As long as you still make sure to spend as much time with her even when she doesn't want scritches adding another bird will mainly mean dividing your time wisely It can be hard to remember to spend time with one bird who can be nippy or else more independent when you have another begging for cuddles and scritches but if you keep attention for both then it shouldn't be a problem. If you are worried about not having enough time (are you away from home a lot etc) then I would definitely wait a while longer to make sure. It is still very possible she will come along with more time and patience I just didn't want to get your hopes up since some just don't want cuddles.

Personally in my home I have two african greys, two blue and golds, a nanday conure, two quakers, a cockatiel, a goffins too, two amazons, an eclectus and a U2 (two of the birds are my husbands and three belong to my teenagers, out of the rest some are bonded to me and some enjoy the whole family). (The dusty birds are on separate floors from the b&gs in case of allergies) But besides them I also work with the rescue birds (I also have volunteers and family that help with them) and there we have a larger assortment including finches, budgies, lovebirds, cockatiels, conures, amazons, more african greys, quakers, macaws and cockatoos at the moment.

My day starts at around 6:00 in the morning preparing meals (they enjoy their birdie muffins and birdie salads so I prepare them early, but usually I only have to about once a week) then cleaning cages in my home after uncovering cages at 7:30 (the volunteers help cleaning cages daily at the rescue). Then the birds have playtime out of their cages . Some prefer no cuddles others get their own special individual cuddle time and we have training time (at least an hour each during the day for cuddles and/or individual training LOL!) again the volunteers help out with cuddles and playtime at the rescue and my husbands and kids help out at home (always with their birds and sometimes with the "family" birds) so no bird gets left out. Then after lunch I spend 3-4 hours working with rescue birds and hubby leaves for work. Then back home with my birds for the late afternoon early evening. Then back to the rescue at around 6:30 for more play, evening meal, cage check, and finally lights out. Then back home around 8:30 for evening cuddles and more play for my birds, they are covered up and quiet by between 9:30-10:00 for their 10 hours of sleep so no grumpy birds. Then I clean house go over the next days lessons with my kids (they are homeschooled)check over homework and they are in bed by 10:30. Then I get to make sure the house is clean, check messages etc. Hubby gets home around midnight and then I go to sleep only to start over the next day So I keep pretty busy with them all LOL!!

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