FAQ
With us, have peace of mind knowing that your bird is in good hands. You have trained professionals to handle your bird appropriately, also having a Registered Veterinary Technician with many years of experience in the veterinary field to know the proper anatomy of your birds' beak. We can guide you if there are overt concerns regarding the condition of your birds' beak. A visit to the veterinarian may be required if your birds' beak is assessed by our Registered Veterinary Technician and a concern is found.
We certainly do offer in-home grooming, as well as nursing care for you and your pets comfort and convenience. With a lot of exotic pets, a car ride may be stressful. With us coming to you, your pet can stay stress free in its own environment, and recover a lot faster from a groom without the addition of stress from the car rides.
With Birds and Critters Pet Services, you have peace of mind while you are away. We keep you connected to your pet with confirmed daily updates on the status of your pet, and even your home. Exotic pets require specialized care, and a "pet sitter hobbyist" likely doesn't have the experience or training to care for them properly. Clients have come home to pets that were not cared for appropriately by an inexperienced pet sitter. Some things that can happen when using an inexperienced/unreliable pet sitter include coming home to obese pets, emaciated pets, or even the worst case scenarios of a critically ill, or deceased pet. Some pet owners are not even sure if that neighbour was at their home during their time away. Or clients have arranged a pet sitter who all of a sudden is "on holiday". We take our pet care very seriously, and always have backup for your pet if our sitter is sick, or unable to get to a sit. Your pet and their care is of the utmost importance to us. We ensure your pet stays happy and healthy until you return.
When your bird comes to board with us, we take measures such as up to date Health certificates from an avian veterinarian within a 4 month time period to make sure everyone is checked out to be as healthy as they can be while boarding with us. We do our best to space out cages accordingly and to not have birds "visit" each other while in our care. We also wash our hands thoroughly between the care of each pet; these measures ensure minimal disease transfer as well.
When coming into your home we ensure our hands are washed, and that we have our booties on once our outdoor shoes are off, to minimize bringing anything into the home. Most people have their bunnies vaccinated now, but vaccines are not 100% guaranteed on protection, that is why we take the extra steps to help protect your bunny while in our care. When boarding with us, we also require an up to date RHD Vaccine certificate from your exotic veterinarian.
We keep you as connected as we can while you are away. With daily updates including a picture or video, you can rest assured your pet is doing well. If you have a sick or senior pet, we also ensure you have more detailed updates on their general wellbeing and daily activities we observe.
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