The NEWC serves not only local birds, but also mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Once healed and ready, the animals are ...

Before we got our guinea pig, Jingles, I was pretty clueless about vet care for small animals, meaning the varieties that are not dogs and cats. When Jingles joined our family, I knew little about ...

Until we had our guinea pig, Jingles, I did not know much about vet care for small animals other than dogs and cats. When Jingles joined our family, I quickly learned that exotic pets need specialized ...

The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery is an international journal of the medicine and surgery of both captive and wild birds. Published materials includescientific articles, case reports ...

Not every veterinarian wants to work with dangerous exotic animals. But Crystal Matt isn’t every veterinarian. She loves treating raptors with long claws and giant snakes among others. Matt works as ...

When most of us picture a veterinarian, we imagine someone giving vaccines to a golden retriever or listening to a tabby cat’s heartbeat. But for Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice), ...

A parrot attempts to fly out of the examination area and into the waiting room, where a chameleon peeks out of a pink and blue carry bag. A white umbrella cockatoo wanders around the clinic while vets ...

Quick and easy. Get matched with a Pet Insurance partner. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. households have an exotic pet, according to 2022 data from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Paul Stewart, DVM opened Avian and Exotic Pet Clinic of Roanoke at 3959 Electric Road, Suite 155 on Aug. 2. Stewart has had a passion for birds and reptiles. In 1996 he graduated from Kansas State ...