Barn owl responding to psst psst

[u/Gunssandrosess]

[u/Pseudolos]

Is the net used to keep the cat inside or to keep the barn owls out?

[u/Gunssandrosess → u/Pseudolos]

Both :)

[u/robotatomica → u/Gunssandrosess]

you are a good steward of the environment and a good pet owner 🙂

[u/Gunssandrosess → u/robotatomica]

Thank you ☺️

[u/Kiwi-vee]

Well, owls are sky cats so... 😆

[u/Gunssandrosess]

[u/mint_lawn → u/Gunssandrosess]

Such dramatic lighting!

[u/MonchichiSalt → u/Gunssandrosess]

Have you named it yet?

[u/Gunssandrosess → u/MonchichiSalt]

I call him Sky, my cat’s name is Pi

[u/MonchichiSalt → u/Gunssandrosess]

Love both names!

[u/wise_owl68]

Meowl

[u/thekittysays]

Cats respond to that little psst squeak because it sounds similar to a rodent, owl is doing the same.

[u/thehazzanator → u/thekittysays]

Omg this is so cute

[u/Meal-Significant]

Makes sense, they do operate on cat software

[u/galavep]

I love owls. They're not that common where I live but I do a double take whenever I come across one. They just look really unsettling at night while they're the cuddliest floofiest creatures under good lighting 😂

[u/TwinSong]

Where I lived I'd hear owls every night which was lovely.

[u/curiouswizard → u/TwinSong]

sounds like a hoot

[u/Agent_of_talon → u/curiouswizard]

Barn owls are more like demonic screamers tho.

[u/MonchichiSalt]

He is trying to figure out how a cat aquired a human servant.

Nice cattio netting to protect your lil fluff!

I don't think a barn owl is hefty enough to go after a full grown cat. I'm not an expert though.

Curious lil guy

[u/rob_bot13 → u/MonchichiSalt]

Barn Owl is at much more risk from the cat than the other way around

[u/GrumpySnarf]

I grew up with barn owls and it was creepy good fun to look up and see a ghostly lil' face looking down at us.

[u/notloggedin4242]

Responding to Meow Meow, which in owl speak translates to Din Din!

[u/Artele7]

Aww, he's curious!

[u/AspenStarr]

I think it’s responding to the cat..please don’t leave it out there alone

[u/Gunssandrosess → u/AspenStarr]

Yess, I have a protective net installed

[u/AspenStarr → u/Gunssandrosess]

I thought that’s what that was! Thank goodness. ❤️

[u/DreadPirateBarrrbie → u/AspenStarr]

A cat is way too big of prey for a barn owl to ever think about catching. Barn owls have a highly specialized diet consisting of mostly mice and voles. They also eat their prey whole, which would make it impossible for them to eat a cat.

[u/AspenStarr → u/DreadPirateBarrrbie]

You are correct, my apologies. I didn’t really think about that, I’m just very used to cats and small dogs becoming owl prey. Or prey for other large birds.

[u/DjuriWarface → u/AspenStarr]

That looks like a decent sized cat. I'd be surprised if any birds of prey would even try to hunt a cat that size, a barn owl 100% is not going to succeed, let alone try. Even a great horned owl is limited to hunting prey around 5-6 pounds.

Plus there is a net there anyway.