Nestling of an owl (photo). How to feed a suven at home

Very often today, a domestic owl becomes a chicken. Although, making their choice, often the future owner does not even imagine how many difficulties await him.

And why all the same an owl?

How is it that it seems that an adequate person suddenly decides to keep a predatory bird in the house? Yes, just caught the eye of an article in someone's blog about what an intelligent and funny chick of an owl, a photo nearby touched.

But how else is it? He's so funny! He hatched his eyes, the fluff fluffed in all directions - laughter, and only! Knowingly with the aunt, waking up in the mornings after a good drinking, the owl chick is compared. The photo is clear proof.

And many believe in the myth of the outstanding mind of owls and eagles. In all the cartoons it is to these birds that all the characters follow with wise advice. And even in the intellectual battle "What? Where? When? "As a prize, the winners are handed a cup in the form of an owl. The symbol of wisdom is this amazing bird.

I would not like to deprive hope of growing an extra-intelligent being of someone who has already acquired a small suvenk. But it is necessary. In fact, the owl's intelligence is much lower than that of a crow, a crow, a falcon, a hawk. It's hard to believe, but even a heron - and that's smarter! And the nestlings of the polar owl are recognized as the most incapable of learning.

And yet the uniqueness of these birds distinguishes them among all birds. It:

• The ability to turn the head 270 degrees;
• Soundlessness of flight.

All these qualities help predators during night hunting. But the so-called ears do not even have a long-eared owl. Bunches of feathers protrude on the head of this charming bird, and not at all ears, as many believe.

A natural clock is a great power!

Acquiring such an exotic pet, the future owner does not always take into account the fact that in a habitual habitat this predator sleeps during the day, but at night hunts. Or, perhaps, a naive person hopes that a chick of an owl, hitting a family of people, will adapt to the new regime?

In fact, everything is absolutely wrong. After all, this charming bird has even eyes arranged in an unusual way. A special layer of cells in the pupil reduces its sensitivity to daylight. Therefore, both the owl chick and the adult prefer to sit still in a secluded place during the day. Making the night predator stay awake during the day is unlikely to succeed. And if you strongly bother owl, then a frightened bird can fly up and stumble upon a wall, door, furniture. And this is fraught with trauma.

But at night a chick of an owl will rustle, scream, try to fly and in a different way make itself felt. In nature, at this time, the predator goes hunting. Well, what can you do? Hunting instinct, and with it you can not argue.

Selection of a pet, taking into account its size

A bird of prey can not sit in a cage all the time. She just needs a little bit of flying around the room. Therefore, choosing a pet, the future owner must measure the size of his home, which he is going to share with the bird, and the size of the owl in adulthood.

It should be taken into account that the owls and owls grow large enough. Trying to make a flight through the city apartment, these birds will simply generalize about the walls and furniture feather.

Therefore, the best solution will be to get smaller representatives of this family - owl or sychiks. The chick of a long-eared owl also feels quite tolerable in a city apartment.

Organization of space in the room where the owl lives

It should be understood that it is almost impossible to accustom the bird to accuracy. Therefore, when planting an owl in the house, it is better to hide all the objects that the bird can puzzle, drag, tear, tilt, break. Especially seriously it is necessary to treat the location of documents - the sheep just adore them to be dragged into a secluded corner and there to enjoy, with rapture tearing a passport or marriage certificate into pieces.

Experts advise to remove from the windows of the tulle curtains. Owls easily get entangled in them, start to beat and break wings, paws. And when the bird just gets tired of fighting for its life, hanging for a few hours upside down, it will inevitably die.

Windows and mirrors must be veiled. The bird, despite all the stories about its outstanding intelligence, does not understand the difference between open space and glazed. Therefore, there is a possibility that the owl will fly on the mirror or window and begin to beat, getting injured.

On walls it is recommended to fill in special "dowds", which will imitate branches. These adaptations make the wood and tighten them either with artificial grass or carpet.

They love to take a bath. Therefore, you need to arrange for them baths - wide, but shallow reservoirs with water.

Ration of a suven in captivity

Well, if the future owner of an exotic pet in advance asked that prefers to lunch a small predator. Worse, when the owner finds out what to feed the suven, only after he brings it to his house. After all, the diet of these birds consists of mice and small birds. And the digestive system of these predators is arranged in an interesting way. The chick of a long-eared owl, for example, should eat a bird or mouse entirely, with bones, fur, feathers. Therefore, it will not be possible to feed it with chicken or minced meat, pork tenderloin or beef chops. And even about cereals and vegetables, both cooked and raw, it's better not to start a speech at all.

To solve the problem, than to feed the suvenka, the owner will urgently need to run to the pet store or to the bird market for mice, chickens or quail. Here it may be unpleasant to surprise the prices of these rodents. Yes, they are not even worth a penny.

How to feed a baby owl?

In the early days, until you have found a place where you can buy mice and chickens in the right amount, you can replace the live food with chicken hearts. Meat should be at room temperature, free from fat.

If sovjata are very small, food is ground with a knife. When the chicks open their beaks, demanding food, you need to put small pieces of them right into your mouth. From time to time a piece must be dropped at his feet. If the sovkhoz is able to pick up food from below, you can switch to such feeding. Slices of meat should be gradually made larger. Soviets should learn to tear carcasses of animals with claws and beak.

2-3 times a week you need to give the chicks a chicken liver. Predators reluctantly consume this type of food. Nevertheless, the liver is a storehouse of useful microelements useful to the body.

Features of digestion

To the chick of a long-eared owl grows healthy, he needs to consume a couple of mice per day or as many chicks, and freshly killed, and in no case frozen.

If in the predator's menu a crochet falls, then before "serving" on the table the carcass should be gutted. It is also advisable to cut off her paws and head. Do all these manipulations because quail is the carrier of many infections. If you allow the oat to eat them whole, it is quite possible that through food the disease will pass to it.

A healthy bird is good, with appetite eats. And after 10 hours, she must regurgitate the gadget. So called undigested bones, wool and feathers. If there is no repayment, this is cause for concern. You also need to worry if a bunch of bryed owls smell badly or blood is visible in it.

Salvation is a matter for their parents

People like to go out into the woods to nature. And there they sometimes find in the grass under the trees a small owl. Deciding that the chick just fell out of the nest, the well-wishers pierced the kid with pity and took him to their house.

In fact, they do not do the right thing, since raising a young owl at home is difficult. And the situation is different from what a person imagines.

Soviets do not fall out of the nests. They systematically fly to freedom. However, the wings of the chicks are still weak. Therefore, the kids dive to the nearest bush. Parents are ready for this turn of events, so they calmly watch the first swings of their children's wings. Nevertheless, despite the fact that the soviet flew out of the nest, Mom and Dad continue to take care of their child, feed him, guard him.