Great Horned Owl for Display Available for Placement

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Country: United States

Species: Bubo virginianus

Is rehabilitation complete?: yes

This animal has potential as a : static display animal

This animal is: wild reared

Age: Adult

Reason for entering rehabilitation.:

He has been in our care since 2014 after being transferred from a rehab. He was an education ambassador for many years until retired from handling due to us wanting to change his training to positive reinforcement and giving him choice and control. He is fully flighted and has no injuries.

Days in care: 4561

Issues developed while undergoing rehabilitation.:

N/A

Body condition score (5 point scale as defined on https://nagonline.net/3877/body-condition-scoring/): 3

Can the animal express species-typical behaviors (e.g. eat appropriate whole foods, climb, perch, groom, dig, fly, swim, ambulate normally for species)?:

Yes. He is fully flighted with no injuries.

Can the animal be handled without negative welfare affects?: yes

This is how the animal currently reacts when a frequent caregiver nears it (e.g. does it modify behavior, show signs of fear, agonism, habituation):

Has a history of traditional, forced compliance methods of handling from prior caregivers. We believe he had reached a state of learned helplessness and was giving up while being taken to program. He started getting the option to say no when going on these and has not gone on one since 2024. We moved to no equipment and positive reinforcement for training with him. He will voluntarily scale when in his working weight range and will take food from a bare hand once relationship is built up. However, he is still fearful of the glove and will typically fly away when the glove is put near him.

This is how the animal currently reacts when a stranger nears it (e.g. does it modify behavior, show signs of fear, agonism, habituation):

Typical great horned owl reaction. Will clack when first approached but typically settles down when he realizes that he is not getting caught up. If someone walks up to him in his enclosure he will typically fly away to a new perch unless it is during feeding.

This animal is currently house : alone

Will the animal need continuous medical care (e.g. medication)?: no

Physical health welfare assessment: good life

Mental/emotional health welfare assessment: life worth living

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Great horned owl available for Static display-please contact if you would like more information or are interested.

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