Bryanston Avian, Exotic and Small Animal Clinic

16/01/2025

Our incredible kennelhand Silva holding a beautiful Eurasian Eagle Owl who came in for a health check with Dr Perushan today 🦉 Did you know Eurasian eagle-owl’s typically have a wingspan of 131–188 cm

15/01/2025

🏡 Urgent: DUMPED! Please Help this Sweet Girl Find her Furever Home! 🐇❤️

This morning, the BAESAC vet team made a heartbreaking discovery—this beautiful bunny girl was found hopping around their gate as they arrived at work. Nearby, they found the box she had been dumped in, likely having escaped from it before being spotted.

What’s even more shocking is how close she was to heavy traffic in the busy center where BAESAC is located. It’s a miracle she wasn’t hit by a car. How anyone could abandon such a precious soul is beyond us!

Despite her rough start, this sassy and resilient girl deserves a second chance at a life filled with love. She’s being spayed today and will soon be ready to join a forever family that will cherish her. Could that be you?

If you’re unable to adopt, you can still help by sharing this post far and wide to help us find her a loving home as quickly as possible.

✨ Adoption rules and home checks apply. For more information, message us here on Facebook or email us at [email protected].

Thank you for helping us give this bunny girl the future she deserves! 💕

15/01/2025

UP FOR ADOPTION
We have a yellow male Indian Ringneck up for adoption, he is wild and not hand tame. Not yet tested for Beak and Feather Disease Virus.
Please call (011) 706-1381 should you be interested

09/01/2025

‼️STRAY ALERT‼️

This week we have received two lovebirds who are missing from their homes (the peach-faced lovebird is not afraid of people so likely a lost pet). If you think either of these birds might be yours, please contact the clinic ASAP🙏

08/01/2025

OLD NEWSPAPER request!
If 2025 starts off your annual cleaning purge and you have some old newspapers you would like to throw away, we would LOVE them 🗞️📰 thank you BAESAC family 🩶

23/12/2024

* dog has been collected, back home
STRAY FOUND! Cumberland Avenue Bryanston. Microchipped but NOT REGISTERED. Male neutered, Wire Fox Terrier
Currently at Bryanston Avian, Exotic and Small Animal Clinic

19/12/2024

STRAY FOUND 💛
Yellow male ringneck found. Proof of ownership required ie: photos, ring details.
Let’s try get him home before Christmas 🙏🏼
Please contact us on 011 706-1381

12/12/2024

Wishing all our wonderful BAESAC family and pets a blessed festive season🎄

12/12/2024

10/12/2024

‼️CHRISTMAS PRICE DROP‼️🎄

Every dog deserves a magical Christmas, so we are dropping the prices on our Doggy Advent Calendars, Crackers and Christmas Biscuits!🎁🐶

Cuthbert's Advent Calendars - R65😱
Pro Bono Advent Calendars - R85🥳

Pro Bono Xmas Crackers - R55🤩

Pro Bono Xmas Sprinkle Biscuits - only R40!🤯

This is the last of the Christmas spoils, and we won't be able to order any more this year so time is of the essence! Come stock up on your doggy's stocking stuffers and Christmas treats before it's too late👀🐾

25/11/2024

CHLOE CHEATS DEATH💜

This pup may not look like it now, but she had a VERY close brush with death after a suspected poisoning with a new generation rat poison😣

Chloe came to us last month completely collapsed and barely responsive, with no obviously identifiable cause. A thorough workup and a team effort between Dr Melissa at BAESAC and Dr Adri at JSVC led to Chloe being diagnosed with potentially fatal elevations in her blood calcium. High levels of calcium in the blood cause nausea, muscle weakness, loss of bone density, and kidney problems such as kidney stones and renal failure. If these levels remain consistently high without urgent intervention, they will ultimately be fatal😓 but thankfully, Chloe’s condition was caught in time and treated aggressively!💪🏻

