The Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic of Arizona

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

09/24/2024

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.

Photo by Manfred Goetz on Unsplash

12/29/2023

♥♥♥ Holiday Hours Reminder ♥♥♥
Our office will be CLOSED on Monday, January 1, 2024
in observance of New Year's Day.
Come in early if you need to stock up on pet food and toys! 😀
We are open Friday 12/29 and Saturday 12/30 for our regular business hours.
Happy New Year!!

12/22/2023

♥♥♥ Holiday Hours Reminder ♥♥♥

Our office will be CLOSED on Monday, December 25, 2023
in observance of Christmas Day.

Come in early if you need to stock up on pet food and toys! 😀
We are open Friday 12/22 and Saturday 12/23 for our regular business hours.

12/12/2023

♥♥♥ REMINDER ♥♥♥
We will be closing at 3:00 PM
on Wednesday, December 13th!
Come in early if you need to stock up on pet food and toys! 😀

11/21/2023

Holiday Hours Reminder!

Our office will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 23, 2023
in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

We will be OPEN the rest of that holiday weekend for our normal business hours on Friday and Saturday, November 24th and 25th.

Thank you and have a safe and happy holiday.

09/21/2023

08/18/2023

All requests for the Annual Pre-hibernation Tortoise Clinic Appointments must be sent via email! See details in the attached flyer below.

08/13/2023

If you love Dr Sarah McLaughlin you might know this about her. She is awesome and/but left-handed. Show her some love in the comments

08/03/2023

Our phones and internet are down again!! We will be using cell phones to try and access the voicemail system and return calls. So if you receive a call from a blocked number today it might be us! Thank you for your patience.