Bryanston Avian, Exotic and Small Animal Clinic

05/12/2023

‼️STRAY ALERT‼️

A juvenile sun conure was found in Morningside this morning (05/12/23) and brought into us. It is clearly someone's beloved bird.
Please contact the clinic ASAP if this is your baby. Proof of ownership will be required🦜

04/12/2023

28/11/2023

Happy Tuesday everybody! We hope your day is as stimulating and enjoyable as this game is for Gaea, a very-loved BAESAC regular🥰🐰

21/11/2023

REUNITED WITH OWNER
‼️STRAY‼️ female (unsterilized) crossbreed (possible Pit bull x Lab) with no microchip found around 214 Grosvenor Road, Bryanston. Proof of ownership required.

16/11/2023

Little Bennie enjoying his fresh morning chop in hospital this morning 🥕🌶️🥒🫛🫐 he’s currently receiving treatment for PDD (proventricular dilitation disease) and is eating like a champ!

12/11/2023

FOUND❗️Adult Mute Swan has flown into someone’s garden in Barbeque Downs. If you are missing your swan please contact us at BAESAC and we will put you in touch with the person who has your swan

07/11/2023

Please share and help get Pebbles back home

06/11/2023

MAGGIE THE MIRACLE DOG🐕

While we are known for seeing exotics, we still meet people who are surprised to learn that we also treat dogs and cats🐕🐈‍⬛
Tonight we want to share the story of Maggie, a sweet older lady with a gentle nature❤️ she came in a few weeks ago for her annual vaccinations, and while doing a routine physical exam, Dr Georgie picked up something rather concerning... Maggie had a very large mass taking up her entire abdomen😱
An abdominal scan confirmed that she had a very enlarged, irregular spleen that was pushing all her intestines to the side. She also had an area of fluid in a capsule, which could not be identified. Thankfully, there didn't seem to be evidence of an aggressive cancer, so surgery to remove her spleen should be curative🥳
Dr Jean to the rescue! Maggie had the operation to remove her spleen, and what an enormous spleen it was! But that wasn't all Maggie had in store for us... as Dr Jean got the last portion of spleen out, a very large, fluid-filled sac was revealed. And this sace turned out to be nothing other than Maggie's right kidney!🤯 clearly at some point in her life, Maggie's right ureter had become blocked, causing urine to dam back and destroy the kidney. All this time, Maggie was living with one working kidney and a huge spleen, and didn't even complain once😇
One splenectomy and one nephrectomy later, Maggie has a new lease on life💪 she is a happy girl who loves her food, and is even putting on weight already! Cases like Maggie remind us why we do what we do, and it was an honour for us to be able to help this special girl❤️🐾

31/10/2023

Merry the Fairy Queen of BAESAC wishes all our clients a Happy Halloween!🎃🐾

25/10/2023

We have stock of the RHDV vaccination 💉
Please note this is by appointment and we will be vaccinating rabbits in the safety of your car to prevent any unnecessary exposure 🐰🐰
Please WhatsApp 061-533-9950

25/10/2023

🐰❗️Please report all suspected RHDV cases to the below QR code. We unfortunately we cannot take any suspected rabbits/carcasses onto our property as this will put our patients at risk. Thank you for your understanding

23/10/2023

UPDATE: she’s been found!! Thanks to the power of social media 🤍 back home with her owner

LOST!! Please help us find Sprog. She flew away from Northriding area 22/10/2023 in the afternoon. She is a grey Pearl cockatiel. Please contact BAESAC or Sandi on 082 390 6598

19/10/2023

The current status of RHD Virus outbreak‼️🐰

17/10/2023

VACCINATION SPECIAL including tick, flea and deworming! Hurry hurry before December comes knocking 🐶🐱💉

11/10/2023

THE BRILLIANT AND RESILLIENT BERTIE🦜

Young Bertie is a special little guy; he has no foot on one side, and only half his toes on the other. Not that this fact has ever stopped him! After he and his brother were rescued by his mom, he has become a real little MacGyver - flying around and climbing up and down using only his beak and stumps💪
A few months ago, Bertie had a terrible accident. We suspect that he got his stump caught somewhere in the bars of his aviary, and managed to break his leg😓 this break was a tricky one: it was close to his ankle joint, and was a spiral fracture (as opposed to a transverse fracture straight through the bone). Losing half his leg was not an option for Bertie, and we were determined to do everything we could to save and heal his leg.
Initially we tried an intramedullary pin and a bandage for support, but within a week, it became clear that there was not enough of a distal bone fragment to hold the pin, so a new plan needed to be made🤔
Dr Jean managed to fix the two bones together using an external fixator, all covered with a protective bandage. Because an ex-fix can easily lead to infection in the bone, Bertie was kept on a strict regime of antibiotics and was confined to a tub to stop him climbing (and risking him breaking another bone!). It took some time, and Bertie was very unimpressed with his confinement. But it was all worth it when the ex-fix came out, and the bandages were off...Bertie was as good as new, and ready to starting exploring again💪 with supervision, of course😉

