If you wanted to know anything about Owls...I dont think you can find a more detailed and most informative Any where else.

Hey, don't blame yourself. You couldn't possibly know all of this stuff and it's not like you bought an owl without having the knowledge and then it died. You were in this situation because you're a good person and wanted to help the animals. If this were to happen ever again, you would succeed. Please don't blame yourself. I understand that you were sad ofcourse. Much love from Belgium!

Vegan Hippie I'm literally in her exact situation right now I'm 15 yrs old

Except it's just one 3-5 week barn owl

have you figured out what to feed it?

Grecia Jimena Ramírez Michel :(

Thank you for explaining! I found out about the "perch" word when another subbie commented and used the word in his comment hehe. But now I'm sure ;-) KZfaq is teaching me so much hehe!

I'm happy to help! English can be weird and a lot of people have trouble with it. even people who spend their whole lives in America speaking only English can't get it right.

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omg same at least i use to have 4 cats but now its just 3

Vegan Hippie I have a pet barn owl 2

My name is Poon the Cat same i want a pet owl

My name is Poon the Cat I also have cats and want a an owl, I love cats and owls!

I'm glad you realize it's not as easy as it seems. If having an owl is really your dream and having owls is legal in your country, then I'm sure there are also falconers in your region and I would suggest you save your money for the education and then you can have your dream. :-) Nothing is impossible. I'll definately keep making more videos as well informative as 'artsy' (aka emotional) ones. Have a super nice day and talk to ya soon ;-)

Hehe, thank you! I got lucky, you never know in advance how they're gonna turn out :-D

Barn owls are the easiest to keep and to handle so if you want a bird of prey, these are the smartest choice for your first owl. The little owl is also not difficult to keep but has a very stubborn character and stays rather shy. So I wouldn't recommend that. Eagle-owls are also not for beginners as they are really big and dangerous. They become as tame as Lookie BUT the difference is: if I make a mistake with Lookie, it's not deadly for me, if you make a mistake in raising an eagle-owl or a mistake as you're flying your eagle-owl, you can get seriously hurt. Hope this helps?

It does. thank you very much!

No it's needed even if it did imprint on you. Lookie imprinted on me and still needed it. A plush owl is great!

It doesn't pull the bow over because it's heavy enough :-). The larger the bird, the larger your bow is gonna be :-)

If it's a barn owl, don't give it normal meat. Give it one day old chicks or mice and baby mice and baby rats. Don't give the hair and bones but only the flesh and organs because the 21st days of their lives, they can't make pellets yet.

I'm not a professional but if you can't give your bid the amount of attention they need if recommend getting a pair of possible so they can entertain each other but with two it will be harder to bond and train them than if you had one is still possible though this is for parrots not sure about owls

+ Jacob Sid She has a separate video on that.

Online bij Real Falcon (Nederland)

It's not necessarily that she didn't like it but more that she was very active when I was making the video and she didn't wanna stay on the glove, she wanted to fly around but I cut that out ofcours :-). That's why she was moving so much. You little owl will totally allow you to feel her belly :-)

Ah, okay. Thanks. I've just always been in love with owls my entire life and felt a bit of a connection, especially with Barn Owls. I want to know as much as I can before I even consider scrounging up enough money to visit a falconer (owler?) to learn more and attempt to befriend one though, so this is really helpful. ^-^ Such beautiful beings, though. 😍

*and make sure I'm mentally prepared to take care of an owl

Courtney Harrington I feel the exact same way about barn owls. 😍😍😘😘😙😙😚😚

I also used to have a Little Owl but it passed away. I'm from Belgium. :-)

Vegan Hippie Cool my father is from Eten Leur noord Brabant Netherlands.

Yes you can, there's a medicin for it but I didn't have it around the house. I guess a parakeet would also be for beginners? Or do you only mean birds of prey? Owls aren't REALLY birds of prey because they don't have crops. But I call them birds of prey to point out that they can still be dangerous and need a lot of care. If you want a bird of prey, owls are the easiest. Especially barn owls, little owls and rufous-legged owls.

Vegan Hippie birds of prey, thanks for the reply.

If you haven’t got hemistop (blood stopping powder) in your home, regular wheat flour will do in a pinch! It will make the blood stop at the wound so that more blood will not spurt out. Birds have a very small blood volume to begin with, so it’s really important to do this as fast as possible if there’s an actively bleeding wound. Sprinkle the wheat flour onto the wound so it makes the blood clump up and stop new blood from leaking out.

