How to Keep an Owl of Prey Alive

Brothers, how do i explain to him how important it is for me to have an animal round the house that i'll look after? Justo be like, ah, a familiar would really help me in my research. You know, just keep dropping those atleas amiliar before you learn any wizarding. Yes, think about harry potter's life when he knew no magic, but owned an owly. That was by ok, he was just a kid that owned an owl. And here's a bird of prey. Here's a big, fat bird you have to feed mice to. Fairly difficult to keep alive. Like, we're not talking like goldfish