Crows as Pets? Don't Even Think About It!

In Van Gogh's "Wheatfield Under Threatening Skiestake him to a vet or someone licensed in bird care.
with Crows," crows are shown in the middle plane ofAround where you live, if you don't know anyone
the painting, like an ill-fated force, between thequalified for the job, call your state's wildlife authority or
menacing skies and the grain. True, the crows have anfind an Audubon center close to you. You can do so
eye on the grain, but they are also unpredictable andon the website by entering your zip code.Helping out
playful. Although they act as if they do not evenan orphan crow is easy because crows will eat
recognize the existence of a human nearby, thesepractically anything. A good basic diet for such a bird
birds are always well aware of their surroundings.I hadshould contain bird vitamins and calcium, oatmeal,
never thought of crows as pets until I entered thehardboiled egg-yolk and some ground beef to make
office of someone my husband knew and found a bigup for the insects most birds are so fond of eating.If
black crow sitting on her head. This lady was an animalthe bird is very young, he'll need to be handfed. Don't
lover and a licensed pet care-giver; she had found thisbe afraid to put your finger gently inside its beak, since
crow hurt and had healed him back to health.She toldbaby crows eat from their mothers' beaks. By the
me, even though she let him free in her backyard, thetime the crow is six weeks old, he'll feed himself. Give
crow came back to her. She never kept the crowthe bird enough space to fly, like a room. When he is
locked in a cage; although there was a cage with thestrong enough, leave the window open, so he can fly
door removed in her house. She always left a windowaway and live his life as nature intended it to.Crows
open and the crow was free to come and go as hebelong to the family of corvids and they fly in large
pleased. This lasted through the summer.At the end offlocks around the cities, suburbs, and the countryside.
the summer, the crow disappeared and probablyMagpies, jays, cloughs, nutcrackers and a few other
became a member of a flock, then migrated, becausebirds are related to crows. Most of the crows are
that's what crows do and keeping them locked up isblack but there are blue, purple, brown, gray, and albino
against the laws of nature. It might have been sad forcrows in existence.Crows, as very intelligent animals,
that lady to see her pet leave, since that crow was soare known to mimic human talk and engage in games
bright and loving, but because the lady was soamong themselves. Better yet, they have proven
knowledgeable on the subject, she understood.Neverthemselves to be too smart to be afraid of
think of a crow as a pet; you should not even attemptscarecrows.With their unpredictability, crows have
to get, catch, or buy one. To start with, under theencouraged human imagination and have placed
Migratory Bird Act, it is illegal to hold a crow and athemselves inside many myths. Yet, like humans, they
permit is very difficult or impossible to obtain. Shouldpossess their own kind of culture or life-style that
you, however, find a young nestling crow thrown outdeserves to be respected.This article has been
of its nest and if you live in the middle of a wilderness,submitted by Joy Cagil in affiliation with which is a site
you might try to nurse the bird to adulthood, with thefor Pet Forums. Joy Cagil's education is in linguistics
understanding that he will one day leave you.If you findand foreign languages. She is an animal lover.
a hurt wild bird and don't know how to attend to it,