After 4 long weeks in hospital and on a drip, Chloe’s calcium levels finally dropped, and her kidney function returned to normal!🥳 we were absolutely thrilled to discharge her to her family, and even threw a little party to celebrate her victory over death😎 but as happy as all the humans were, no one was happier than Chloe herself❤️ enjoy being home little pup, you’ve got a long and happy life to live!🐾🥰

22/11/2024

Our very own 💚

20/11/2024

For November ONLY!! Hurry and save before the festive season starts 💉

19/11/2024

FOUND STAY COCKATIEL in Morningside Village area 18/04/2024
Proof of ownership required
*disclaimer not our cage

18/11/2024

OWNER COLLECTED. Went missing on 14/11/2024.
FOUND neglected Blue-winged MaCaw with deformed bottom beak. Dehydrated and in hospital under treatment. Found in Bryanston corner Lyn Close and Maple Avenue. Proof of ownership required

09/11/2024

LIVING IN THE AGE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE🧫💊

There are plenty of things in this world to be concerned about, but something that has vets (and human doctors) particularly concerned these days is worsening resistance to antibiotics. So what does this mean, and what can you do as an owner to help prevent this?🤔

Antibiotics are medications that are prescribed to treat BACTERIAL infections. There are different classes of antibiotics, that work in different ways to either kill the bacteria or stop the bacteria from multiplying. Decades of research has gone into establishing effective doses in numerous species, and which antibiotics work best against which bacteria. Unfortunately, bacteria are smart little things...

Bacteria are single celled organisms that are literally everywhere. Their replication and functioning is determined by DNA, just like us. They are exceptionally good at mutating their DNA, and even exchanging it with other bacteria in certain cases. This is how they are able to develop resistance to medications so effectively. Bacteria are constantly replicating and mutating, developing better ways to survive. Everytime a bacterium comes into contact with an antibiotic, it could potentially develop resistance to that drug.

So what can YOU do to help prevent this from happening? We all have a responsibility to ourselves, our beloved pets and future generations to use antibiotics responsibly. If we do this, we can hopefully preserve the efficacy of these vital medications. Here are some guidelines for using antibiotics responsibly:
1. TAKE OR GIVE ANTIBIOTICS AS PRESCRIBED. One of the biggest causes of antibiotic resistance, is patients - or their owners - terminating an antibiotic course early because they or their animal feel better, or perhaps because giving the medication was too stressful. Just because clinical signs are gone, doesn't mean the infection is! And if only 95% of the bacteria are eradicated, the chances are high that those 5% are going to come back bigger and nastier than before🫣
2. DON'T GIVE OR TAKE ANTIBIOTICS UNLESS PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR. We cringe everytime an owner tells us that they gave their pet antibiotics that were left over from a post-op course in 2018, or that the breeder recommended this drug for that condition and they have a contact at a pharmacy... Please don't ever do this!😫 not only are you contributing to antibiotic resistance, but you could potentially do more harm than good if there is an allergic reaction, or a negative interaction with another medication, or you accidentally overdose your pet. If you have any leftover medication for whatever reason, please speak to your vet first before giving it to your pet🙏
3. FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR VET AS REQUESTED. We often ask owners to come back for a follow up once a course of medication is completed. This is because we need to make 110% sure that the infection is truly gone. Sometimes, especially in today's day and age, we need to extend or modify treatment courses depending on how a patient is doing. This is done specifically to ensure that we don't end up leaving behind some resistant bugs lurking somewhere. Please keep to your follow up appointments, especially if your pet is not 100% better. It will ultimately mean less time spent at the vet in the long run😜

If we all follow these basic rules, we will be doing our part to preserve the efficacy of our limited pool of antibiotics🙏 and then hopefully we won't be seeing so many multidrug resistant infections🧫

The attached culture reports are from a range of patients seen at our clinic this year alone. Every R stands for resistant, and it is frightening to see so many of them💔