Pet stores have frozen rat and mice babies. Also you can order frozen baby day old chicks for delivery.

Λογοπαίγνια ΑΕ what happened? Next time you find a wild animal. Find a wildlife rehabilitation center.

It's ok to keep it in a box. The only "harsh" part at a certain moment is when they start to jump: you have to put a lid on the box (the box shouldn't be completely covered with the lid but you put a book or something on the lid so that your owl can't jump the lid off) and they jump with their head against the lid so many times! That was hard for me but apparently, this is how every falconer does it in Belgium. I guess you could keep them in a room but the whole room will be covered in owl shit.

thanks for the fast response. Yes, i did that do my javan scops owl. He is a bit older than my barn owl. It's a pity that i missed the information about having a teddy bear or blanket on the box with them. I wish i got that info sooner. He tried jumping off the box, as if he is trying to fly away. I just got a barn owl a couple weeks back. May i know until what age they are allowed to live outside the house (considering the weather). I lived in Indonesia, which is a very tropical country, so maybe the things that i need to look out is heat stroke, rain and wind, but yea, what is the appropriate age for them to be able to live on a pole outside the house ? thanks before :)

oh and is it okay for these young owls to live inside my room (with ac in it). around 20degree celcius temperature set.

The environment is ok temperature wise

They need to stay inside the first 3 months even if you live in a warm climate. This is because the first three months, they can become sick very easily and die. After three months (when they have all of their feathers) you can start taking them outisde to socialize them with traffic, dogs, horses etc. Take it for walks, A LOT. This is what I did with Lookie. Don't only go in nature but also into the city. That way they get used to everything.

If she's three months, then I'm surprised she's cold. What the room temperature you put her in?

Vegan Hippie Hi,thank you for shortly reply.It would be very helpful for me.The room temperate is 25-27°C,is that too cold for her?

No that's completely fine. She's probably not cold then but if she's shivering after meals, that's normal...

It's possible but I wouldn't recommend it if it's your first bird of prey.

Vegan Hippie okay thanks for letting me know

Shiny Moon YW :-)

Vegan Hippie oh and one more thing what is a good owl for beginners?

Shiny Moon A barn owl would be perfect. Next to the barn owl I would recommend the Rufous-legged owl and maybe The Little Owl but those are way more shy so you really need to imprint them very well.

For 4 and a half years now. I got her when she was 3 days old.

Hello there :-) 1) in the first few weeks: mice and baby chicks BUT I only gave the flesh and no bones because a baby owl can't produce pellets yet. So this means I picked the flesh from the bones. 2) After about three months (when the owl has ALL of its feathers) you can take it outside for the first time. If you have a yard, you COULD take it outside a little bit earlier but only for a few minutes to play in the grass and only when it's not too windy or cold. So only in summer and stuff... But I'm a safety first person so I waited until she had all of her feathers because I would have DIED if she would have gotten sick and died. I hope this answers your questions? Don't hesitate to ask more. ;-) Xoxo

Thank you so much for responding quickly! I have another question. How often do you feed your owl? Once a day, twice a day, or just when it's hungry? How do you know if your owl is hungry?

I feed it once a day and I give it two chicks a day. If I'm flying her every day then she's on a feeding schedule: 5 days a week she gets two chicks, one day a week one chick and one day a week she doesn't get anything. You should feed your owl when you want to feed it, not when it's hungry because it's hungry when it screeches and if you only feed it when it screeches, you'll reward the screeching and it will screech your ears off in the future every time it thinks of food which is... always. :-) There are two different seasons in which you don't feed your owl the same amount. This is to determine her flying weight. I'll make a video on that soon because I notice it comes up more often when people ask me questions. Stay tuned, I'll make the video in a few days okay? Much love from Belgium :-)

Thank you so much! it's very informative!

Nooo! They will die if you give them that! Only raw pieces of mice and one day old chicks!

Vegan Hippie please help me! In my contry it s the middle of the night and i just found a baby owl on the street, in a City. I don t have Any mice. What can i Feed it? What should i do?

If its a wild owl I doubt you will form a bond with it sorry. I’m glad you are trying to look after it