Thinking of getting a 2nd bird

[Silky1991]

I am in the process of adding a second bird to our family. I would like to rehome an older bird. I have been reading and looking for a couple of weeks now, trying to figure out which bird would be the right bird for us. I really like the Toos and the Greys but because of dust issue and my husband has asthma, those two are out. So I guess what I am looking for is someone to campare the macaws to my zon, and tell me what to expect with a macaw. And then someone who has two zons to tell me of their experience. I have read that if you have a male zon and get another they might fight, you need to get a bird that doesn't look like your bird. One other question about breeding. I do not want to breed birds. But if I were to get another zon and it was a female (I have a Male), how do you stop them? I would of course have seprate cages for them, but they would most likely be out most of the day with me. Would a male zon be ok with a female macaw?
Please help me with these questions
Thanks

[sweetpeaches]

don't know the answers to your questions, but think it's great that you're doing some research instead of just going out and getting another bird. amazon's are awesome birds.
a macaw sounds like a good companion? a friend of mine has a b/g macaw and an amazon. she's had them for over 20 years and they get along fine. the macaw is a female the zon a male.