Bottom line: $200, four hours of driving, and three hours of not knowing what was going on with our severely sick bird, and one vet who ultimately could not treat our bird. I would not recommend this place to any exotic bird owner. Bebop is now being treated for severe lead poisoning at the South Wilton Veterinary Group. Both the avian vet there (Dr.Schunk) and the vet who referred me to both Foster Hospital and SWVG (Dr. Burke) were horrified by the treatment we received there. Hopefully Bebop will pull through, he is currently receiving excellent care.
We got to Foster Hospital at 12am, and Bebop was seen immediately. We did not see the vet for another three hours, and during that time we had no idea what was going on with our bird. At 3am, we were told that they did NOT in fact have an avian vet on staff, and that there was nothing they could do for Bebop until the morning. They offered to keep him overnight (which they would do for a fee obviously, but they couldn't provide us with an estimate of what this would cost), until they could run tests on him in the morning.
Your still wrong !! Lupron was a bad drug,it slowed my Dido's breathing down !! She has a stroke !! She passed away 06-02-2016 !!!! How many birds did you Save with this Drug ??? None !!!! Experimenting with our Loved Ones !!! Never Trust anyone !!
Most of the reviews I see here are for dogs or cats. This is my experience with my sick sun conure.
My sun conure Bebop started exhibiting signs of lead poisoning last night- lethargy, vomiting, and bloody stool- after flying to and chewing on a stained glass window. We contacted our avian vet who highly recommended this practice to us.
Because the vet who was on staff knew nothing about birds, she tried to charge us for a "consultation fee" of $100 as she tried to get in contact with other vets who presumably did know about birds- the vets who presumably were supposed to be at the clinic as assured to us during our many phone calls to this clinic before we left Connecticut. The attitude of the staff seemed to be "We don't know what's wrong, so it's not really our problem."
At this point, it didn't make sense for us to leave Bebop in another state two hours away so that he could get tested a few hours later. The only reason why we brought him to Foster Hospital in the first place was so that he could be treated immediately.
Amazing place, I highly recommend. The staff are super friendly and understanding. I had to take my cat in for an emergency and they walked me through the entire process.
I've always brought my animals dogs cats and birds here, the staff is usually wonderful. They have wonderful programs for low-cost animal clinics. I have also surrendered animals wild and domestic bc of medical reasons and they've been incredibly kind and understanding all 3 times. A lot of vet offices out there say "Hospital " in the name of their business title and they aren't actually fully equipped to be called a hospital. Tufts can take care of everything and they are actually able to watch certain cases over night without having to stress the owner out.
Even though we live two hours away in Connecticut, we needed to see a specialized avian vet that night. This is the most important detail: We called multiple times before we left to make sure that not only would there be an avian vet available when we arrived, but also that they would be able to treat a parrot with lead poisoning with chelation therapy, as recommended by our normal vet.
My family has brought our dog to Tufts 3 times in the four years we have had her. One time she spent a week in the ICU and the other two times were for spine surgery. All staff we dealt with went above and beyond to care for our dog and to accommodate us. The care animals get here is better than humans can expect at most hospitals. This is such an amazing place and everyone who work here are angels. I can not thank this place enough for what they have done for my dog and my family.
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