Yes, I know it is illegal to keep native wildlife as pets, I am only asking because I recently obtained a fledgling who has a wing problem and I am temporarily taking care of him. I have spent most of my life working with hard bills like parrots and cockatoos, but I have never worked with a corvid. Right now I have him set up in a 3′ high x 3′ deep x 4′ long cage with proper perches etc. and he is quite happy, I have cleared him of external parasites and I am now administering de-wormer, I leave the cage open and he comes into my room and sits on his perch that I constructed for him, he steps up to me and enjoys attention as any macaw or cockatoo would. I’ve been feeding him thawed out mice here and there along with a diet of fruit and dog food (wet and not too rich), I have also prepared for him a few meals I read up on for ravens, I was just wondering if anyone could direct me to a caresheet for corvids, I haven’t really been able to find any solid leads and any help would be great.
Okay here we go, I re-did this because I accidentally deleted the other one. Let me explain a little bit more, I don’t keep other birds, I work with them at a seperate facility as I do care taking and training of hard bills. I have the raven in quarantine and do not intend to KEEP IT as a pet, I am temporarily taking care of it with intent to re-release in the mountains where it was found by someone who knows me and took it because it wasn’t moving from under a tree and didn’t move when he approached, from what he could see it had a problem with its wing. I told him it would have been better to leave it and let nature take its course but he didn’t then had no where to put it, and since I didn’t want to let it die on the street I took it as he could not contact fish and wildlife rehabilitators. I know how to take care of birds, I simply wanted to know if anyone could direct me to a useful corvid care sheet more so about food recipes and wild re-release.
If you want to question me further about the situation etc. please feel free to message me.
Again I don’t want to keep it as a pet, I’m still waiting to hear back from the rehabilitators at CA fish and wildlife.

iN MY EXPERIENCE IF I GIVE OUT ANY ADVICE, A PERSON WILL NEVER GIVE THE BIRD TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AND I LOOK AT IT AS AIDING AND ABBEDDING. PLUS ALL THOSE VIRUSES I MENTIONED LAST TIME, YOU CAN STILL CARRY TO THE BIRDS YOU WORK WITH. PLUS EXOTIC NEW CASTLE AND SALMONELLA CAN MAKE A HUMAN VERY VERY SICK.

- A DVM

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