I love my Avian Vet!!! Dr. Stephen Fronefield in Sugar Land TX (just outside of Houston). My oldest bird, a quaker, has been seeing him for 17 years. I have 5 other birds as well and all have received very good care from Dr. Fronefield and the staff at his office.
@Tiél MK They are allowing one owner in the room with their pet. Face masks still required. When doing the exam they will take the bird to the back, perform the exam and bring the bird back. Once bloodwork is ready the vet will come back into the room and you will be able to ask questions and he will go over any findings in the bloodwork or gram stain.
Last year when Squirt had her physical, she told Dr.Burke, "bye bye", And this year she was excited to see her and never told her to leave. I love my avian vet Dr. Burke she's awesome and she makes house calls. Which is amazing because Squirt bird does not do well in the car.
As someone who is seriously considering getting a bird, this information is invaluable. Thank you for breaking it down and letting us know what to expect. Love your channel!
Yesterday I went to my local parrot shop. There was a 10 year old Red-Fronted Macaw for adoption $1,000 with a big cage. As we were asking about him the owner of the shop called and said they were going to do something with him and he was no longer available. He was fully flighted until he was five, and then they started clipping his wings. Not being able to fly stressed him out so much that he started plucking his feathers. His owners moved to Alaska and couldn't take him. If he was still available you would have another free-flight student.
I'm in Champaign/Urbana, and UIUC's vet med has an outstanding small animal clinic that works really well with birds! Dr. Spencer Kehoe has done an outstanding job working with me with my BCC. 10/10 would recommend
couldn't have came in a better time ( planning on finding a place to take my budgie, sadly cant find any avian vets that arent 4 hours away ): but luckily have found an exotic vets that work with loads of animals including parrots and even birds of prey! Hoping they are worth it!)
Thank you for all your help! You’ve improved my bird care 100% and given me a lot of knowledge on training and diet and veterinary advice! We just took our little green cheek to an avian vet and all his blood work was perfect! Next is our Amazon parrot I’m a little nervous because he barely eats veggies.
Thanks for the helpful information and advice! I plan to take our budgies for a checkup sometime this spring... but I'm really hoping they will have eased up on covid rules, because most vet clinics were asking you to drop off your pet at the door, and not allowing you inside with them!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of birds and what a good veterinary should be doing during an annual examination. We have a great avian veterinarian and she’s wonderful with our Lovebird, Kiwi. We just got a Fancy Conure, Mikko, and it will go for its first examination in a couple weeks.
Love these videos, they are SO VERY helpful. Here is a question, do you find the more you are learning, the harder it is to trust or accept a vet? I had the privilege of seeing your 5 part vet series on your Patreon channel. It was and still is the best bird information videos I have ever seen. Wish you could put them on DVD or download and market them. That was right around the time of the fires in Australia, the vet is incredible! If your a fan of birds, see those videos. Finally love all your birds but Tusa is my favorite.
Hi Maren, I am a veterinarian myself who works in avian and small animal practice. Could you please elaborate on why you mentioned it is hard to trust and accepts vets with the more information you learn? Building rapport and trust with clients is extremely important and would love to here more of your thoughts. I am also currently working on creating avian veterinary content for UA-cam - stay tuned! - Dr. Brock.
My avian vet is really well known and her office is 3 miles from my house! They really take an interest in my parrots well being and are non-judgmental. Plus they sell Harrisons pellets at a really reasonable price.
So wish I knew this prior to a vet visit. I had said whatever she needs because I had no clue and from what I can see they just did wellness check. Which consisted of body and eye check, listened to breathing and felt over her body. Nothing was mentioned about any of test that should have been done especially considering I found her on an outside bird feeder on day. And yes, I told avian this. Unfortunately this is only avain near me. Thank you for all that you do ❤️
Great info. But during COVID, I cannot go in, just hand the birds over to my avian vet. I always ask questions, which is why I justify paying the huge fee ($125 per Conure, $175 for medium size birds). They look down the throat, spread the wings, trim the nails and beak. Bloodwork is extra. To get the tests my rescue wants fecal tests and blood work that would cost me $3,000, which means I cannot adopt. I look at my birds every day. I have had them for 6 years and have never had a sick bird. My avian vet is almost two hours away. Closer is an exotic vet that other people I have talked to with birds but again no access due to covid.
I got my cockatiel at straight 3 month’s old and today is his 9 month old birthday I haven’t seen anything weird in him He’s always playful Eating seed’s (mostly vegetables) he also drink’s water perfectly I Keep toxic food’s and smell’s away from him I don’t think he need’s a vet visit anytime soon.
Northern Virginia go to Stahls Exotics! They only see exotics, my favorite avian vet moved on but they have other great ones and my favorite bird vet tech who has conures, her name is Nadja :)
My Parents did a magic act for years here in Florida and up and down the east . They used Doves and Fantail Pigeons. They never had to have there birds inspected?? They always took great care of them!!!
I got the feeling she was referring to when they travel internationally, but depending on what they're doing next as to what state they will be re-entering the country into & therefore what vet will be involved (not to mention main international arrival locations are going to have way more than 1 vet doing health checks on entering animals). Even something like a cruise (which they have worked on), if they leave from Florida, return to Florida, but the ship has docked in other countries along the way, presumably a full quarantine health check would be needed on arrival, arriving into LAX or JFK would be different teams involved, plus at the other end there would be health checks to enter the other countries too. The care taken of the birds is 100% irrelevant to quarantine requirements. You wouldn't need cites for your birds either, but that's not cause they look at your parents & think they're caring for their birds well
My daughter got a baby parakeet For her birthday two weeks ago. She’s watching your videos and has been trying to get the bird used to her but it is very skittish and does not wanna come out of his cage. WeAre trying to use millet but it’s never taken even one bite! It is not motivating for the bird at all. This is our first family pet so we hope it will be fun and interactive pet but so far it is not interested in us or the bird treat. Please help us! Love your channel❤️
I have been so stuck for an avian vet! We brought our scarlet macaw to a vet that can highly recommended to us by our trainer. They handled her so roughly that she was vomiting all the way home from stress (she does not get car sick) and she was so traumatized I haven’t been able to get her near a vet’s office without her screaming. Now with covid restrictions, I can’t go in with her so I don’t know what to do 😢
yeh, it's so easy to say to take them in for annual checks etc isn't it, but not always so simple in the real world. I've got 2 adopted abused ones & trying to figure out when to take them to the vet, cause I know how much stress it's going to be for them right now & the covid thing was a big thing putting me off too. Your experience sounds absolutely horrible for your bird (and you) I hope you manage to find a kind & competent bird vet for her :( poor thing!
