I've wanted one for years now and have recently come across the opportunity to get one for free. Still gotta get the okay from mom, but I've always had luck with that.

So, any tips on a) convincing mom (she's worried about the noise and mess, but I've heard conures are good for that, as far as parrots go) and b) caring for them? I mean I've done research, but some things can only be learned from experience.