09/01/2026
Wonderful news for all of our customers in the area!
🐰 Exciting News for Exotic Pet Owners! 🦜
For years, Riverview Animal Health Centre has provided emergency care for exotic pets when they needed us most. Today, we're excited to enhance those services with the launch of Exotic Services with Dr. Jessie Vandenbruggen.
Dr. Jessie has dedicated her veterinary career to the care of exotic animals. During her veterinary training, she completed externships in multiple countries, gaining hands-on experience with a wide variety of exotic species and learning alongside veterinarians with diverse areas of expertise from around the world.
After graduating from veterinary school in 2020, she completed a zoological medicine internship in Belgium, followed by a specialty internship with the Zoo, Exotics and Wildlife Service at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. She then completed a three-year residency focused exclusively on exotic companion animal medicine and surgery and remained with the service in a clinical supervisory role, continuing to manage advanced medical and surgical cases while helping train veterinary students and interns.
Whether you share your life with a rabbit, parrot, bearded dragon, ferret, hedgehog, hamster, rat, guinea pig, sugar glider, fish, or another companion exotic animal, Dr. Jessie is dedicated to providing advanced care tailored to their unique needs.
Our exotic services include:
✨ Wellness & Preventive Care
✨ Husbandry, Behaviour & Nutrition Consultations
✨ Sick Pet & Emergency Assessments
✨ Advanced Diagnostics, including CT, Endoscopy, Ultrasound & X-rays
✨ Surgery & Dentistry
✨ Long-Term Medical Management
We are also pleased to accept referrals from veterinarians seeking advanced exotic animal care.
🦎 Services are available in English and French.
🦦 Appointments are now available. Call us to book at 506-387-4015.
We're proud to expand the care available to exotic pets in our region and look forward to supporting both new and existing exotic pet families throughout our community!