@@mehere8038 me too! And I hope the same for your birds! I never heard her scream as loud as she did when they were attempting to handle her, and she’s a pretty darn agreeable macaw.
Doesn’t matter how “normal” bird people try to act and look. They ALL have that slightly insane look in their eyes that they couldn’t hide no matter how hard they tried
I go to a holistic vet for my dogs... issues with dogs is normal vets over vaccinate them. For that reason I go to a holistic vet who believes in raw feeding and titer testing. Since changing and going raw my dogs have got so much healthier!
I took my rabbit to a holistic vet once, they were absolutely useless! I ended up getting homeopathics unofficially from my human doctor & then the rest of the treatment from a proper rabbit vet. Rabbit had an abscess & the holistic vet knew NOTHING about abscesses in rabbits & tried to treat it like a dog or cat, that would have cilled him had I not seen a proper rabbit vet in time! So please be really careful with this & exotics like birds!
@@mehere8038 my holistic vet is awesome! I think it helps that she use to own a regular vet office as well so she does a mix of holistic and normal vet practices. I have 2 dogs and she spends 30 mins examining both dogs then spends 30 mins talking to myself and my husband. She cares about my dogs and she's really passionate about dogs and cats. I hope she never retires or moves because if she moves out of my city I will be following her lol. So sorry you had a bad experience. Here is a holistic vet finder for Canada or the US. www.ahvma.org/find-a-holistic-veterinarian/?fbclid=IwAR3BLUyatvJNnZfYyCv7t3DRMzLK6LCqajeEw3hJatZZ0RBOn4FJyNgpYgY
@@scottishgirl1100 It wasn't the holistic vet part that was the problem, I'm sure she would have been great with a dog or a cat, BUT dog & cat vets are NOT competent in treating birds, which is what this channel is about. It's quite frankly irresponsible to suggest taking a bird to a dog vet just cause they're a holistic vet. Would you let your holistic vet treat you? If not, then you shouldn't let her treat your bird, cause there's really no difference! Your vet is clearly NOT an avian vet & you have no idea the damage a doctor trained in a different species can do when trying to treat a species they're not trained in treating! Very irresponsible & you're going to cill someone's beloved bird & destroy the credibility of all holistic vets treating all animals if you continue trying to spruik dog doctors to treat birds!
@@mehere8038 wow calm down... I didn't say for someone to take their bird to a normal vet... I dont have bird but still enjoy this channel.... My only experience is with dogs... you said that you looked for a holistic vet for your bunny and had a bad experience so I was trying to be nice and give you resource to maybe try and find one for your rabbit.. so get off your high horse I never once suggested someone to take their bird to go to a non avian vet.... so stop putting words in my mouth..
@@scottishgirl1100 you're not going to find a holistic avian vet though! Avian vets are just too rare. Just read the comments to see the trouble people are having finding an avian vet for their bird & imagine if that list was reduced to only avian vets how much more difficult it would be then! I'm not in America, I'm in Sydney Australia, in a city of 5 million people, there were 3 holistic vets when I looked for my rabbit a few years back, there are currently 2 respected avian vets in Sydney, neither of whom are holistic vets. There is one exotic vet that does quite a bit of diet stuff etc with animals, heading the holistic direction, he's also very willing to treat birds, but those in the know advise to avoid him, cause he really doesn't know what he's doing with birds & has caused a lot of problems with them for many people. I'm sorry if you're genuine & I've offended you, but your comments come across as sprucing/advertising a certain system & that really conserns me when I know first hand the harm it can cause & I know how hard it is to find an avian vet, so people may be tempted to follow your advice if they can't find one & it would be a disaster for them, likely cilling their beloved pet if they do it, so I felt it was important to speak up. I was SO close to losing my beautiful bunny cause of my mistake!
This and the last video has been super helpful. I've been looking for a vet to take this African Grey I inherited to. She has never been to one before that I'm aware of and I'm curious how they can get bloodwork without stressing her out too much cause she's uncomfortable with anyone who isnt me petting her let alone getting blood.
Hi Guy, Your bird sounds like she would benefit from a quick general anaesthetic for blood collection. Ensure she is fasted for a few hours before your appointment, but ideally ring and confirm the requirements with your chosen veterinary practice ahead of your arrival. - Dr. Brock.
I have 2, one male one female. Females have all green bellies.. They are part of the Senegal family, Poicephalus. Very big personalities. They can be aggressive to other birds as well as their own species. Mine are in different cages but get to interact during the day with each other. More than 6 hours and the female will start beating up on the male. I have worked with them and senegals at a sanctuary and they will gang up on one and attack it, knocking it to the ground and not letting it come back to eat. At the sanctuary they were in large flight aviaries but it didn't matter. If you have other birds just give lots of supervision when out. If this would be an only bird then you will have a great time with him. Not overly loud. Very smart.
Hi. I was hoping for a little more clarification on when I should take my bird to an avian vet. I a looking to buy a Caique parrot from its current owner. Would you recommend that I take them to a vet right away or wait until I establish a working relationship with the bird? I just don't want to stress them more than necessary but then I'd also want to rule out anything that could cause bad behavior. I hope these are okay questions to ask and thank you in advance.
