Bird Vet Melbourne

08/07/2025

Why was Mel late today? Compulsory scritches held her up. Who else has a bossy cockatiel?

03/07/2025

When your favourite past time is eating mud, so you need to get tested for lead poisoning because it's found in the soil in many backyards!!!! This duck is supposed to be white... Fortunately her lead levels weren't too high and she should respond to chelation injections (and maybe a bath). You can get your soil tested for contaminants or we can easily test your birds in clinic too. Remember if your birds' lead levels are high enough, you might be eating eggs that contain lead yourself.

15/06/2025

UP FOR ADOPTION!!!! We have a beautiful rooster that is looking for a home. (He's a friend NOT food!) The staff have named him Marvin. He hasn't had an easy start to life. He was recently dumped along with his two brothers and was found running around a road by a member of the public. Unfortunately, while the member of public did manage to catch the birds, they put them all in one box with no air holes. 2 of the roosters were dead on arrival at the clinic and Marvin was unconscious but still had a faint pulse. We were able to revive him and he has done very well in care. He's exceptionally friendly to humans (has no spurs) but gets a little excited if he sees a female chicken. Many councils don't allow roosters, so this needs to be the right home. If you have a safe space for Marvin, please email us at [email protected]

06/06/2025

Due to unforseen circumstances the Clinic will now be CLOSED for the entire King's Birthday Weekend. We will re-open on Tuesday at 9am. For any avian emergencies on Sat-Sun, please check with the other avian clinics for availability. For any other emergencies please attend your nearest 24 hour clinic. We apologise for the inconvenience but most of our staff need the time to recover as quite a few of us are unwell. Yep, we apparently like each other enough to share germs and we also just want to say we like our ai generated bird pictures because 3 legged birds are fun. 😜

05/06/2025

The Clinic will be CLOSED for the King's Birthday Public Holiday on Monday 9th June. We will re-open as normal on Tuesday at 9am. For any veterinary emergencies please head in to your nearest 24 hour emergency clinic.

30/05/2025

If you didn’t know, we also do chicken haircuts 😂

28/05/2025

Freckles Fellowship is run by Molly. She’s been a regular client of the clinic since she was a child and is easily our most dedicated pigeon client. She’s only 16 years old and is a valued member of Melbourne Pigeon Rescue, and now is running her own pigeon rescue!

Don’t let her age fool you as her passion and drive, makes her one of our most knowledgeable and experienced pigeon carers. She does amazing work and is taking a lot of the feral, stray pigeons who need help on our streets, giving them vet care and providing them with a safe space to live until they are adopted.

We appreciate Molly for all the work she does. Please follow to show your support and donate if you can.

I cannot thank you enough for the support in May!!!!

TEN PIGEONS ADOPTED! That is a ridiculous number compared to our average 1-3. It is so relieving and amazing to see so many people open up their hearts (and homes!) to our rescued pigeons. Don’t worry, we still have many others looking for their happy endings still.

Thank you to everyone who purchased stickers, as a result of that we have been able to take on a few more cases where some extra treatment at the vet was needed, and prevented having pigeons be put to sleep for a lack of carer. I will update on these soon.

We will be properly slowing down intakes in June so we can find homes for the remaining 35+ pigeons to help lower the shelter capacity, and also working on a few behind the scenes projects which I have been yet to announce.

Thank you for all the support, and feel free to reach out to [email protected] for adoption enquires or applications.

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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:

NAME: FRECKLESFELLOWSHIP
BSB: 013247
ACCOUNT: 325597079

Alternative donations site: https://ko-fi.com/frecklesfellowship

25/05/2025

SECURE YOUR AVIARIES AND BIRDS NOW. There is a severe weather warning for large parts of Victoria tonight. Make sure your birds are protected... we'd rather not see them coming in as injured lost birds this week! Make sure your chicken coops and aviaries are properly anchored and other smaller cages are safely inside.

20/05/2025

IT'S COLD!!!! Are you taking the right precautions to protect your birds this winter? Here's a blogpost with our top tips. https://birdvetmelbourne.com/keeping-your-parrot-warm-essential-winter-care-tips-for-indoor-birds/

16/05/2025

New blogpost: Who has an elderly or arthritic bird?

Arthritis affects birds and causes pain, decreased mobility, and diminished quality of life. This Blog post references the predisposing causes, clinical signs, and various treatment approaches for treating avian arthritis. Elderly Arthritic Cockatiel in Hospital CAUSES OF ARTHRITIS IN BIRDS The foll...

15/05/2025

Who can relate?