Ravens

[CockerSpanielLover]

Does anyone know if ravens make good pets? I just love them and I wanted to know if I would be able to keep one as a pet. I like all kinds of birds, actually, but I especially like ravens. If anyone has any info. on ravens as pets please respond. Thankx!

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[RobynHood]

Usually it is not legal to have native wildlife in your possesion. What country do you live in?



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[stoney]

if you wish to know about keeping ravens
the office to contact in the UK is
department of the environment
birds registration section
room 822,
tollgate house
houlton street
bristol
bs2 9dj.
tel (0117)9876098
if you are not in the uk
they should be able to put you
in contact with the correct office
in your own country

[aoife_pook]

It's illegal in the US, too, unfortunately. I wanted one very badly when I was younger (and realized that I'm *really* not a bird person, beyond bird feeders outside.) But contact wildlife rehabbers- maybe you could do that, and help ravens in general? And it would be sort of like having them for a pet.

To find out the laws in your locality, if you're in the US, contact your state Parks and Wildlife or Fish and Game Commission.

Hope that helps!
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[Remy]

Yes, it is illegal to take a raven or crow for a pet in the U.S. without proper licensing. You MAY be able to get a fur farm permit (try your local DNR -- Department of Natural Resources for information) and keep one, I'm not really sure.

However, be aware that you can't really keep them indoors. We bought an old house where people had kept a crow decades earlier and there was petrified crow feces all over the place. They don't toilet train. It would be distressing to a bird that size to be kept in something like a parrot cage, you would need to supply them with a flight cage more like a quonset hut in size (semi-circular tunnel) -- like 10' high, by 10' wide and 20' long anyway.

I've seen them kept at the Tower of London with clipped wings, but that is an enclosed structure covering a few acres for them to move around in. Feeding can get quite expensive for fresh meat too, at least as much as supporting a good sized dog on the same, unless you want to cruise for fresh road kills for them.

[Nightmare]

To answer your original question, I have heard they make very good pets, but you'd have to start with a baby, maybe one that has lost it's mother. Again check with the officials where you are for licensing and permits, but if you want it bad enough nothing is impossible.

Again, they aren't an inside bird either. Any that I have seen in captivity either have their wings clipped and live on a perch, or have huge cages.

Good luck, hope you get what you want.

Nightmare

[angelfire1966]

My aunt has a raven, or I should say the raven has my aunt.He found her as a young bird having problems learning to fly. She does let him inside but he makes such a mess. They seem to be smart birds and he loves her so. He comes and goes as he wishes. But she is a bird lady for sure. She has tamed the wild birds out at their country home, on 8 acres. She has a bluejay that eats out of her hand, as well as a few hummingbirds also. She has so much patience. It is like taking a trip to paradise to go to her home. I love watching her interact with the birds.