What are the best guides for raising pet owls?

There aren't any, because owls make rotten pets. Even if you get one before its eyes have changed color (so it imprints on you), it will be difficult and unpredictable, and a danger to anyone other than you, as it will see other people as rival owls, even your best friends. read more

An owl is not a pet, and will never be. It is a wild predator, a raptor, and is both dangerous (even the little ones) and difficult to care for. People who are prepared to keep an owl don't need to ask on the internet, they've studied raptors for years already. read more

Deal with people who sell healthy, well-socialized birds and you can count on the best start to your relationship with your new pet. Different things make a bird good for the first-time owner. For example, some are good because they don’t need — or want — to be handled, and some for the opposite reason, because they are feathered love sponges. read more

OWLS can be wild pets who will gradually fly to you at twilight, if you have a live mouse for them. You need a garden with large older trees. OWLS may sit on your arm to eat the mouse then fly off. read more