Bring Your Lovebird for its First Checkup

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Sarah and I’m her at Extra Care Animal Hospital today, and on behalf of expertvillage.com I’m going to tell you a little bit about owning a lovebird. Once you obtain your lovebird, it is very important that you take your lovebird to a qualified avian veterinarian as soon possible for a thorough physical exam, fecal check, and possibly, a little bit of blood work just to ensure that your lovebird is completely healthy. If you need to find a qualified avian veterinarian if you area, you can go to the Association of Avian Veterinarian’s website, which is www.aav.org. A good thorough physical exam after purchase will ensure that you have obtained a healthy bird. The veterinarian can also give you information about caring for and proper feeding of your bird. After you initial visit right after you purchase your bird, you generally should plan on bringing it in once a year, just like you would do with a dog or a cat, just for a regular wellness exam and possibly a fecal check and possibly fecal gramscreen, depending on the recommendations of your veterinarian. And every year to every few years you should plan on doing a little bit of wellness work on your bird. Your avian veterinarian can go over these recommendations with you when you go in for your first visit. "