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 ...

BREA, California, Jan. 22-- Nationwide Mutual Insurance issued the following news release on Jan. 21: Fifteen percent of U.S. pet owners have a bird or exotic animal as a pet, such as a rabbit, ...

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 ...

“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 parrot attempts to fly out of the examination area and into the waiting room, where a chameleon peeks out of a pink and blue carry bag. A white umbrella cockatoo wanders around the clinic while vets ...