Any good dove care advice? I'm currently pet sitting for my cousin and she has a pet dove (female and sadly clipped not my choice) named Dovey. Just wanted to make sure I do right by her.
I am definitely looking for an avian vet in my area. I live in North Hills of Pittsburgh. My vet will not let me come in with my birds. She examines them and takes them into her office and send them back out with her assistant. It’s not just COVID times. Her assistant said she always does this. I feel very uncomfortable with this. The vet I used to go to would let me come in but he was not a certified avian vet however he did see lots of birds. He did seem really nervous with my bird. Also he used to have a male cockatoo and got a female. He shared that he made a whole room for them but they never came out of the room then. He gave them away as a freezer cup all. Is this reasonable? I did not think so. I have been so uncomfortable with the whole situation what should I do? Jamie - you mentioned on a video that you went to a consult in Pittsburgh. Would you be comfortable asking the people if they have a fat that they like?
I recently adopted a neglected blue Quaker parrot named Luna. She had plucked under her wings and on her feet so much that they were bloody when we got her. She doesn’t pluck anymore, but is there anything I should do to help her? She seems like she’s still in pain.
BIRD TRICKS!!!! Please answer I have a jenday conure. I am getting him from a breeder, I go in and visit him quite frequently and he just not weaning as well as all the other birds. He really milking it, and most the other birds are already eating pellets on there own and they are younger then him. I absolutely don’t want to rush his weaning process but he just not picking up as fast!! Is this normal?
2 vets I saw do not do annual blood cultures on my birds unless there is an indication they may be ill, especially because they are small (2 cockatiels and 1 gold-capped conure). Do you think CBCs should be tested every year even if the bird is small and appears healthy? My vet also gave me an article about UV light and recommended it since there isn't enough nice weather in Pittsburgh PA to take my birds out. What are your thoughts?
Hi Leah, Annual blood testing is a nice touch to the annual health examination and are a great reference for serial testing and benchmark if/when your bird becomes ill. My practice recommends triennial cbc (complete blood count), biochemistry (basic organ markers for liver, kidney etc) and radiographs. I’m unsure what blood culture you are referring to - ? Typically we will do a psittacosis antigen PCR and immunicomb antibody test if it is a new bird - is this the culture you are referring to? Photoperiod is very important for the physiology and reproductive cycles of birds. I have not heard of UV light supplementation for birds, reptiles yes, although I do work in beautiful sunny coastal Queensland, Australia and light is never a problem for us ... often we are reducing day length in our pet birds. I would be interested if you could let me know the details of the UV light handout/study you have been provided for my own perusal. - Dr. Brock
@@brockwarren9222 My vet gave me this article: www.putnamveterinaryclinic.com/sites/site-6748/images/UV%20lighting.pdf. Two vets I have seen don’t draw blood annually for tests such as CBC, especially because they are small and they say it’s harder to get enough for a sample. I wish I had bloodwork to refer to because I found out recently my cockatiel has a calcium deficiency. Not sure if it is related to diet. She eats birdtricks’s chop recipe and roudybush pellets mostly. She refuses their organic pellets or TOPS.
@@leah8361 If your bird's indoors, you DEFINITELY need vitamin d either in their diet or via UV lights. UV lights have the advantage for birds that they can see in UV too, so it enhances what they're seeing, so adds enrichment for them. The bloodwork I have no idea whatsoever on
I have been told opposite things. One person told me it’s when they’re getting hormonal and another person told me it’s win they are wanting to go somewhere else.
My quaker is used to me touching and kissing him, but he doesn’t stay on my hand or shoulder for long. He always flies and sits on top of the curtains, how can I stop this?
training :) look at her other videos for that issue. Target training & rewarding extending the time doing something should work for you, as seen in other videos on this channel :) Curtain's obviously more interesting or safer than your hand or shoulder right now, appropriate treat distribution should change that :) I don't know which specific video's best sorry, I've watched too many & lost track of what's what, but just watch a bunch of them that relate to training & they should answer your question. Start with the target training, then you can target back to your shoulder to begin the process :)
I'm still trying to figure out when to take my birds for their first check. I've had them for about 2 months now, was expecting progress to be much faster than it has been, given how it started, but they came from an abusive home, so are really freaked out by everything, but making good progress with me, but I'm worried poking & prodding is going to freak them out completely, even just putting them into a travel cage somehow to get them there & back is going to totally stress them with how they are. Which is more important? vet or getting them comfortable & trusting of me? Anyone have any thoughts? On adoption one would bite & couldn't be touched at all, other would tolerate anything, but sit & rock & pluck from the stress after. Both now communicate with me clearly instead of biting & stressed plucker is now dominate & will bite if her communication's not respected. Both will target in & around their cage, both will step up if hand is placed at the end of the perch so they can just shimmy across, but won't go beyond this & freak out if I try to move my hand while theyr'e on it (plucker's cute, she'll squark at me while biting my hand for me having dared move it lol but takes days to get her to step up with both feet again after it) & neither will tolerate any sort of touching from my hand, plucker will enjoy my nose near her, other one will lick treats off my hand, but any touching they can't handle - yet. So do I sort this out so I can go to the vet stress free? Or go to the vet now despite how far it will set them back? I have a couple of really good avian vets within an hour of my home, so that part's not a problem at least
Hi Carol, Your bird should be seen by an avian veterinarian as soon as possible to complete a thorough physical exam, confirm a diagnosis and put a treatment plan into place. From your limited notes, it sounds like your bird may be attempting to lay, potentially some coelomic pain/discomfort. Hope it all goes well. - Dr. Brock.
Are there holistic or integrated avian veterinarians? I use a holistic vet for my dogs. I have found that traditional vet push unnecessary vaccines, know little about species appropriate diets. I was hoping to find a similar vet for my bird
HI Scouse, I am so sorry for your loss. I would recommend a post-mortem with an avian veterinarian to potentially make a diagnosis. BirdTalks touches on the 'masking phenomenom' in birds in this video and is likely the reason for this sudden tragedy. Birds will often present as 'healthy' while masking underlying disease, pain etc, as a way to not alert predators to their vulnerability. - Dr. Brock.
