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01-27-2010, 01:02 AM | #1 |
Having Owls as Pets.
I've put this in the leisure section and having Owls is my new hobby.
Most of you know we bought 2 at the market in Bangkok. Porno and myself love them to bits and just in case any of you are considering doing the same and owning one I'd like to share some of the lessons we've learnt in the last 2 weeks. Firstly, if you are in any way normal do not attempt to have an owl as a pet. Read no further. However, if you have a TG and are a bit mental yourself read on. Owls are hard work. Mega. They look the absolute business in your home. They sit on top of the curtain pole motionless all day. They are majestic, funny (head spins round), and everyone who see's them will be amazed you can keep them at home. That's the good part over with. The downsides and there are many. Food. Owls eat live things. Our apartment is like a maggot farm. We have baby maggot things breeding in pots, adult ones and are always not only cleaning up after the owls but cleaning out maggot pots and giving them food. I'm woken up every morning around 5am to clicking noises which means Ollie and Barney are hungry. The feeding ritual. Now Barney is lovely. You just hold out your hand (with towel over it) and he'll sit with you while you feed him maggots (with tweezers). Not really a problem. However, Ollie the Scops owl is a nasty piece of work. You have to catch him. If you go to pick him up he hisses at you and goes on the attack. Once you've grabbed him you have to trap him so he can't fly off. He won't fucking just eat nicely. You have to get his food and tap him on the beak a few times. Once he's fired up he'll start scoffing but it's got to be like a fight and Porno has tug of wars with maggots etc. Nicely he won't eat. Fight him for them and he scoffs big time. He will not eat out of a pot. Must be hand fed even though he doesn't like the the feeding ritual. I asked Porno if she'd rather have got a nice bird that sits on your shoulder and says' Pretty Polly?' Answer. ' No, I like owls they are fighting and crazy. Make me laugh'. That sums it up really. Only somebody with that attitude should consider owning one. More downsides for normal people. This is funny. If I wake up in the night and need a slash, I get up and walk in the front room. 9 times out of ten I'll have this whoosh of air near my face and a bloody owl swooping down on me. You can't hear the buggers and it really shits you up. They don't attack you or anything you're just in their flight path and nighttimes is when they wake up. They are possessive. They really take to you. If you leave them alone too long they let you know about it by squawking when you come home. Only when you sit down and they can see you do they chill out. I read this on the net and didn't believe it. They are so like TG's. Do you head in, aggressive,mental but like you round them. Lastly, the only reason we are able to deal with these owls is their size. If they were big forget it. Wouldn't be possible. I'd be very very scared of an owl any bigger than ours. No fkn way would I be touching one. Forget Harry Potter. That Scops owl of ours is one vicious mother. He's lovely and we wouldn't be without him but if he was bigger. Even with all the grief we both love them to bits and would never be without them. Bangkok3_360x480.jpg Last edited by Mirkwood : 01-27-2010 at 02:52 AM. |
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01-27-2010, 02:06 AM | #2 |
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[quote=Mirkwood;172883]I've put this in the leisure section and having Owls is my new hobby.
Most of you know we bought 2 at the market in Bangkok. Porno and myself love them to bits and just in case any of you are considering doing the same and owning one I'd like to share some of the lessons we've learnt in the last 2 weeks. DAVE.............only read as far as this. Please sit back and think,no one else on here is going to be that stupied to think about wanting to buy a owl.
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You lot have TG's round you. That's even worse than an owl. Can the mods open a pet section please? |
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Sorry Dave, these are nocturnal birds of prey that belong in the wild not an apartment.
If you really love the owls consider donating them to a sanctuary where they can live in nature. You can always go and see them on weekends, unless they end up in the zookeeper's pot. |
01-27-2010, 07:59 AM | #5 |
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well said dungie,MODS should ban him from board on cruelty grounds.
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01-27-2010, 08:12 AM | #6 |
I was thinking more on the grounds of being a fecking idiot.
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He should be in a fucking cage with the fucking owls
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01-27-2010, 09:33 AM | #8 |
Why not give them to Adam.
He's fucking nocturnal anall. If Tommie was here he'd post a pic of that pirate cunt and photoshop an owl on his shoulder.
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Don't you have a problem with them shiting everywhere? or do they only shite in the cage? |
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