To keep an Indian Myna bird as a pet in Queensland, I found a baby in the park on the ground, and I thought that rather than killin it, I'd keep it as a pet (it's still out of the gene pool and isn't being a pest) I was just wondering if I can be fined for keeping it as a pet

Look up state, county, and local laws in your area.

Just thought I could help, although I'm not from Queensland or Australia. :confused: It seems Australian people do talk on the net about keeping them as a pet without anyone mentioning it being illegal. I'm looking into it further.

By the way, where I live there's a list of animals you can and can't keep as pet animals. So I presume that exists in Australia also.

Edit: didn't find much on the legal part, but I've found out that if you find little mynahs you can't presume they're abandoned. A baby's parents may return it seems, even when it's sitting on the ground.

Here in New Zealand, you only need a permit to raise native birds. I presume that means non-native animals are fine. Just make sure that you know how to feed it- get the dietary requirements right, make sure it diesn't lunge at your feeding utensil too hard as this can damage the bird, make sure you don't overfeed it- baby birds will gob at you non stop sometimes and can eat themselves to death, and remember, it is a wild bird and as soon as it can fly, chances are it will be gone before you know it. We've hand raised a lot of birds over the years, in fact right now I've got three baby Tui that fell out of the nest and a cockatiel I'm having to teach life lessons, which is proving difficult O_o
As a wild bird, don't expect it to stick around. I think it's a good thing you picked it up though- even if mummy hasn't abandoned it, baby birds can't get back up into the nest and are vulnerable to everything.

Well I used to live in queensland but never kept myna birds
But what the authorities don't...

Keeping one as a pet? Never heard of that before.

The things are a menace. They attack native wildlife, many a time have I seen a Cockatoo being attacked by about 20 of the buggers. A couple of times I've even had to chase them away from my yard as they attack the budgies and such that hang around in our birdbath.

Be prepared for one bastard of a pet bird.

I've had him for about three months, he's not very aggresive, he's pretty much full grown and he lives in his cage with a few quails without any problems with aggression :shrug:

haha, you've had him for 3 months and NOW you want to know if it's legal? lol, a little late, don'tcha think?

This!

Who's going to know? LadyHawke?

Agreed. I've also seen them knock baby birds off nests numerous times around my area - I can't fathom why anyone would want to have one as a pet.

I don't know if it is legal there, but here in the States, it definitely wouldn't be. I always thought it'd be great to have a member of the Corvine family as a pet, but you can't keep any species of native bird captive here, unless you have you have serious Federal permits that are seemingly only granted to Universities, Zoos, etc. Sure, it's legal to go ahead and kill them if they are rauaging your crops, but don't dare pick up a stranded chick and raise it.

Birds in cages

Why would you want to kill it

They have a reputation for being real nasty buggers

@Mamagato, he only sleeps in his cage, otherwise he is free range inside the house, I haven't seen any aggressive behaviour exhibeted against the quails he stays with so mybe they only attack oter birds in groups :shrug: , in terms of legality I rang up the council and they said as long as he stays either inside or in a cage

what if the council said something along the lines of "yes, the bird you have is illegal to own as a pet. who are you, where are you, and how long has this been going on?" try and explain to them politely how it was a misunderstanding, or you got the wrong number? lol, I'll admit, it must've taken some courage to do that though.

at least you know now, though!!you won't have to run and hide him somewhere if the plumbers coming over, lol.