@@-sela well she bites my fingers whenever I give my cockatiel attention and she has bad habit of gnawing on my dad's back and neck acne so yeah idk how to avoid those situations 🙃
@@-sela she's also a random bird cus she knows how to fly to us on response and she potty trained herself kinda she basically won't poop on us but everything else is fair game 😅 but she doesn't know how to step up like she thinks I'm just playing
@@adityabhardwaj2237 so put her out of reach while you give your cockatiel attention & let her watch your cockatiel do step up, then let her come out & do step up with you, or get ignored while you give your cockatiel attention by doing step up training again & if she bites you again, then again she goes back into her cage or other location that prevents her being able to do so. When she does then pay attention to the step up training (plenty of really good videos on this channel on how to do that training with difficult birds) then be really sure to give her LOTS of attention for it! Ignoring & denying them attention is only helpful if they also get huge amounts of attention if doing the right thing. I had lots of trouble with tantrums & biting with my 2 as I first tried to train them together/same cage set up & they were jealous of the other one getting the attention, but by staying alert to their attention needs & sharing my time between them & making sure they knew they weren't going to miss out, along with walking out of the room or ignoring them to work only with the other if they did bite or act inappropriately, they're now both great with waiting their turn (most of the time lol) & certainly no biting if I'm giving the other one attention now, they know they're going to get their share of attention too if they're patient :)
@@mehere8038 I don't mind her not learning stepping up since shes pretty good at just flying to me whether I call her or not 🤣 but yes she's being really nippy and honestly it's starting to get to me
Hi Bridget, The preferred collection site is the right jugular vein. In birds, the right jugular vein is larger than the left, and for this reason the right side is preferred. Other collections sites (veins) may be too small in a green cheek conure - basilic vein (wing) and medial metatarsal vein (leg). Often veterinarians will do a quick general anaesthetic for collection or they may opt to collect when the bird is conscious. In the case for conscious blood collection, I have found almost all birds are more concerned with the handling and restraint rather than the vein puncture. - Dr. Brock
@@brockwarren9222 Thank you Dr Brock, My bird has never had blood drawn. It's just so hard to find a good Avain vet. I will make this brief my first vet almost killed my bird, the second vet moved away, and the third vet which I have seen twice is not helping in any way. My 8 year old bird which I have had for eight years has been having trouble with her left leg, she is moving her leg slower when climbing or holding on to me, her left leg has been hot. My bird have not been able to fly since 2016 because her wing was fractured. What worries me the most is her left leg.My bird is eating she will not eat a chop but she does eat veggies sometimes, Pellets,seeds she is not very active even though I try to make her move around with foraging or having her climb down a rope. Thank you for the info Dr. Brock much appreciated.
@@bridgetserrano2831 Sorry to hear have had not so great experiences with your vets. Sounds like your bird would benefit from a comprehensive diagnostic approach as lameness & lethargy in birds may be many things. Depending on more details in the history and a comprehensive physical examination - a blood profile and radiographs with pain relief would be a good start. Considering your bird is grounded, feet inflammation (pododermatitis) may be a single or co-morbidity, and would fit with the pain, heat and soreness you are seeing. Vet intervention is needed to manage your birds pain/lameness, and confirm a diagnosis. Hope all goes well and let me know what happens! - Dr. Brock
@@brockwarren9222 Thank you Dr. Brock you are the first vet that has been given me such important information about my bird and I thank you so much for even listening to my worries about my bird. 😥 I live in California Palmdale the high Desert and it's hard to find a good vet. Well I will be searching and hopefully I can find a good and caring one like you.
Hi Dr.Brock I would like to know if you know any Avian vets in Los Angeles that would help my bird? Any recommendations, the reason is because I don't want to go to another vet who doesnt know what they are doing, or make matters worse. I just dont want to waste money and time and get nowhere. Thank you we appreciate you. Bridget & Oodie (udi)
I love my Avian Vet!!! Dr. Stephen Fronefield in Sugar Land TX (just outside of Houston). My oldest bird, a quaker, has been seeing him for 17 years. I have 5 other birds as well and all have received very good care from Dr. Fronefield and the staff at his office.
@Tiél MK They are allowing one owner in the room with their pet. Face masks still required. When doing the exam they will take the bird to the back, perform the exam and bring the bird back. Once bloodwork is ready the vet will come back into the room and you will be able to ask questions and he will go over any findings in the bloodwork or gram stain.
I had presentation today on birds and I was really proud of it. I got a lot of info from you. Thank you!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is such good information! Lily is so adorable! I will use this information wisely!
I love your profile picture
@@chipperandlola5457 Thanks!
@@SoaringSunshine is it off google or did you make it
@@chipperandlola5457 Someone made it for me :)
@@SoaringSunshine lovely 😊
Last year when Squirt had her physical, she told Dr.Burke, "bye bye", And this year she was excited to see her and never told her to leave. I love my avian vet Dr. Burke she's awesome and she makes house calls. Which is amazing because Squirt bird does not do well in the car.
Hey I think we see the same vet! She does a great job handling my tiel when she see's him.
@@abitheberge3573 that's soooooo cool!!!!!
As someone who is seriously considering getting a bird, this information is invaluable. Thank you for breaking it down and letting us know what to expect. Love your channel!
This is great! I always recommend you to anyone who needs help because your so great👏🏻❤️
Thank you again for the wonderful video information. I can't wait to have my own bird one day! 🥰🤩🥰
Lily is beautiful. Sun conures are amazing
Thank you so much for this video. I was wondering what a well bird visit was supposed to look like :)
Yesterday I went to my local parrot shop. There was a 10 year old Red-Fronted Macaw for adoption $1,000 with a big cage. As we were asking about him the owner of the shop called and said they were going to do something with him and he was no longer available. He was fully flighted until he was five, and then they started clipping his wings. Not being able to fly stressed him out so much that he started plucking his feathers. His owners moved to Alaska and couldn't take him. If he was still available you would have another free-flight student.
