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25.01.2022 Remember our lovely Macaw that came in for a DNA test to find out if they were a boy or a girl? We have the results back and wanted to share them with you all. Drum roll please.... Have a cup cake ready.

25.01.2022 This lovely Macaw came in for a health check with one of our exotic vets. The owner had recently recieved the magnificent bird and wanted to check on their health as well as get some information on diet and behaviour. It is important to get any new pet health checked by a veterinarian but even more so for our exotic pets. Lots of these species hide their problems well or slowly get sick from small mistakes that are easy to make. We have a number of friendly vets dedicated to taking care of your new special pet and perform annual check ups on your established family member, and offer advice and support. We also have the benefit of dedicated teams of internationally recognised vets within different fields to support whatever our patients, our clients pets require.

23.01.2022 Fabulous feisty ferrets are full of wriggling joy. They always improve my day when they loop across my examination room! If you are worried about your ferrets health, call to book an appointment. There is so much we can do for them. Allow us to share your care of you special buddies. Lets get everyone training their ferrets for blood collection just in case they need it.

20.01.2022 Do you have a flakey rabbit? There are two different types of fur mites. One tends to cause more hair loss and flaking than the other. A small number doesnt cause a problem but a large burden can result in a thick white flaking around the hair base, and hair coming out in clumps, starting at the base of the neck and radiating outwards. Diagnosis is by examination of the hairs and flakes under the microscope. Sometimes it can indicate that the rabbit is immunosupressed due to another as yet undiscovered problem. We keep pictures to show to our students and to explain pet health care to the community.

19.01.2022 Our qualified veterinarians are experienced in performing a wide range of surgical procedures on our lovely exotic patients. These range from emergency surgeries to the routine. Spaying and neutering (desexing) are examples of routine surgeries that are important for preventing a wide range of health issues but are sometimes over looked as possibilities for our exotic pets. The other week we had two pet sugar gliders in for castration. Our dedicated anaesthesia department per...formed the anaesthesia, while our trained nurses looked after the boys in hospital and supported one of our exotic vets performing the surgery. Both boys have since been back for their post operation check ups and are doing really well. De-sexing your pet does more than just prevent unwanted babies, so chat to your veterinarian about what it could mean for your pet, or chat to us about your exotic pet family member. See more

12.01.2022 Potato and Chip, two cute and well behaved patients. These two came to visit us for a general check up and had the pleasure of examining a couple of our final year students and teaching them a thing or two. We love when people bring in their feathered, furry or scaley family members just for a check up. This lets us get to know them when they are at their best and helps try and keep them like that.

07.01.2022 This magnificent Macaw was in recently to have a blood sample so that we can find out if they are a girl or boy. In some species of bird, such as this blue and gold Macaw, there is no visible difference (to humans) between the sexes, i.e. they are not sexually dimorphic. To tell what sex they are we take a small amount of blood and a laboratory runs a DNA test.

04.01.2022 Our work is a combination of providing expert veterinary care for special species of household pets and also providing and delivering structured teaching material to our veterinary students. Slinkys owner has allowed us to share this video so that you can see some of what we do. This little Antaresia python is from the top end of Australia and needs a very warm basking spot to reach their preferred basking temperature to want to eat. Slinkys ceramic heat globe had malfunctioned and she had not been able to tell anyone. We got to the bottom of the problem when she came to visit me at UVet Werribee in our dedicated Exotics Central service.