06/10/2023

❗️☀️SUMMER VACCINATION SPECIAL☀️❗️

December is fast approaching, make sure your furbabies 🐕🐈‍⬛ are vaccinated, dewormed and have appropriate tick&flea prevention before the chaos of the festive season hits.
Whether they’re coming with you on holiday or remaining at home or kennels, make sure they’re microchipped too. You’re welcome to call and double check their details are up to date and their microchip is registered.

Please make your booking via WhatsApp on 061-533-9950

28/09/2023

21/09/2023

‼️CALLING ALL PAWRENTS‼️🐾

Next week, we are having an amazing special on our rabies vaccinations in honour of World Rabies Day💉
For just R60, you can get you furbaby vaccinated against rabies*🥳

DID YOU KNOW?🤔
- rabies is a fatal but easily preventable disease that is found all over the world🌍
- because rabies outbreaks are not uncommon in South Africa, dog and cat owners are legally required to vaccinate their pets annually against rabies💉
- ferrets are also at risk of contracting rabies, so if anyone were to THEORETICALLY own a ferret in Gauteng, they should also be vaccinated against rabies annually😉
- many countries require rabies titre tests to be performed before a pet may be imported, so keeping your pet's rabies vaccinations up to date makes for less admin should you decide to relocate across the pond🛫

So don't put it off, take advantage of our special and protect your pets against rabies!❤️

*by appointment with our wonderful vet techs only, from the 26th to the 29th of September. Please send a WhatsApp message to 061 533 9950 to book your rabies vaccine ASAP

11/09/2023

FOUND canary. Found in Edenburg in Rivonia area

10/09/2023

🇿🇦 Gooooo Bokke!

08/09/2023

Dr’s Rush, Georgie and Mel were lucky enough to enjoy an exotic seminar with triple certified exotic specialist Dr Zoltan .zoltan 🐍🐇🦔🦜 we’ve learnt a couple of new tricks and were able to discuss some of our interesting cases with him. Thank you so much to Craig View Veterinary Clinic for hosting this wonderful event!

04/09/2023

FOUND! 04/09
Rainbow Lorikeet found in Bryanston at Braes Office Park. Proof of ownership required (traits, vocalizations and ring or none)

31/08/2023

FOUND Alexandrine Parakeet (not at BAESAC) 
Area found between Kyalami Hills and Vorna Valley. Tame.

16/08/2023

❗️SALE ON SHORT DATED FOOD❗️
We have some of the last Burgess Excel CHINCHILLA food available in SA. It is short dated for September 2023 and selling for R160 a bag. While stocks last

11/08/2023

Jemima the Miracle Duck🪿

Sweet Jemima is a special member of her family, so when she became sick, her mom was very concerned. She had built up a whole lot of fluid in her body, which was pushing on her air sacs and making it difficult to breathe😓
Her x-rays not only showed the extent of the fluid build up, but also that she had a piece of wire floating around inside her😨 Dr Jean advised Jemima's mom that she would need surgery to remove the wire, as it was most likely a perforated gastrointestinal foreign body that had caused food to leak out of her intestines. We knew it was going to be a difficult surgery, but we could never have anticipated just how severe the infection was...
Poor Jemima's body was full of horrible green fluid - a mixture of leaked food and subsequent infection🤢 in amongst this fluid was a lost wire, and what Dr Jean thinks is a mummified egg🤯 after her surgery, Jemima was more than 1 kilo lighter!
Given how extensive the infection was, we were all concerned that Jemima wouldn't pull through. But she proved us wrong! By that evening, she was standing and eating. She was home with mom within a few days❤️ and when she came back for a check up, she was like a new duck!💪
And as a thank you for fixing her, Jemima and her mom gave Dr Jean the greatest gift: a Jemima of her own!❤️

24/07/2023

REMY'S REMARKABLE RECOVERY🪶

Little Remy is a familiar face at our clinic, and we all love him like our own child❤️

On New Year's Day, Remy was rushed into BAESAC for having landed in a pot of boiling water😢 he came in with severe burns all over his body, clinging to life and very sore. Dr Jean explained to Remy's mom and dad that he was at risk for developing infections, and dehydrating because so much of his body had been burned. Nevertheless, we were all determined to help Remy through this ordeal!

