Just talked to mom about it. She said she really doesn't want any more pets (which doesn't make sense to me, because the only one she deals with is the dog. My dad does the fish by himself and I do the 3 reptiles by myself. But whatever), but she's willing to consider. She didn't seem to care about the noise/mess as much as I thought she would. The only point she has against me at the moment is that moving a bird across state boundaries will be hard. But we'll work it out.