I had to take one of my birds in to get it's nails clipped. The vet near my house was too busy, booked nearly a month in advance (even for just a stupid nail clipping). So I decided to try this... More

I had to take one of my birds in to get it's nails clipped. The vet near my house was too busy, booked nearly a month in advance (even for just a stupid nail clipping). So I decided to try this one. There are not many vets in bradenton that deal with birds. I was very satisfied with my visit. I only had to wait a couple minutes to get into an exam room. The staff was very friendly with my bird and seemed very knowledgeable. The vet I had previously taken my bird to always made every nail bleed and acted as though it was just a fact of life and I needed to have it done more often. This vet came in and noticed the veins in the nails were long so he decided to use his dremel instead of clipping. I have never seen this done on a bird, I do it on my dogs but I didn't think it could be done on a bird. He handled my bird gently and was very careful with the dremel. He did not make any of the nails bleed and it was nice to not have sharp jagged nails to deal with later. I don't have any experience with this vet otherwise, but I thought they deserved a good word from the one experience I did have with them.
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