Going to do something with him? I wonder what that means? Poor guy 😢
Lily is just hypnotized by your earring :D
I'm in Champaign/Urbana, and UIUC's vet med has an outstanding small animal clinic that works really well with birds! Dr. Spencer Kehoe has done an outstanding job working with me with my BCC. 10/10 would recommend
Great video!!! Still don't have a bird but I love watching you!
The intro music always reminds me of the older Nintendo wii game like when your waitng in the lobby
couldn't have came in a better time ( planning on finding a place to take my budgie, sadly cant find any avian vets that arent 4 hours away ): but luckily have found an exotic vets that work with loads of animals including parrots and even birds of prey! Hoping they are worth it!)
I love your videos your my favorite UA-camr❤️
Thank you for all your help! You’ve improved my bird care 100% and given me a lot of knowledge on training and diet and veterinary advice! We just took our little green cheek to an avian vet and all his blood work was perfect! Next is our Amazon parrot I’m a little nervous because he barely eats veggies.
Thanks for the helpful information and advice!
I plan to take our budgies for a checkup sometime this spring... but I'm really hoping they will have eased up on covid rules, because most vet clinics were asking you to drop off your pet at the door, and not allowing you inside with them!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of birds and what a good veterinary should be doing during an annual examination. We have a great avian veterinarian and she’s wonderful with our Lovebird, Kiwi. We just got a Fancy Conure, Mikko, and it will go for its first examination in a couple weeks.
Love these videos, they are SO VERY helpful. Here is a question, do you find the more you are learning, the harder it is to trust or accept a vet? I had the privilege of seeing your 5 part vet series on your Patreon channel. It was and still is the best bird information videos I have ever seen. Wish you could put them on DVD or download and market them. That was right around the time of the fires in Australia, the vet is incredible! If your a fan of birds, see those videos. Finally love all your birds but Tusa is my favorite.
Hi Maren,
I am a veterinarian myself who works in avian and small animal practice. Could you please elaborate on why you mentioned it is hard to trust and accepts vets with the more information you learn? Building rapport and trust with clients is extremely important and would love to here more of your thoughts.
I am also currently working on creating avian veterinary content for UA-cam - stay tuned!
- Dr. Brock.
My avian vet is really well known and her office is 3 miles from my house! They really take an interest in my parrots well being and are non-judgmental. Plus they sell Harrisons pellets at a really reasonable price.
Aww I was here to see the quaker in the screenshot. Sorry I have a thing for quakers
Thank you so much for the information! Dr. Jose Biascoechea and Dr. Rainwater are both amazing with birds and other exotics for Charleston, SC. 😊
Lily is just adorable. Thank you for the great info!
So wish I knew this prior to a vet visit. I had said whatever she needs because I had no clue and from what I can see they just did wellness check. Which consisted of body and eye check, listened to breathing and felt over her body. Nothing was mentioned about any of test that should have been done especially considering I found her on an outside bird feeder on day. And yes, I told avian this. Unfortunately this is only avain near me. Thank you for all that you do ❤️
The tiny baby flap flaps
Thank you, I’m gonna do a check up soon for my lillo
Very pretty Conure by the way...!!
Great info. But during COVID, I cannot go in, just hand the birds over to my avian vet. I always ask questions, which is why I justify paying the huge fee ($125 per Conure, $175 for medium size birds). They look down the throat, spread the wings, trim the nails and beak.
Bloodwork is extra. To get the tests my rescue wants fecal tests and blood work that would cost me $3,000, which means I cannot adopt.
I look at my birds every day. I have had them for 6 years and have never had a sick bird.
My avian vet is almost two hours away. Closer is an exotic vet that other people I have talked to with birds but again no access due to covid.
I got my cockatiel at straight 3 month’s old and today is his 9 month old birthday I haven’t seen anything weird in him He’s always playful Eating seed’s (mostly vegetables) he also drink’s water perfectly I Keep toxic food’s and smell’s away from him I don’t think he need’s a vet visit anytime soon.
thank you for the information ☺️
Christchurch, New Zealand - Bird and Animal hospital
Thanks now lulu is happy because of you
I emailed you a form I take to my dog vet...helps keep you on track
Northern Virginia go to Stahls Exotics! They only see exotics, my favorite avian vet moved on but they have other great ones and my favorite bird vet tech who has conures, her name is Nadja :)
My Parents did a magic act for years here in Florida and up and down the east . They used Doves and Fantail Pigeons. They never had to have there birds inspected?? They always took great care of them!!!
I got the feeling she was referring to when they travel internationally, but depending on what they're doing next as to what state they will be re-entering the country into & therefore what vet will be involved (not to mention main international arrival locations are going to have way more than 1 vet doing health checks on entering animals). Even something like a cruise (which they have worked on), if they leave from Florida, return to Florida, but the ship has docked in other countries along the way, presumably a full quarantine health check would be needed on arrival, arriving into LAX or JFK would be different teams involved, plus at the other end there would be health checks to enter the other countries too.
The care taken of the birds is 100% irrelevant to quarantine requirements. You wouldn't need cites for your birds either, but that's not cause they look at your parents & think they're caring for their birds well
Thanks so much!!!
Thank you for this. I'm taking my cockatiel to his vet tomorrow, because he's tail bobbing and is puffed up all the time. Hopefully he's okay
Hope all checks out! Good luck to your little guy! ❤️
@@BirdTricks Thank you so much, I took him earlier and turns out he has a bacterial infection, so he's on antibiotics now.
@@SpontaneousSketches poor guy
Poor baby! Is he doing well now?
My daughter got a baby parakeet For her birthday two weeks ago. She’s watching your videos and has been trying to get the bird used to her but it is very skittish and does not wanna come out of his cage. WeAre trying to use millet but it’s never taken even one bite! It is not motivating for the bird at all. This is our first family pet so we hope it will be fun and interactive pet but so far it is not interested in us or the bird treat. Please help us! Love your channel❤️
Great info
Hahaha... "You're so quiet. It's kind of a treat."
