Exotic Patient of the Week

This beautiful baby cockatiel is Angel Baby, and she injured her foot when she was only 4 weeks old. We’re not sure how it happened, but she wasn’t using her foot. X-rays couldn’t find any fractures, but we couldn’t rule-out the possibility so we put a small bandage on her left foot. Two weeks… Read more

Egg binding in a cockatiel

Some female cockatiels can be very “hormonal” and lay eggs even when there is no male bird around. This happened recently to a cockatiel who came to Olathe Animal Hospital on emergency because she was trying to lay an egg but she became egg-bound. This means she was unable to pass the egg. This… Read more