Family has been thinking about adopting an imprinted on, injured flightless crow. Corvus corone.
I know all about them, that they need toys, and how intelligent, etc.
and what to feed.



But is it really a good idea? wont specifically be my pet.

A flightless crow? Never heard of that as a pet before, better than a hamster i guess lol, go for it! Lemme know how it works out, i used to have a budgiee thats about as close as i can relate, but go for it!

I would adopt one in a heartbeat. While they can't talk, crows are EXTREMELY intellegent. I love them.

I have nursed a few carrion crows back to health I love the lil guys
but if you do adopt keep in mind they want attention allot, and can behave quite badly if they want to

Aye.
Lycanlord, do they sleep a lot? or are they awake a lot?



They need a lot of toys to keep em occupied dont they?

the ones I had around were awake most of the time, and when they do sleep they are still on high alert the slightest movement and there away and being noisy lol.
Because there intelligent they really like to be kept busy learning things or playing etc etc

Go for it if you can give it an outdoor aviary. Lots of room should make it feel less "caged in."

And crows can talk, though not as much as some birds.

Sounds like it could be very intresting, will it be expensive to keep and look after do you know?

I dont know thats nwhy i started a topic.


Well i can give it undivided attention from 9pm-5am, and im sure it could keep my mum or sister company during the day haha

With my budgiee i used to always let it out round my room, used to love sitting on my curtain rail, but i guess this crow wont be doing much flying if its flightless, but yeah should be intresting, im pretty sure they can move fast on foot cant they? Watch him/her, might be a sneaky one lol

Yes very fast on foot even when injured, i remember making the mistake of not properly shooting one and having to run over 3 miles to catch it.


Yeah they can mimic but not as well as parrots of indeed ravens. i doubt therell be a youtube vid. they can also work out complex puzzles, ive seen them putting stones into a narrow cup of water to raise the water level so they can freely drink, incredibly clever animals.
Some of the corvidae family are proported to fashion and use their own tools, which so far only humans and primates have been recorded as doing.

There's a few videos . . . but I've only seen one of a raven, and his name was Terry. He spoke with a British accent.

Not the best, but he says "hello" a few times:


"I wanna FLY!"


This one's pretty good:


Here's one of a raven (not Terry, found a new one) -- he has kind of a creepy voice:


(By the way, sorting through these videos REALLY confused my cats )

Thats kool lol