Is it possible to have a raven as a pet?

Answer 1

`Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked upstarting -
`Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!

Answer 2

Depending on where you are they are state and federally protected. Crows, Ravens, and Jay make awful pets. For one they are flock birds and when kept by them selves they do into a depression. They sit on the same perch and only leave to eat and drink, or they sit at the bottom of the cage and don't do anything. That is the case with an adult that has been taken from the wild.

If you raise a baby (never a good idea) you run into another set of problems. Ravens and Crows are extremely loud. If you have raised one you have become the only flock they know, They will scream and scrream for your attention if they hear another bird they will scream at them too. If you leave for work and you are gone all day they will scream until you get home. The are to smart for their own good, and get bored easily they are notorious for stashing and storing shiny objects, people with illegal Crows or Raven have had jewelry, change, flat ware, small cell phones (ravens are huge they can take a phone) etc. and hidden then some have found their stash some never do.

Usually our group gets called when these birds are doing any of these things (depression, screaming, stealing, biting, injury from being in a parrot cage, etc.) I have seen these birds after being illegally kept, their tails and flights are trashed from improper housing, they are suffering from malnutrition and calcium deficiency, e-coli and/or Salmonella from being fed raw meat and chicken, the list is endless.
If you like crows and ravens the best thing to do is volunteer at a Wildlife Rehab facility where you work hand on with them and you can have a chance to see what I see all to often.

Answer 3

Yes - as long as the raven wants it! The Native American legends of the Pacific northwest are full of legends of the raven. They're incredibly intelligent birds, and with a little patience, you should be able to coax one to hang around. The same goes for other members of the crow family such as jays, but the raven is definitely the smartest. Just do yourself a favor - don't try to keep it in a cage, but let it come and go as it wishes. By the way - they love unshelled unsalted peanuts :-)

Answer 4

They make quite good pets. They do not always have to be in a cage either. When young there were two of them that were very friewndly to children and often landed and walked among them. We would feed them and talk o them a lot. They seem to understand a lotr of things.

Also if you have patience they can be taught to talk and even do things for you.

My cousin on the far had one for a pet and it would ride on his shoulder while he was doing the chors. It followed him to the fields often and rode on the tractor as well.

Have fun you will like them. This was a very long time ago for me.

Answer 5

i had a raven...named 'Charley'..he was never in a cage..never tethered.. never restricted. He was barely fledged when i brought him home..he ate constantly in the beginning.. he lived for many years so far as i know..he didn't 'leave' when he could fly, but when he mated he took a different path. He eventually brought his 'family' to the yard, but none of them came to me as he always did.
He liked riding in my truck..and would often go explore some new place..but every night, he was in his 'roost'..he 'homed', like a pigeon,, and until he mated he lived in the trees around the place.
Ravens are symbolic to native Americans..ancestors 'travel' ... visit us,.. send message with ravens..
Strong medicine..the raven. good power animal with the spirit.

Answer 6

I once had a pet magpie. Just like a crow, the little devil was smart. He did not really like anyone but me, and would freak out if anyone came near him. (I say him but I have no idea if Raja was a he or a she) It was a bit of a bother as he was rather high maintanance. Also he crapped all over. I felt bad for Raja. he fell in motor oil which screwed his feathers up and he never learned to fly. It was pretty sad. I say let them alone. If you want a bird I suggest you get one that is already tame and smaller. Cleaning up after a bird like that is a nightmare, and a never ending job. It seems cool but the novelty wears of off and you are left with an animal that wakes you up in the morning by pecking at your head, tries to rip the pages out of books you happen to be reading, finds shiney things and shoves them in places they shoulden't be, destroys tapes and videos for the sheer pleasure of being a scamp, and makes a generall nuisance of him/herself.

Oh yeah, did I mention they crap every hour? thats alot of crap. Raja would finish off the food I gave him and thank me by jumping on my shoulder and crapping on my shirt. I had to keep him in a huge cage to keep the little devil from ruining my house.

Its definatly not as cool as it seems.

Answer 7

I’ve herd it’s possible, though I’ve never actually seen it done. I’ve heard ravens are incredibly intelligent and can be taught to do tricks, return on command, and even mimic human speech (like a parrot). I’ve herd you can, but never seen it done. That’d make a cool pet! I’d name it “Lenore”, “Poe”, or “Nevermore”. (Yeah, over stereotyped, but applicable none the less)

Answer 8

Ravens (and crows and other wild birds) are federally protected and illegal to keep as pets in the US unless you have a permit.

Answer 9

I don't think a raven would be a good pet becasue it's a wild animal.
It would rather be free than in a cage.

Answer 10

yes they make great pets I had a friend that found one while camping and it was just a baby he had it for a good 7to8 years and then one day it just few away and never came back the wings were never clipped and he took the bird every where and it all ways came back home good luck