Over the course of many months, Remy was treated in and out of hospital for his burns. He was given fluids, antibiotics, painkillers, and lathered in cream every day. And through it all, he was the sweet and loving bird that he's always been❤️

7 months down the line, and a few toes short, Remy is a happy and healthy baby!🥳 he regrew all his feathers - something we didn't think would happen - and he is learning to walk around on his little stumps. We all love seeing him for his checkups, and look forward to many social visits in the future🥰

07/07/2023

‼️RHDV OUTBREAK‼️

NB rabbit owners! Due to the confirmed positive case of RHD, and two further suspect cases (we are still waiting for their test results), we will not be seeing ANY rabbits this weekend (8th and 9th July). This is not a decision made lightly, but we have decided that mitigating the spread of the virus to our bunny patients has to be our first priority.
If your rabbit needs to see a vet this weekend, the following practices should be able to assist you:
- Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital (Onderstepoort, PTA North)
- Val de Grace Vet (Centurion/PTA South)
- Craigview Vet (East Rand)
- Radiokop Vet (West Rand)
- Fourways Family Vet (Fourways)

Please watch out for any abnormal behaviour in your rabbits, and make an appointment to have healthy rabbits vaccinated ASAP🙏

06/07/2023

‼️STRAY ALERT‼️

This little budgie was found in Kyalami and brought into us as a stray. If you suspect that this might be your bird, please contact the clinic ASAP.

04/07/2023

❗❗RHD IN GAUTENG❗❗

We have received confirmation that a rabbit we saw last week has tested positive for Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus. This is the first known case of RHDV in Gauteng.
The rabbit was not at BAESAC for long, and all potential in-contact rabbits have been notified. The clinic has, as always, been thoroughly disinfected.
The good news is that we have received the all-clear from the State Vet to continue seeing rabbits, but with some modifications that will come into effect immediately:
All rabbits will require a temperature AND glucose check before their appointment, even if they are not sick. Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before your appointment time to allow for this.
- All elective procedures and appointments for rabbits (e.g. sterilizations, nail trims, dentals, etc) will only be done on rabbits who were vaccinated against RHDV a minimum of 7 days prior to the procedure. If you are wanting to book your rabbit for an elective procedure in the near future, please make an appointment to have them vaccinated ASAP.
- Any rabbit suspected to have RHD or has come into contact with a positive case, unfortunately cannot be allowed in the clinic. Swabs will be taken to test for the disease, and medication will be dispensed for treatment at home, but we cannot risk spreading the disease to all of our rabbit patients.

If your rabbits have not yet been vaccinated, please make a plan to do so ASAP! This vaccine could be the difference between life and death for them🙏🏻

Please send us an email on [email protected] if you have any questions. Thank you for your understanding and support❤️

27/06/2023

‼️STRAY ALERT‼️

This sweet girl was picked up in Highland Avenue. She is very friendly and clearly well-loved, but has no collar or microchip. Please share so we can get this baby home to her family🙏

19/06/2023

Attention all dog and cat parents!🐾

UPDATE: This workshop is fully booked.

Our next Pet Parent “Pet First Aid & CPR” Workshop will be held on 12 July. Please contact Nicole at [email protected] to register.

15/06/2023

A young Fish Eagle rescue from a dam in Northern Limpopo on Saturday that unfortunately had a sad ending.
The little boy suffered a severe concussion due to what we suspect was inflicted in a skirmish with a territorial adult eagle.
Four days on oxygen, anti-inflammatory's, pain meds, hydration drips, sedatives and he was still unresponsive, with no improvement from the seizures he was having, meant that our vets had to humanely euthanase him.
Some interesting facts about these guys.
We've seen adults that have two nests that they alternate between and they can successively raise three chicks, which means siblicide doesn't occur, or occurs less frequently compared to other eagles.
Once the chicks fledge they'll be dependant on their parents for three to four months and then will move off, sometimes you'll see a group of juveniles hanging out together.
Prey consists of mainly fish, but they will pretty much eat anything including ducks, geese, baby crocodiles, monitors, turtles, small mammals and carrion.
They also practice kleptoparasitism, which basically means they rob other birds of their hard earned prey.
Interestingly they are the national bird for Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
We'll end off with a little good news with the IUCN listing them as least concern with their population at over 300 000 individuals😉

15/06/2023

We have a very special bunny looking for a home 🐰

08/06/2023

‼️WhatsApp bookings down temporarily‼️

Please note that the WhatsApp gremlins have been messing with our bookings line, so we ask that you please be patient with us while we sort it out🙏
If you suspect that you have an emergency and need an urgent appointment, please phone reception🙏

19/05/2023

BACK HOME WITH OWNERS!

FOUND! Congo African Grey from Killarney area. Does speak. Not very tame. Ring colour, leg side etc required.
Proof of ownership required