if you could e-mail me I can explain everything. I have only owned the Cherryhead a few months and the Blue Crown a fews weeks. The Blue Crown is incredibly loveable and friendly. the Cherryhead I am ridding of if we buy the Macaw. The Cherryhead is friendly(4 mos old) but since I got the Blue she is turned opposite her attitude. The people that have the Macaw are good freinds and BIG breeders here. The Macaw is outside in a cage with a BUNCH of other birds..Cackatoos (4 of them) are beside this Macaw. Yes, the macaw is freindly enough to pet but as they told us she just needs attention and she would be a perfect pet for us. they did say she is a "mans" bird and that is really all that scares me (besides her hurting the kitten or the Blue) because I am here all the time and I would be the one giving most of the attention to her.