Feather Health

Hello everyone! We thought this month we would educate everyone on an important topic – feather and skin health! We’re starting off with out feathered friends, but will also touch on mammals and reptiles. What we can see on the outside of our exotic pets can certainly...
Rodent Enrichment

Rodent Enrichment

Rats and Mice Enrichment is about providing activities for your animals that will alleviate boredom and recreate activities normally undertaken in the wild. Most captive rats and mice live a charmed life where food is given to them on a plate where no effort is...
Enriching Birds!

Enriching Birds!

Behavioural enrichment aims to enhance the quality of life of captive animals. Providing varied, challenging and stimulating environments will improve the mental and physical well-being of pet birds, which in turn should assist in preventing or reducing abnormal...
Reptile Enrichment

Reptile Enrichment

Reptile enrichment aims to enhance the quality of life of captive animals. Providing varied, challenging and stimulating environments will improve the mental and physical well-being of pet reptiles, which in turn should assist in preventing or reducing abnormal...

Safe Transport of Fish and Amphibians to the Vet

To finish off our education topic of ‘Safe Transport’ today we are talking about aquatic creatures! We are lucky at BBEVS that we get to see a wide variety of animals, which includes amphibians such as frogs and axolotls, and even fish. Fish and amphibians are not the...

Keeping Your Reptile Warm Over Winter

Autumn is here! I am sure everyone has noticed the chilly weather starting to make an appearance! Our education focus this month is on heating for our scaled, furred and feathered pets! Keeping our little critters warm over the cooler months can help prevent many...