Degus take a long time to breed and to get to a decent size as well... same with Guinea Pigs. Rabbits, I have heard of though.
Barn Owl Care
- Thread starter Jessica Dring
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Just chop them in pieces. My ferets get chickens en guinea pigs. If they are to big, i just chop them. And degu's breed like heel put eight degu's in an aviary and after a while you have eighty. You can buy most rodents frozen in shops down here.
i was reading from the first post and it seemed like people were a little too quick to presume that the OP didn't know what they were getting into. only then was i observant enough to realize that the OP was a woman.
now i don't mean to stir up anything unpleasant, but it's just easier for me to understand what happened if i see it as a quick assumption by others as if being a woman had something to do with it.
now i don't mean to stir up anything unpleasant, but it's just easier for me to understand what happened if i see it as a quick assumption by others as if being a woman had something to do with it.
It got nothing to do with her being a woman or being inexperienced, it had to do with legality of obtaining one. In many countries, raptors are restricted from being kept in private ownership at all, even if it is captive-bred. Even in countries where it is legal, a lot of cities and counties also ban them from being held in captivity without a zoo or research permit. There are very few countries where it is legal to keep a bird of prey, and the UK is one of them -- and we didn't know that, and I doubt a lot of UKers would know as well that without reading up on the laws. Obviously, Jessica read up on the laws and got the proper papers.
Either way, that mess is cleared up. Apperently in the UK, it is legal to have one in captivity so that hassle is already dealt with and over with. All she want now is to find information about keeping them in captivity, which is hard to obtain since there are not a lot of people who do keep raptors legally.
Anyway, I would rather replicate their natural diet of rats and mice if I have a barn owl. Nice, cheap, easy breeders and doesn't require much out of a person.
Either way, that mess is cleared up. Apperently in the UK, it is legal to have one in captivity so that hassle is already dealt with and over with. All she want now is to find information about keeping them in captivity, which is hard to obtain since there are not a lot of people who do keep raptors legally.
Anyway, I would rather replicate their natural diet of rats and mice if I have a barn owl. Nice, cheap, easy breeders and doesn't require much out of a person.
Like i said... I'd just breed some mice... You could even breed harvest mice if you wanted, there are a lot of different directions you could go with in rodents. Be cheaper than buying frozen anyway the amount you'd get through, and I know you keep snakes. TheBPM... not sure what you are getting at but...
Yeah they are legal to keep over here, don't think you even need a permit or anything.
Yeah they are legal to keep over here, don't think you even need a permit or anything.
well then nevermind what i said earlier, and the whole thing with implying that, when you hear someone saying "oooh i want one of those! it's so kyoote!" you associate that kind of potentially-getting-in-over-their-head behavior to women. carry on.
The PBM - Thanks for your imput. I think it's only natural on this forum for everybody to kinda wonder whether its an impulse thought/buy or not, which TBH I was a little offended too, but I try not to be, because I know they only have the best interests at heart. I think it probably would be best to breed your own if you keep an owl or any bird of prey tbh, but I don't know if I could go about killing them. Just for those who are interested I had a good think about it and have decided not to take it any further at the moment. I am getting increasingly interested in snakes and want to start building up my collection, and I don't think I would have the time (and without sounding bad) would want to give up that amount of time to an owl, I'd rather give it up to my snakes. A big thanks to all those that gave the advice though, as it will definately help in the future, and I know I have learnt something, as have many (legal issues on different areas etc) So a big huge ta
