Avian and Exotic Pet Clinic of Roanoke

04/18/2024

Join us in celebrating one of our outstanding Veterinary Assistants, Alana, as she prepares to begin a new journey in veterinary medicine. She has been accepted and will begin Veterinary School this fall. Our team will miss her and are so very proud and excited for her achievements. She played a very important roll caring for our patients and will continue to be a valuable asset in the veterinary industry. Please send best wishes to her while she enters her final weeks at our practice.
Carpe Diem and we will see you again in 3 years! 😘🩺🐇🦔🐢🦆🐓🦜🦎🐍❤️

04/12/2024

With summer approaching we wanted to share our upcoming Clinic Closures for the remainder of the year. Please be advised these hours are subject to change.

02/20/2024

FYI - Our clinic will be closed Thursday, February 29 and Monday, March 4, 2024. We will reopen for appointments on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 8 AM. If your pet is in need of supplies before, then we will be operating normal office hours through 4 PM Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Please make note, our office hours on Wednesday, February 28th will be 8AM-4PM.

If your pet is in need of emergency care while our clinic is closed, please call our main number 540-989-4464 for emergency veterinary referral instructions.

02/08/2024

Thursday shenanigans!

01/30/2024

FYI - Our clinic will be closed Thursday, February 29 and Monday, March 4, 2024. We will reopen for appointments on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. If your pet is in need of supplies before, then we will be operating normal office hours through 4 PM Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Please make note, our office hours on Wednesday, February 28th will be 8AM-4PM.

01/13/2024

Dental month is approaching!
FEBRUARY IS DENTAL MONTH!
During February we offer:
* $10.00 off your pet's regularly priced dental trimming for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas.
We also offer:
* $10.00 off all regularly priced dental work for all other exotic mammals and reptiles.
Annual dental exams are especially important with our rodent and rabbit companions.
DID YOU KNOW that their teeth grow continuously throughout their lifetime? Rabbits use their front teeth, the incisors, to slice their food. One side at a time, they use their molars to grind their food. It is extremely important for rabbits and rodents to maintain their teeth’s appropriate shape, length, and alignment. Common causes of dental disease are inappropriate diet, metabolic bone disease, primary malocclusion of the cheek teeth, change in the formation of the jaw, congenital disorders, or previous injury. These dental issues can be very dangerous for rabbits and difficult to recover from. If the cheek teeth overgrow, they can block the nasal passages or nasolacrimal duct. Common signs indicative of dental disease include drooling, wet fur or matting on the face or front legs, dropping their food, losing interest in their regular diet, eating or drinking less, less f***l production, change in weight, reduced activity, poor coat condition, pain (teeth grinding, hunched posture), ocular discharge, facial swelling, or f***l matter sticking to the rear. Other disorders can also cause symptoms like these. Please let us know if you’d like to schedule an exam with us! 🙂

01/11/2024

Internet has been restored! Thanks Cox Business!

We are alerting our clients that there has been an internet outage in our area. Therefore, our phones and internet our down at the moment. The Cox team is working on the matter and we hope this will be quickly resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience. If your bird or exotic pet is having an emergency during this outage and your call is unable to go through during normal office hours, please come straight to the clinic and a team member will be available to help.

12/21/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours. Thank you for entrusting us with your precious pet family this year!

The Clinic will be closed for appointments Christmas Day, Monday, 12/25 and Tuesday12/26. We will reopen for appointments on Wednesday, December 27th at 10 am.

Other upcoming closures…
Monday, 1/1/24 New Year’s Day

12/19/2023

Tis the season ❄️🎄

12/19/2023

As the holidays approach, a reminder about foods that aren't guinea pig friendly.

11/15/2023

10/31/2023

PUMPKIN CONTEST 2023 ANNOUNCEMENT!
WINNER – ALANA – CHICKEN (E)
1ST STAFF MEMBER TO ENTER PUMPKIN – ABBEY – CHAMELEON CARVING (A)
Congratulations to all the entries they were all so cute!
Happy Halloween! Be safe tonight.

10/25/2023

Thank you all for participating and voting for you favorite pumpkin. The voting has ended and the winner has been announced in the above post!

Our team painted and carved pumpkins this past weekend. This is the third year we have held the Best of the Best Pumpkins and we need YOU to vote for your favorite! COMMENT below indicating the LETTER of the Pumpkin that has your vote. Please only vote once! The Winner will be announced Halloween night!

