same as a cockatoo so, unless you can be there for them all the time, they get VERY anxious which makes them pluck and even self-mutilate. See what I mean? There are degrees of 'difficulty' in keeping parrots as pets and that's why one needs not only experience but also the right infrastructure, the right job, the right everything for the 'harder' ones