Dr Trent Schrader in Omaha Nebraska, he’s our go to for our macaws!
Awesome video! Thank you for being so detailed. Does anyone have a recommendation for an avian vet in western Washington state?
Canada Ontario - The Links Animal and Bird Clinic
I have been so stuck for an avian vet! We brought our scarlet macaw to a vet that can highly recommended to us by our trainer. They handled her so roughly that she was vomiting all the way home from stress (she does not get car sick) and she was so traumatized I haven’t been able to get her near a vet’s office without her screaming. Now with covid restrictions, I can’t go in with her so I don’t know what to do 😢
yeh, it's so easy to say to take them in for annual checks etc isn't it, but not always so simple in the real world. I've got 2 adopted abused ones & trying to figure out when to take them to the vet, cause I know how much stress it's going to be for them right now & the covid thing was a big thing putting me off too. Your experience sounds absolutely horrible for your bird (and you) I hope you manage to find a kind & competent bird vet for her :( poor thing!
@@mehere8038 me too! And I hope the same for your birds! I never heard her scream as loud as she did when they were attempting to handle her, and she’s a pretty darn agreeable macaw.
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Doesn’t matter how “normal” bird people try to act and look. They ALL have that slightly insane look in their eyes that they couldn’t hide no matter how hard they tried
I go to a holistic vet for my dogs... issues with dogs is normal vets over vaccinate them. For that reason I go to a holistic vet who believes in raw feeding and titer testing. Since changing and going raw my dogs have got so much healthier!
I took my rabbit to a holistic vet once, they were absolutely useless! I ended up getting homeopathics unofficially from my human doctor & then the rest of the treatment from a proper rabbit vet. Rabbit had an abscess & the holistic vet knew NOTHING about abscesses in rabbits & tried to treat it like a dog or cat, that would have cilled him had I not seen a proper rabbit vet in time! So please be really careful with this & exotics like birds!
@@mehere8038 my holistic vet is awesome! I think it helps that she use to own a regular vet office as well so she does a mix of holistic and normal vet practices. I have 2 dogs and she spends 30 mins examining both dogs then spends 30 mins talking to myself and my husband. She cares about my dogs and she's really passionate about dogs and cats. I hope she never retires or moves because if she moves out of my city I will be following her lol. So sorry you had a bad experience. Here is a holistic vet finder for Canada or the US. www.ahvma.org/find-a-holistic-veterinarian/?fbclid=IwAR3BLUyatvJNnZfYyCv7t3DRMzLK6LCqajeEw3hJatZZ0RBOn4FJyNgpYgY
@@scottishgirl1100 It wasn't the holistic vet part that was the problem, I'm sure she would have been great with a dog or a cat, BUT dog & cat vets are NOT competent in treating birds, which is what this channel is about.
It's quite frankly irresponsible to suggest taking a bird to a dog vet just cause they're a holistic vet. Would you let your holistic vet treat you? If not, then you shouldn't let her treat your bird, cause there's really no difference! Your vet is clearly NOT an avian vet & you have no idea the damage a doctor trained in a different species can do when trying to treat a species they're not trained in treating!
Very irresponsible & you're going to cill someone's beloved bird & destroy the credibility of all holistic vets treating all animals if you continue trying to spruik dog doctors to treat birds!
@@mehere8038 wow calm down... I didn't say for someone to take their bird to a normal vet... I dont have bird but still enjoy this channel.... My only experience is with dogs... you said that you looked for a holistic vet for your bunny and had a bad experience so I was trying to be nice and give you resource to maybe try and find one for your rabbit.. so get off your high horse I never once suggested someone to take their bird to go to a non avian vet.... so stop putting words in my mouth..
@@scottishgirl1100 you're not going to find a holistic avian vet though! Avian vets are just too rare. Just read the comments to see the trouble people are having finding an avian vet for their bird & imagine if that list was reduced to only avian vets how much more difficult it would be then!
I'm not in America, I'm in Sydney Australia, in a city of 5 million people, there were 3 holistic vets when I looked for my rabbit a few years back, there are currently 2 respected avian vets in Sydney, neither of whom are holistic vets. There is one exotic vet that does quite a bit of diet stuff etc with animals, heading the holistic direction, he's also very willing to treat birds, but those in the know advise to avoid him, cause he really doesn't know what he's doing with birds & has caused a lot of problems with them for many people.
I'm sorry if you're genuine & I've offended you, but your comments come across as sprucing/advertising a certain system & that really conserns me when I know first hand the harm it can cause & I know how hard it is to find an avian vet, so people may be tempted to follow your advice if they can't find one & it would be a disaster for them, likely cilling their beloved pet if they do it, so I felt it was important to speak up. I was SO close to losing my beautiful bunny cause of my mistake!
This and the last video has been super helpful. I've been looking for a vet to take this African Grey I inherited to. She has never been to one before that I'm aware of and I'm curious how they can get bloodwork without stressing her out too much cause she's uncomfortable with anyone who isnt me petting her let alone getting blood.
Hi Guy,
Your bird sounds like she would benefit from a quick general anaesthetic for blood collection. Ensure she is fasted for a few hours before your appointment, but ideally ring and confirm the requirements with your chosen veterinary practice ahead of your arrival.
- Dr. Brock.
What is the best insurance policy for the parrot? Please let me know .Thanks
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How are red-bellied parrots? My local pet store has one it is 2 months old and he is handfed..what are you thoughts on that breed of parrot..
I have 2, one male one female. Females have all green bellies.. They are part of the Senegal family, Poicephalus. Very big personalities. They can be aggressive to other birds as well as their own species. Mine are in different cages but get to interact during the day with each other. More than 6 hours and the female will start beating up on the male. I have worked with them and senegals at a sanctuary and they will gang up on one and attack it, knocking it to the ground and not letting it come back to eat. At the sanctuary they were in large flight aviaries but it didn't matter. If you have other birds just give lots of supervision when out. If this would be an only bird then you will have a great time with him. Not overly loud. Very smart.
