The North West’s only dedicated avian vets.
Percy is a much-loved cockatiel, so much so, that her owner’s racing boat is indeed named after her, with its hull, sails and racing uniform bearing her image…brilliant! With today’s cockatiels being the descendants of countless generations of birds bred in captivity, ‘natural selection’ has now created birds that are very well adapted to and […]
The clinic will be closed Friday April 18th, Monday April 21st, Mondays May 5th & 26th and Monday August 25th. As always we provide an emergency out of hours service for our registered clients. Should you experience an emergency when the clinic is closed call 01606 350410 and the answerphone will give you the relevant […]
Practice management team, Kenzie Dodd and Willow Jones celebrating AVS’s 15th Birthday this week!! We first opened our doors on April 12th 2010 and are proud to have got to this milestone; the past decade and a half has seen growth and change, we’ve gotten through global pandemics (human and bird), met the challenges of […]
Wampa, a beautiful young snowy owl presented to the clinic with the not unusual history in the avian patient of ‘she just ain’t doing right’. As a bird flown in educational displays, she was now reluctant to fly, not her usual bouncy self with a reduced appetite. Our clients know their birds very well, as […]
Following a freak accident involving a head on collision with another vulture during a flying display at Muncaster Castle, Marmite the hooded vulture was left with an open fracture to her jawbone/lower beak, which is a serious, potentially life-threatening situation. The fracture was clearly very unstable with significant bleeding from the oral cavity and so […]
Just a reminder regarding our biannual closure dates and information of other veterinary practices should you require emergency treatment during these times. 2025 – Closed February 27th – March 10th / September 3rd – 15th We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however with us not getting any younger we feel it is our […]
Back in stock – we are pleased to let you know that we now have; Vitahawk Maintenance 100g (£19.20) Vitahawk Maintenance 300g (£37.00) Jess Grease (£12.60) Please email info@avianveterinaryservices.co.uk or call the clinic to place an order
Cruella, a 4-year-old female Golden Eagle presented to AVS with a history of ‘poor performance’, only seeming to come to life and actively hunt at last light when her internal clock would tell her she needed to eat before bedtime! With the benefit of hindsight, she also seemed slightly unbalanced on the glove or on […]
The UK is currently experiencing an unprecedented outbreak of HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza), in previous outbreaks we have seen a reduction in cases during the summer months, however this year cases in both wild and captive birds have been persistent throughout the year. Maintaining stringent biosecurity is paramount in mitigating the risks of incursion […]
Every 2 years AVS is represented at the International Conference of Avian, Reptile and Exotic animal medicine (ICARE) to catch up with friends/colleagues and keep up to date with the latest developments in this particular branch of veterinary medicine. These conferences are generally held at a variety of European locations with this year’s having been planned in Budapest. […]