Gaggle of Geese Lovers

[Sondraa]

Unfortunately none in my area will see birds at all. They say it’s policy unless they have a trained exotics vet, which none of them are. I have an awesome vet vet that does see geese but she’s several hours away and getting in is very hard because she has a lot of clients.

One of the three worst I’ve dealt with was VCA because they first told me they do see waterfowl all the time and their exotic vet on staff was experienced in treating waterfowl, domestic and wild, so I scheduled an appointment for my gander who was sick at the time, drove an hour to get there, was told on arrival that they don’t see birds of any kind and they assumed that I was scheduling an appointment for a dog named Parsnip, goose, and waterfowl? Like what? and that their exotic vet doesn’t see waterfowl but if I stuck around for four hours they could ask see if he’d squeeze me in when he comes in for his shift….and I’d have to pay an after hours fee.

The other worst “Dr. D” was the reason I’m now one of the fish antibiotics tribe and just treat my birds at home when I can’t get an appointment with Dr. Smith.
Dr. D did see poultry but wasn’t experienced with them, which for me isn’t an issue if they’re honest about it, she was not honest about it. She also lied about a number of other things, thought my gander had giardia but wasn’t sure, tried charging me $900 for SMZTMP, refused to call it in to Walgreens across the street from her “where it was $17 at the time,” and ghosted me when I wouldn’t pay $900, then I found out that SMZTMP doesn’t even treat Giardia anyway.

The all time worst vet had nothing to do with birds, so it isn’t really relevant but she was seeing my parent’s dog. Before this I hadn’t really had any negative encounters with cat and dog vets and none since thankfully. There’s too much to unpack with this one but the highlight of the day was when an elderly woman came in with her dog that suffered from some kind of epilepsy and it started seizing in the waiting room on arrival, the vet tech called for the vet and she came in, saw the dog seizing and started screaming at the owner “YOU NEED TO GET THIS DOG TO A VETERINARIAN.”

!!! You have had your share of bad experiences with vets.

 

[Goosebaby]

!!! You have had your share of bad experiences with vets.

To be fair it was really just those three, I’ve had animals my whole life and the vast majority of vets I’ve encountered have been sane stable people…

 

[Goosebaby]

Speaking of vets there’s actually a mystery in my area. There’s supposedly an experienced avian vet around here that everyone swears by “Dr. E” and he’s not far from me. Everyone in my area says he’s great with their chickens and ducks.
But here’s where things get weird.
The last several years when I’ve had a sick bird I’ve looked up his practice on yelp reviews and all the reviews are from several years ago, even the people in my area that swear by him always say they went to him a few years or so ago. O one I’ve talked to has actually laid eyes on him since then. I’ve tried to make an appointment but every time I’ve been told by his staff that “he’s on vacation for the next two weeks.” This has happened about three or four times now.

Maybe Dr. E is on an extended vacation in a shallow unmarked grave somewhere? It’s pretty sus.

 

[AGeese]

Speaking of vets there’s actually a mystery in my area. There’s supposedly an experienced avian vet around here that everyone swears by “Dr. E” and he’s not far from me. Everyone in my area says he’s great with their chickens and ducks.
But here’s where things get weird.
The last several years when I’ve had a sick bird I’ve looked up his practice on yelp reviews and all the reviews are from several years ago, even the people in my area that swear by him always say they went to him a few years or so ago. O one I’ve talked to has actually laid eyes on him since then. I’ve tried to make an appointment but every time I’ve been told by his staff that “he’s on vacation for the next two weeks.” This has happened about three or four times now.

Maybe Dr. E is on an extended vacation in a shallow unmarked grave somewhere? It’s pretty sus.

Do they advertise care for poultry?

 

[Goosebaby]

Do they advertise care for poultry?

They advertise as a companion animal and exotic vet.

 

[AGeese]

They advertise as a companion animal and exotic vet.

He's probably like just tell those chicken and goose people I'm on vacation.

 

[Sondraa]

Speaking of vets there’s actually a mystery in my area. There’s supposedly an experienced avian vet around here that everyone swears by “Dr. E” and he’s not far from me. Everyone in my area says he’s great with their chickens and ducks.
But here’s where things get weird.
The last several years when I’ve had a sick bird I’ve looked up his practice on yelp reviews and all the reviews are from several years ago, even the people in my area that swear by him always say they went to him a few years or so ago. O one I’ve talked to has actually laid eyes on him since then. I’ve tried to make an appointment but every time I’ve been told by his staff that “he’s on vacation for the next two weeks.” This has happened about three or four times now.

Maybe Dr. E is on an extended vacation in a shallow unmarked grave somewhere? It’s pretty sus.

Ask for an appointment in 2 and a half weeks.

 

[fowltemptress]

Anyone else getting eggs yet? One or more of my girls started earlier this week. They've given me four eggs so far.

 

[Goosebaby]

Anyone else getting eggs yet? One or more of my girls started earlier this week. They've given me four eggs so far.

Mine are still holding out on me.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

I'm trying to patiently wait for goose eggs..