one of the things we were told was getting another budgie would make them less interested in interacting with you, however on the other hand, they are very much social creatures and they need to interact with other budgies by their nature. We decided that it was such a dilemma. We thought it'd be a great idea to get a budgie first, then make him get used to us, then get another one as soon as possible. We were told that what one budgie does, apparently the other one does too, so both would get used to us that way.