“There’s someone calling about a guinea pig emergency,” a receptionist says. It’s been a busy day for Dr. Leslie Pence, an exotic animal veterinarian at the Avian & Exotic Animal Hospital of Louisiana ...

A flying dinosaur stands atop the roof of the Avian & Exotic Animal Hospital’s new facility on Morena Boulevard, but dinosaurs — and cats and dogs — are among the few animals not treated at the ...

Before we got our guinea pig, Jingles, I was pretty clueless about vet care for small animals, meaning the varieties that are not dogs and cats. When Jingles joined our family, I knew little about ...

Until we had our guinea pig, Jingles, I did not know much about vet care for small animals other than dogs and cats. When Jingles joined our family, I quickly learned that exotic pets need specialized ...

Not every veterinarian wants to work with dangerous exotic animals. But Crystal Matt isn’t every veterinarian. She loves treating raptors with long claws and giant snakes among others. Matt works as ...

Some of Dr. Christine Eckermann-Ross’ patients are tarantulas—one of many exotic pets that come through the door at her veterinary office. Tarantulas are very sensitive to their environment, and some ...

I was observing Paul Stewart, the veterinarian/owner of Avian & Exotic Pet Clinic of Roanoke, with his patients. Despite the soothing music of Vivaldi playing in the background, I was nervous. Birds ...