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I need an owl.

123 replies

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/01/2023 21:37

Just a small, pint-sized owl.

It could perch on things, fly around the house, enjoy the garden on summer days.

I could stroke it when I’m stressed. And he could sleep on my headboard.

Is this unrealistic?

I don’t want a gigantic one with a massive wingspan. Just a small (smaller than a pigeon) sized owl.

Just wondering if my home and lifestyle are suitable for such a pet…

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dinosaurcookie · 09/01/2023 22:56

I've always fancied a blue footed booby myself.

I need an owl.
Luckingfovely · 09/01/2023 22:57

@bravelittletiger it is! They are quite something. Videos of the noise they make on YouTube will haunt you forever.

I need an owl.
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TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/01/2023 22:59

What about the potoo bird?

It looks like a muppet and sings as though it’s haunted.

I could use it to scare burglars.

I need an owl.
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dinosaurcookie · 09/01/2023 23:02

I always thought my avian knowledge was pretty good but I've not heard of the potoo bird. I'm off to read some more as that thing looks like a fantastic beast.

Vinotinto78 · 09/01/2023 23:04

@bravelittletiger You’re never fully dressed without an owl.

Minimalme · 09/01/2023 23:06

No you can't. If I can't have a baby panda then you can't have an owl.

Vinotinto78 · 09/01/2023 23:09

I do happen to know a bloke with an ‘arris ‘awk. But it’s just not the same 🙁

WarningToTheCurious · 09/01/2023 23:09

What happens when you’re stuck in a hole, in the fog, in the middle of the night … with an owl?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_a1wxqloEs

RomComPhooey · 09/01/2023 23:10

transformandriseup · 09/01/2023 21:53

Imagine it pooing on your bed though 😱

They poo pellets of all the indigestible bits of mice including the bones and hair.

Just typing that reminds me of that horrible (made up?) thing - the hair/grot balls from Medieval women’s knickers - that gets mentioned every now and then on MN. I’ve dredged up ‘sootikin’ but my menopausal brain is shot, so I’m not sure. And I just mentioned it, so I’m part of the problem. 🤦‍♀️

cleowasmycat · 09/01/2023 23:14

dinosaurcookie · 09/01/2023 22:56

I've always fancied a blue footed booby myself.

I love these!! I like how they show each other there feet when they choose a partner. 'Check out my blue feet!'

Minimalme · 09/01/2023 23:15

It's only twins!!

If you help me partake in the unethical trade in baby pandas op, you can have an owl.

I need an owl.
RafaistheKingofClay · 09/01/2023 23:16

I have an owl in my garden. He’s a noisy bugger. You may have him if I can have an otter.

RafaistheKingofClay · 09/01/2023 23:17

Also have plenty of rooms for anyone who wants one. I don’t know if they come in singles either. Or they certainly don’t at dusk.

Snowflake2 · 09/01/2023 23:18

enjoy the garden on summer days

he could sleep on my headboard

Is this unrealistic?

Just wondering if my home and lifestyle are suitable for such a pet

Your intelligence is unsuitable for such a pet 😂 how can you decide you want something that you don't know the first thing about? Like the fact they're nocturnal, for instance 🤦

DelurkingAJ · 09/01/2023 23:18

I explained carefully to DH that I needed a sea otter family and he very rudely laughed at me and asked me which part of the ocean I fancied owning. Deep sympathy OP! 🤣

SammyScrounge · 09/01/2023 23:21

ouch321 · 09/01/2023 21:50

I assume this is a joke thread but for those if you who like owls you might enjoy the YouTube channel Yoll the Eagle Owl.

She is a falconer who keeps lots of different owls in her large home and aviary.

Five Owl Farm,also on you tube, deals with the 5 types of owl on the farm. There is the most beautiful footage of owls silently hunting by moonlight and feeding their young .roosting in the barn...and so on.

Agapornis · 09/01/2023 23:21

Kiwi birds are fluffy, rotund, and smell of mushroomy forest. I sniffed a kiwi once, it was good.

You should subscribe to Rosemary Mosco's Flight Club newsletter, last month's Weird Bird of The Month was the horned screamer. It has a horn and screams.

Snowflake2 · 09/01/2023 23:22

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/01/2023 22:59

What about the potoo bird?

It looks like a muppet and sings as though it’s haunted.

I could use it to scare burglars.

It looks devestated at the thought of having been spotted by you

RafaistheKingofClay · 09/01/2023 23:24

DelurkingAJ · 09/01/2023 23:18

I explained carefully to DH that I needed a sea otter family and he very rudely laughed at me and asked me which part of the ocean I fancied owning. Deep sympathy OP! 🤣

Your DH is a fool. Everyone should have an otter family.

Yeahrightthen · 09/01/2023 23:26

I want this one. I can pop him in my front coat pocket and take him for a walk.
We went the the Lake District a few years back and there was an owl charity near the boats there with all different owls on perches. Dd and I are big owl fans and nearly had a fainting fit to step off the boat and be unexpectedly presented with about 10 different owls of all shapes and sizes - we were in owl heaven. Dd held one about as big as the one pictured - I think it was called a Pygmy owl 🥰

I need an owl.
boatyardblues · 09/01/2023 23:27

Minimalme · 09/01/2023 23:15

It's only twins!!

If you help me partake in the unethical trade in baby pandas op, you can have an owl.

Worse. Than. Toddlers. Fact. I read an article about pandas and how they reject something ridiculous like 40% of the bamboo presented to them. Twin pandas would be hell on Earth. All potential cuddle time would be wasted cutting bamboo for them to shun.

SammyScrounge · 09/01/2023 23:28

Yeahrightthen · 09/01/2023 23:26

I want this one. I can pop him in my front coat pocket and take him for a walk.
We went the the Lake District a few years back and there was an owl charity near the boats there with all different owls on perches. Dd and I are big owl fans and nearly had a fainting fit to step off the boat and be unexpectedly presented with about 10 different owls of all shapes and sizes - we were in owl heaven. Dd held one about as big as the one pictured - I think it was called a Pygmy owl 🥰

That's a very sweet faced owl!

Yeahrightthen · 09/01/2023 23:30

Oh, and we always love to go and see these guys on our annual trip to paradise park in Cornwall - the tawny frogmouths. They never fail to make me smile.

I need an owl.
amigababy · 09/01/2023 23:41

I've been associating with a green owl for nearly 1600 days, he teaches me languages and drives me batty sometimes.

I need an owl.
2bazookas · 09/01/2023 23:42

When I was a child, our next door neighbours had a (rescued) wild barn owl that lived freerange on top of the wardrobe in their bedroom. At night they opened the window and let it fly off to hunt; then at their bed-time they would call it back in by hooting to the owl which would hoot back. Sometimes there was a lot of hooting and some ruder shouting until the owl agreed to come home ; my bedroom window was close to theirs so the racket often woke me up. I loved listening to the hooting (my parents not so much).