“Thank you so much!! You and your team are the ‘kindness champs’! I can’t say enough. I am very appreciative of all your gentle help. Dr. Doolittle has nothing on you guys! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. -Chris and Biddamon”
Even water-based latex paints have VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) which at high enough levels can be dangerous for our birds and ourselves. Many brands market themselves as low-VOC containing paints.
For those looking to keep our homes as free of toxic substances for our birds and ourselves as possible might do well to look into BioShield Paints. They produce paints that have no (*NOT LOW*) VOC’s.
Aspex will use their Scanning Electron Microscope to take free magnified pictures of anything you want to send them. Reptile scales, bird feathers, whatever!
http://aspexcorp.com/updates/sem-image-gallery-by-aspex-send-us-your-sample/
Dr. Vanessa Rolfe just received a letter today from the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners that her credentials and application from January has been accepted in the Avian Medicine practice category and she is now eligible to sit for the ABVP certifying examination in November 2010.
We are always looking for ways to enrich our companion birds lives. Sometimes there is only so much one brain can come up with to make our birds happy. But there is a dearth of good information sources out there to help.
The Gabriel Foundation has alerted us to the following free e-books.
This group has free Parrot Enrichment Activity Books available for download.
There is a matching gift program now, your money to support the wonderful work Irene Pepperberg is doing with studying avian intelligence will go a great deal further.
See the Alex Foundation website for further information on how to donate!
Bird Talk Magazine 2008 published Dr. Rolfe’s article about bird beaks, aimed towards the new bird owner.
There are many different beaks on those different species of birds out there, and they all are adapted to the bird’s environment. Our parrots are known as “hookbills” and the beak is good at tearing up different things in order to forage for food and create cavity nesting sites.
Come in and ask for a FREE bag of Healthy Handfuls, the Oxbow diet for gerbils/ hamsters. No catch- the bags are soon to expire and we want to just get them used so we don’t have to discard them. Just say you read it on our website blog. Limited time offer, and when the soon-to-expire stock is gone, the offer is over.
Give us a call at 561-964-2121 if you want to check the availability still.
Youniversity TV came last fall and took some footage for a video introducing veterinary medicine to their students assessing possible career paths. You can see Angie and Dr. Rolfe in action with our patients and clients.
Click here for the video of us!
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