The Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic of Arizona

01/21/2025

01/21/2025

AEMV is a great organization that helps to inspire vets to do great work.

01/15/2025

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How long does a bunny live? Get the answer and tips to lengthen their lifespan.

01/10/2025

Enrichment doesn’t need to be complicated! It can be as simple as slicing the banana with the peel on instead of offering pieces of peeled banana.

11/08/2024

PART 2: In addition to reducing fear responses to new items, research has shown that birds exposed to novelty during development are also less fearful of humans. In the orange-winged Amazon parrot study mentioned last week, environmental enrichment provided to juvenile birds reduced fear responses to unfamiliar human handlers—birds provided enrichment were more interactive with new people.

Reference: Meehan CL, Mench JA. Environmental enrichment affects the fear and exploratory responses to novelty of young Amazon parrots. Appl Anim Behav Sci. 2002;79(1):75-88.

10/30/2024

Good evening!

Our phones are NOT currently working as of 1:30pm today. Our systems will hopefully be up and running by 12 pm tomorrow 10/31! If you are needing to contact us, please email us or leave a voicemail so we are able to get back to you as soon as possible.

We will also be closing at 3pm on Halloween day 10/31! If you have an after hours emergency, our pager will still be on until 10pm as usual.

Thank you for your understanding and Happy Halloween!🦇

10/22/2024

It's National Reptile Awareness Day 🐢🐍🦎🐊, a day to celebrate and raise awareness about animals that include some of the most ancient species on Earth. If you're considering a pet reptile, here are 9️⃣ questions to consider: http://bit.ly/33HjiiK

08/09/2024

Amazing professional collaboration to study the effects of global warming in two mountain ranges and translocate them for increasing a shrinking gene pool. The entire group was dedicated and focused. I got to
Work with some of the finest herpers in the US and Mexico and had fantastic surgical support for placing transmitters and transponders with Berkeley Martineau To the entire team headed by Dr Andy Holycross, it was an honor to do something important for conservation. .

05/08/2024

Please note that our clinic does not have a licensed wildlife rehabilitator and can not take in any birds. Please feel free to call us and we can direct you to a local wildlife rehabber

02/23/2024

Just a reminder that we will be CLOSED this Saturday February 24th.

If you are experiencing a pet emergency on a day that our office is closed, please call our Main Number (480-706-8478) and follow the prompts to be connected to our Emergency Paging System for the doctor on call.

Emergency Calls are returned until 10:00 PM every evening. (This is not a 24-hour system and calls received after 10:00 PM or before 8:00 AM will not be returned)

02/01/2024

02/01/2024

If your exotic little mammal has an issue, we'd appreciate the opportunity to bring resolution and relief to their dental needs.

01/07/2024

Potty Training Pet Birds

Birds defecate often. For this reason, some owners will try to potty train their bird.

When a bird receives a reward for defecating on command or at the right spot, they might start pushing more or harder just to get a reward. In extreme cases this could even lead to cloacal prolapse. Another issue could occur when the owner is away and someone else takes care of the bird. The bird might not understand when and where it is allowed to defecate.

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