We admit it. We love the weird and wonderful.
Our nurses sometimes re-enact Fight Club to determine who gets to see the ferret or the pot-bellied pig or the iguana patient coming in this afternoon.
“Exotics” means anything that isn’t a dog or cat in companion medicine.
Nearly everyone of our 18 or so staff has or has had an exotic pet – from snakes and reptiles, birds, ferrets, hedgehogs, rabbits. Heck, we have a resident guinea pig, a parrot, chickens and tortoises!
We know from experiences that exotics are not just small versions of cats and dogs. We know they have very specific housing, feeding and husbandry needs. And husbandry is half the battle!