Jods - I don't plan on getting a bird any time soon (although I would love to!). For right now I'm at my limit. When I do get a bird though it will be at a point in my life when I have more then enough time to spend with it. That day may not be until I retire, but someday I do want a bird but will only get one when it is fair for the bird to live with me. With the Cockatoo I fell in love with - she would sit on my hand and I would hold her to my chest and she would put her head under my chin and I would hug her while she nibbled on the top of my shirt. That’s what I mean by cuddling. I have considered the you should get two because I was told that with most birds enjoy the company of another bird (weather they share a cage or not) I mean they are flock animals and should live near at least one other bird. However, I have a question. If I get two at the same time I've heard they don't bond as strongly to you. So I was told to get one, bond with it, get another, bond with it and then move them in together. But what if they don't get along? Now I have two separate birds who both need friends, lol. Okay and this may just be me because I have 3 rabbits who were all got as friends for each other who now live in separate cages, but I still wonder about it. My budgies AJ and JJ used to meow, make the telephone noise and many other things, they never picked up on words but loved to mimic. As I said in a previous post I lived with a Love bird for 3 weeks (it was a foster) so I certainly know how loud they can get! LOL. Ollie loved to "scream" when he heard dog's bark, I don't know if he thought it was fun or if he was scared, although he didn't act scared at all. Lots of noise doesn't bother me. I know with any kind of bird you can get a screamer but that some tend to be quieter then other.

Ashley