When you traveled out of the country did they only eat food you prepared? Usually, they won't allow you to bring in food.
Hi. I was hoping for a little more clarification on when I should take my bird to an avian vet. I a looking to buy a Caique parrot from its current owner. Would you recommend that I take them to a vet right away or wait until I establish a working relationship with the bird? I just don't want to stress them more than necessary but then I'd also want to rule out anything that could cause bad behavior. I hope these are okay questions to ask and thank you in advance.
Any good dove care advice? I'm currently pet sitting for my cousin and she has a pet dove (female and sadly clipped not my choice) named Dovey. Just wanted to make sure I do right by her.
So are the conures good because you are filming or do you only film them when they are good?
I am definitely looking for an avian vet in my area. I live in North Hills of Pittsburgh. My vet will not let me come in with my birds. She examines them and takes them into her office and send them back out with her assistant. It’s not just COVID times. Her assistant said she always does this. I feel very uncomfortable with this. The vet I used to go to would let me come in but he was not a certified avian vet however he did see lots of birds. He did seem really nervous with my bird. Also he used to have a male cockatoo and got a female. He shared that he made a whole room for them but they never came out of the room then. He gave them away as a freezer cup all. Is this reasonable? I did not think so. I have been so uncomfortable with the whole situation what should I do?
Jamie - you mentioned on a video that you went to a consult in Pittsburgh. Would you be comfortable asking the people if they have a fat that they like?
Exoclinic in Lisbon, Portugal :)
I recently adopted a neglected blue Quaker parrot named Luna. She had plucked under her wings and on her feet so much that they were bloody when we got her. She doesn’t pluck anymore, but is there anything I should do to help her? She seems like she’s still in pain.
I'm just going to comment in case you get some answers, cause I want more info on this too. All the best with your one, I hope she stays good :)
BIRD TRICKS!!!! Please answer I have a jenday conure. I am getting him from a breeder, I go in and visit him quite frequently and he just not weaning as well as all the other birds. He really milking it, and most the other birds are already eating pellets on there own and they are younger then him. I absolutely don’t want to rush his weaning process but he just not picking up as fast!! Is this normal?
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Pls tell budgie free flight training pls
2 vets I saw do not do annual blood cultures on my birds unless there is an indication they may be ill, especially because they are small (2 cockatiels and 1 gold-capped conure). Do you think CBCs should be tested every year even if the bird is small and appears healthy? My vet also gave me an article about UV light and recommended it since there isn't enough nice weather in Pittsburgh PA to take my birds out. What are your thoughts?
Hi Leah,
Annual blood testing is a nice touch to the annual health examination and are a great reference for serial testing and benchmark if/when your bird becomes ill. My practice recommends triennial cbc (complete blood count), biochemistry (basic organ markers for liver, kidney etc) and radiographs. I’m unsure what blood culture you are referring to - ? Typically we will do a psittacosis antigen PCR and immunicomb antibody test if it is a new bird - is this the culture you are referring to? Photoperiod is very important for the physiology and reproductive cycles of birds. I have not heard of UV light supplementation for birds, reptiles yes, although I do work in beautiful sunny coastal Queensland, Australia and light is never a problem for us ... often we are reducing day length in our pet birds. I would be interested if you could let me know the details of the UV light handout/study you have been provided for my own perusal.
- Dr. Brock
@@brockwarren9222 My vet gave me this article: www.putnamveterinaryclinic.com/sites/site-6748/images/UV%20lighting.pdf.
Two vets I have seen don’t draw blood annually for tests such as CBC, especially because they are small and they say it’s harder to get enough for a sample. I wish I had bloodwork to refer to because I found out recently my cockatiel has a calcium deficiency. Not sure if it is related to diet. She eats birdtricks’s chop recipe and roudybush pellets mostly. She refuses their organic pellets or TOPS.
@@leah8361 If your bird's indoors, you DEFINITELY need vitamin d either in their diet or via UV lights. UV lights have the advantage for birds that they can see in UV too, so it enhances what they're seeing, so adds enrichment for them. The bloodwork I have no idea whatsoever on
I noticed during your talk that Lilly was flicking her wings a lot, what does this behaviour indicate out of curiosity ?
I have been told opposite things. One person told me it’s when they’re getting hormonal and another person told me it’s win they are wanting to go somewhere else.
Thanks for that reply
If anyone knows a good place in Utah that would be great thank you!
My quaker is used to me touching and kissing him, but he doesn’t stay on my hand or shoulder for long. He always flies and sits on top of the curtains, how can I stop this?
training :) look at her other videos for that issue. Target training & rewarding extending the time doing something should work for you, as seen in other videos on this channel :) Curtain's obviously more interesting or safer than your hand or shoulder right now, appropriate treat distribution should change that :) I don't know which specific video's best sorry, I've watched too many & lost track of what's what, but just watch a bunch of them that relate to training & they should answer your question. Start with the target training, then you can target back to your shoulder to begin the process :)
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I'm still trying to figure out when to take my birds for their first check. I've had them for about 2 months now, was expecting progress to be much faster than it has been, given how it started, but they came from an abusive home, so are really freaked out by everything, but making good progress with me, but I'm worried poking & prodding is going to freak them out completely, even just putting them into a travel cage somehow to get them there & back is going to totally stress them with how they are.
Which is more important? vet or getting them comfortable & trusting of me? Anyone have any thoughts?
