Advice for adopting and integrating new little ones

[AmazonServant]

I've been thinking a lot lately about adopting another bird or a pair of them. I live alone with a yellow-nape Amazon. The three main reasons for this are 1) I'd love to give a home to an unwanted bird, 2) I'll be working outside the house soon and think it would be nice for my parrot to have some company, and 3) I like birds and wish I could have 100! I'm not planning on going through with this anytime soon, especially since I'll be moving soon and finding new work, so there will be enough adjustment to deal with. Just asking questions for future reference!

As I mentioned above, I love birds and would love to have a cockatoo, but I don't think it would be fair for my Amazon for me to adopt a bird as needy as a cockatoo, at least not while I'm single and living alone. I'm already spoken for! So I was thinking it would make sense for me to adopt a pair of birds. Small birds. Of course, there are lots of questions that come with that possibility. First off, is it ever a good idea to adopt a pair of birds if you don't want them to mate? What about getting two birds of the same gender? Are they less likely to get along, or is it common for people to have same-sex pairs? And what if I were to adopt two individual birds with the aim of eventually housing them together, any words of wisdom about that? I'm aware of the need to quarantine and everything, but I suppose I'm just wondering if anyone has any general advice on these topics.

My Amazon hasn't had much experience with other birds. When I lived with my parents, she spent time with my mom's Pionus, but the Pionus bullied her and they never really got along. She's fairly sociable with people, though, and was never the instigator of problems with my mom's bird. Are there any particular species of birds that seem more likely to get along with Amazons, and vice-versa? I think lovebirds are absolutely adorable, but admittedly I know very little about them.

Sorry for the long string of questions! I'm really just looking for any words of wisdom on this, and to hear from people who have multiple birds, as I don't know anyone with birds.
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[liz]

I did it. It is not easy. It could be the difference in age.

Rambo is a 20 year old DYH Amazon equivelant to a 6 year old boy. I a 1 year old BF Amazon equivalent to a 2 year old girl.

She loved him immediatly. He pretends he does not like her but calls her if they are not in the same room. It is basically like a big brother picking on his little sister.

Rambo was a rehome who needed a home fast. Myrtle was a rescue who desperatly needed a home. The skinny little dull feathered quiet girl is nothing like she was when I got her. She is a joy.

I still have to referee them like 2 little kids. They reaid each others cages and steal from each other. They are opposites in personality. He is a pedestrian who runs with the dogs and she is a flyer who has learned to buzz people.

[dohcsvt]

I got my second bird to be friend for the first. It took awhile to get them to live in the same cage but it finally worked out. Now 6 months later I am separating them into thier own cage permanently. I must say, if you give your bird enough attention he does not need a friend, he will be fine with just you. Also, if you do get another bird, do not house him with the first, atleast that is what my experience has shown.