Bird Boarding Melbourne
Bird Boarding in Melbourne
Most reputable pet bird boarding facilities require Bird-boarding or Bird-Vet Health checks for two reasons:
- To ensure that the owner can go on holiday with confidence that their Pet-bird is healthy to board. Having Your avian vet available for your pet-bird whilst you are away in an emergency gives added reassurance.
- The Bird-Boarding check also ensures that all the boarding birds at the bird-boarding facility should be free from infectious disease
The better Bird boarding services require that pet birds staying at their Bird-boarding facility undergo a health check with an avian vet like Bird Vet Melbourne. This is recommended to ensure that your Bird-vet is familiar with you the owner and the overall health of your bird prior to admission to bird-boarding. It helps ensure your Avian-vet is aware of potential problems that may arise during the boarding period at bird-boarding.
The bird boarding facilities in Melbourne that the clinic refers to require that the birds are clinically free from disease. The avian vet will examine your bird and do their standard health check. If the pet bird appears healthy – it is documented and will receive a health certificate.
Chlamydia Testing for Birds
For Bird-Boarding, a Psittacosis test or chlamydia test is usually needed to ensure your bird is free of this zoonotic disease. Psittacosis or chlamydiosis is contagious both to birds and humans. Some birds may carry bird-Psittacosis and have no visible symptoms. The Bird chlamydia PCR test we do for Bird Boarding is a PCR-chlamydia test taken from the conjunctiva, choana, pharynx and blood.
Beak and feather disease testing
For Bird-Boarding, a PBFD or Beak-and-feather test is required in certain breeds to ensure PBFD is not present. The PBFD OR Bird-beak and feather PCR test we do in Melbourne is a sample taken from the blood feathers and or blood.
Polyoma Virus testing
This viral disease is not common enough locally to require routine testing before boarding at Bird-boarding facilities in Melbourne.
Bird Faecal testing.
Faecal testing for bird boarding in Melbourne is a good way to screen your pet for internal parasites that are infectious such as worms, fungal organisms and cocci. It can also be helpful if your pet has gastrointestinal signs and enables the avian vet to examine the faecal flora.
The Bird -Boarding certificate.
Bird Boarding Facilities we work with accept the bird-boarding forms from Bird-Vet-Melbourne. The Bird Vet will usually email the bird-boarding forms to the owner and they are valid for one year.
Working with your bird vet is the best way to ensure hassle-free bird boarding when you are away on holiday.
Boarding at Bird Vet Melbourne
We do not offer routine boarding at the clinic at this time, although we do have the ability to board medical cases in our hospital.
If you are trying to locate a bird boarding facility near you, feel free to contact us to find out which boarding facilities we recommend. There are several that use our clinic regularly that our own staff are happy to use and have good working relationships with.
Hi, where are you and what is the charge for 13 days care of a 9 monrth old Cockatel. Thankyou
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
If I was in Melb’s I’d happily take your baby …
There are a couple of Longer Stay facilities in the Dandenong Area I had a friend use and found them fabulously clean and well maintained as her male cockatiel loved it there you get daily photos and it was only $35 per day
Hi the clinic only boards birds with medical conditons requiring treatment. We do refer to other boarding facilities. I recommend calling the clinic on (03) 9808 9011 for more information. We can give you some contacts in different price ranges.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
I used this incredible practice whilst living in Alphington (Melb’s) Dr Phil & the whole team are FANTASTIC my cockatiel got the absolute BEST CARE …
I took in an injured cockatiel whilst trying to find mine that escaped. NEVER got her back CoCo was a smart trained chatty bird I pray she went to a safe home … the other option breaks my ♥️
The care this male cockatiel received in the overstay medical facility was an enormous relief knowing these people cared he recovered and the rest is history!
You will never be mislead or overcharged guaranteed!
And I intend to take my 41/2 yr old to Melb’s before Christmas as I’m going to join the yearly bird care program.
Here in beautiful Sydney we live opposite the beach Mahli ☀️🐤🩷
However the pet fee costs are double & the only vet I had has retired I don’t want my hen going to anyone but Dr Phil.
So this testament values Dr Phil & All the Staff are a ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ veterinary avian specialist and have the best range of food & toys.
See you all soon …
Jules&Mahli
Brighton Le Sands
Sydney 🏖️☀️