On adoption one would bite & couldn't be touched at all, other would tolerate anything, but sit & rock & pluck from the stress after. Both now communicate with me clearly instead of biting & stressed plucker is now dominate & will bite if her communication's not respected. Both will target in & around their cage, both will step up if hand is placed at the end of the perch so they can just shimmy across, but won't go beyond this & freak out if I try to move my hand while theyr'e on it (plucker's cute, she'll squark at me while biting my hand for me having dared move it lol but takes days to get her to step up with both feet again after it) & neither will tolerate any sort of touching from my hand, plucker will enjoy my nose near her, other one will lick treats off my hand, but any touching they can't handle - yet. So do I sort this out so I can go to the vet stress free? Or go to the vet now despite how far it will set them back? I have a couple of really good avian vets within an hour of my home, so that part's not a problem at least
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I cannot imagine how expensive your vet bills are!!
I need your help trying to figure what is wrong with a bird I bought a few weeks ago because he isn't like the rest.
Hi Carol,
What clinical signs is your bird showing?
- Dr. Brock.
@@brockwarren9222 it's butt is exposed and it is always contracting
Hi Carol,
Your bird should be seen by an avian veterinarian as soon as possible to complete a thorough physical exam, confirm a diagnosis and put a treatment plan into place. From your limited notes, it sounds like your bird may be attempting to lay, potentially some coelomic pain/discomfort. Hope it all goes well.
- Dr. Brock.
I just lost my Timneh, found out he had PDD. Didnt have any symptoms until the day he passed
anybody knows a good avian vet in Austin Texas area? for future reference.
Are there holistic or integrated avian veterinarians? I use a holistic vet for my dogs. I have found that traditional vet push unnecessary vaccines, know little about species appropriate diets. I was hoping to find a similar vet for my bird
short answer is no. It's hard enough to find a good avian vet without adding additional conditions onto that
we have just come downstairs to find are one dead in its bed wtf it was a healthy bird too so sad 😞
HI Scouse,
I am so sorry for your loss. I would recommend a post-mortem with an avian veterinarian to potentially make a diagnosis. BirdTalks touches on the 'masking phenomenom' in birds in this video and is likely the reason for this sudden tragedy. Birds will often present as 'healthy' while masking underlying disease, pain etc, as a way to not alert predators to their vulnerability.
- Dr. Brock.
Any way to stop/reduce my GCC being so nippy
Yeah she has videos for that
@@-sela well she bites my fingers whenever I give my cockatiel attention and she has bad habit of gnawing on my dad's back and neck acne so yeah idk how to avoid those situations 🙃
@@-sela she's also a random bird cus she knows how to fly to us on response and she potty trained herself kinda she basically won't poop on us but everything else is fair game 😅 but she doesn't know how to step up like she thinks I'm just playing
@@adityabhardwaj2237 so put her out of reach while you give your cockatiel attention & let her watch your cockatiel do step up, then let her come out & do step up with you, or get ignored while you give your cockatiel attention by doing step up training again & if she bites you again, then again she goes back into her cage or other location that prevents her being able to do so. When she does then pay attention to the step up training (plenty of really good videos on this channel on how to do that training with difficult birds) then be really sure to give her LOTS of attention for it! Ignoring & denying them attention is only helpful if they also get huge amounts of attention if doing the right thing.
I had lots of trouble with tantrums & biting with my 2 as I first tried to train them together/same cage set up & they were jealous of the other one getting the attention, but by staying alert to their attention needs & sharing my time between them & making sure they knew they weren't going to miss out, along with walking out of the room or ignoring them to work only with the other if they did bite or act inappropriately, they're now both great with waiting their turn (most of the time lol) & certainly no biting if I'm giving the other one attention now, they know they're going to get their share of attention too if they're patient :)
@@mehere8038 I don't mind her not learning stepping up since shes pretty good at just flying to me whether I call her or not 🤣 but yes she's being really nippy and honestly it's starting to get to me
How would an avian vet get blood from a gcc
Hi Bridget,
The preferred collection site is the right jugular vein. In birds, the right jugular vein is larger than the left, and for this reason the right side is preferred. Other collections sites (veins) may be too small in a green cheek conure - basilic vein (wing) and medial metatarsal vein (leg). Often veterinarians will do a quick general anaesthetic for collection or they may opt to collect when the bird is conscious. In the case for conscious blood collection, I have found almost all birds are more concerned with the handling and restraint rather than the vein puncture.
- Dr. Brock
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Thank you Dr Brock, My bird has never had blood drawn. It's just so hard to find a good Avain vet. I will make this brief my first vet almost killed my bird, the second vet moved away, and the third vet which I have seen twice is not helping in any way. My 8 year old bird which I have had for eight years has been having trouble with her left leg, she is moving her leg slower when climbing or holding on to me, her left leg has been hot. My bird have not been able to fly since 2016 because her wing was fractured. What worries me the most is her left leg.My bird is eating she will not eat a chop but she does eat veggies sometimes, Pellets,seeds she is not very active even though I try to make her move around with foraging or having her climb down a rope. Thank you for the info Dr. Brock much appreciated.
@@bridgetserrano2831 Sorry to hear have had not so great experiences with your vets. Sounds like your bird would benefit from a comprehensive diagnostic approach as lameness & lethargy in birds may be many things. Depending on more details in the history and a comprehensive physical examination - a blood profile and radiographs with pain relief would be a good start. Considering your bird is grounded, feet inflammation (pododermatitis) may be a single or co-morbidity, and would fit with the pain, heat and soreness you are seeing. Vet intervention is needed to manage your birds pain/lameness, and confirm a diagnosis. Hope all goes well and let me know what happens!
- Dr. Brock
@@brockwarren9222 Thank you Dr. Brock you are the first vet that has been given me such important information about my bird and I thank you so much for even listening to my worries about my bird. 😥 I live in California Palmdale the high Desert and it's hard to find a good vet. Well I will be searching and hopefully I can find a good and caring one like you.
Hi Dr.Brock I would like to know if you know any Avian vets in Los Angeles that would help my bird? Any recommendations, the reason is because I don't want to go to another vet who doesnt know what they are doing, or make matters worse. I just dont want to waste money and time and get nowhere. Thank you we appreciate you. Bridget & Oodie (udi)
What a load of crap. Annual bird exam?
What do you mean?