(Note the entries are not in alphabetical order so when choosing Choose Wisely)!
(Contest pumpkin entries are only open to staff members, but sharing your designs are welcome we love seeing our clients talents) ❤️

10/21/2023

Our first custom Quarterly Newsletter, we hope you enjoy and find it informative! As Barnaby Doolittle says, Happy Fall Ya'll!

10/16/2023

FYI - With a heavy heart, our clinic will be closed Monday, October 16 and Tuesday, October 17 2023 due to illness. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please refer to our voicemail for any emergency and/or day time urgent care at 540-989-4464. We plan to reopen the clinic on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 10 am. See you soon friends 🐭🐹🐰🐸🐔🐦🐍🦎🐢🦂🐕🦜🐓🐕‍🦺🐇🕊🐁🦔

09/04/2023

FYI - Avian and Exotic Pet Clinic of Roanoke will be closed for normal office hours and daytime urgent care on Labor Day Monday, September 4, Wednesday, September 6 & Thursday September 7, 2023. We will be open on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 and will resume normal office hours and daytime urgent care on Monday, September 11, 2023 8 am.

If your pet has an urgent or emergency need while our office is closed, please call our clinic's main phone number at 540-989-4464 to receive referral instructions.

08/14/2023

FYI - Avian and Exotic Pet Clinic of Roanoke will be closed for normal office hours and daytime urgent care beginning 4PM Thursday, August 17, 2023 through Sunday, August 24, 2023 for Continued Education. We will resume normal office hours and daytime urgent care on Monday, August 28, 2023 8 am.
Dr. Stewart will be attending the annual Exotics Con Conference to stay attuned to the latest techniques and exotic pet veterinary research, to continue to provide the highest quality veterinary care for your unique pet(s).
If your pet has an urgent or emergency need while our office is closed, please call our clinic's main phone number at 540-989-4464 to receive referral instructions.

08/03/2023

Meet Alana...

Alana is a "Rock Star" Veterinary Assistant who has been working here at our clinic and caring for our patients since June 2022. Alana is originally from Richmond, VA. She's been working in veterinary medicine since 2017. She is attending Roanoke College working on receiving a Bachelor of Science with a minor in psychology degree and is preparing to apply to graduate school to become a Veterinarian.

Her favorite part working in the field is learning new and different things every day. “There is never a boring day when working in this industry while there is always so much to learn.”

Outside of work she enjoys traveling to new places, spending time with friends and family, painting, solving puzzles and going for rides in her jeep

07/20/2023

Another form of environmental enrichment is offering the largest cage possible. Minimum cage sizes for different species can be found online, and you can also speak with your avian veterinarian for advice. Unfortunately, some of the cages advertised for birds are too small for these pets to exhibit natural behaviors.

Visit the blog post:
https://www.aav.org/blogpost/1778905/322568/Minimum-Cage-Size-Recommendations

06/27/2023

The Avian and Exotic Pet Clinic of Roanoke will be closed, as previously mentioned, for appointments, boarding and Emergency Care, Friday, June 30 through Sunday, July 9. We will resume normal office hours on Monday, July 10, 2023. If you will need supplies please arrange prior to these dates. Emergency daytime and after hour referral instructions will be posted on our voicemail.

06/11/2023

Here are some great tips from Harrison’s Bird Foods on how to convert your pet bird from a seed diet to a nutritionally balanced pelleted diet.

05/11/2023

Grace assists Dr. Stewart while he performs a coelomic ultrasound on this beautiful and very cooperative turkey.

05/11/2023

FYI, our clinic will be closing early today. Please call or visit prior to 11:30 am if you need to pick up any supplies today.

Thursday, May 11, 2023 hours 8am-12:00pm

05/04/2023

Pulled this one from the archives..

May the fourth be with you!

05/02/2023

We are experiencing an area outage in phone and internet service. Technicians are working on restoring service as quickly as they can. We are open and are available in person at this time. If your pet is scheduled for an appointment and/or picking up medication/supplies, please feel free to walk inside and a team member will be happy to assist you in the front lobby. We apologize for any inconvenience.

03/04/2023

Meet a very well behaved young reticulated python. This color morph is extremely rare, but makes for an intriguing pet that fortunately does not reach the daunting size of a normal retic (20+ feet).

03/02/2023

Missing Sun Conure in the Lynchburg area.

Sweet Kiwi got out this afternoon and her parents are devastated. I am told that she is friendly and likes walnuts. Sun conures make a very high pitched, loud flock call that will not sound like any wild bird you would typically hear. If you see her please use the contact information below to help get her home❤️🐦❤️

03/02/2023

A little love note from our furry friends! Funday Thursday!

It’s all about the p**p!

Willow Grove Designs