Begging contest!!!

[cindy]

I think hands down baby owls win the longest to wean and stop begging award...though cute when begging, that little wing in the air, the begging to be fed seems to last longer than zebras and shafties!!! And it is very loud!!!!

[MLaRue]

I don't know... Gouldians can be real babies!

[JohnBoy]

For me Zebras are the loudest and take the longest to ween

[MLaRue]

For me Zebras are the loudest and take the longest to ween

I was going to say that but then I picked the Gouldians even though when leaving the bird house this morning I heard Zeebs screaming to be fed! Poor parents!

[annague]

My owls hardly make a sound at all?!! (I have 5 fledgling babies) What's up with that? The parents just casually stroll over and the babies open up but with just a small amount of noise?! In fact, I wasn't sure I had any until they were about to fledge and I detected them in the nest... I have weird owls.

My zebras definitely take the cake on loud AND long begging.

[lovemyfinch]

I am going to have to go with zebbies, sometimes I wondered if they would ever wean

[tobyneilson]

I will go with silverbills,I have 3 that are ready to fledge and keep looking out of nest,but refuse to move out

[cindy]

Hmmmm...then I must have one "very attached to momma" owl baby, that kid has some lungs on him!!!!

[annague]

Cindy... I was hoping mine were loud because they were my first and I wanted to hear that sound (you know, the sound of a successful and exciting first clutch of some valued species?)

I watched them again today and Mom and Dad hop around this very large aviary cage methodically AND quietly feeding all 5. You can't hear the babies at all --

Will you attach a clip of your baby begging? I'd LOVE to hear it.

[cindy]

I will try to tomorrow...might take some doing but see what I can come up with! The sound is higher pitched than a zebra...if that is possible!