Episode 55: Avian Medicine. The Tweetment Episode

The Vetpodcast - Talking About Animal Health

We talk again to UK exotic vet Benjamin Kennedy. This time about birds, both how to keep them and for the vets and vettechs tips and tricks to help you examine and treat them.
· History of keeping birds as pets

· Do they have personalities

· Housing including enrichment and UV

· Nutrition

· How to tell if a bird is sick

· Differences between individual/small numbers and flock birds (Large aviaries and commercial chicken/turkey farms etc.)

· Common conditions

· Handling and examination

· Drug administration

· Surgery, healing, and anatomical differences

· Where to go for information