The Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine

11/18/2025

Fun word for the day!

11/12/2025

11/07/2025

What is Gus daydreaming about?

11/06/2025

Chef Allison with medications and treats for our hospitalized patients!

11/05/2025

Skippy is a 3-year old guinea pig with ongoing dental disease and a trichofolliculoma (the most common benign skin tumor of guinea pigs). A few days before his scheduled mass removal and recheck dental CT, Skippy’s owners informed us that he was occasionally vocalizing, losing weight, and lifting his belly up. He came in right away, and an X-ray showed that he had a stone in his urethra that was preventing him from urinating normally. Instead of getting his mass removal, he had a procedure done to try and move his stone back into his bladder, but it wouldn’t budge. Dr. Porter-Blackwell performed a urethrostomy to remove his stone through another route. Thankfully, he made a smooth recovery (as the picture shows, he loved his critical care feedings!).

09/09/2025

PSA: rabbits are not rodents, they are lagomorphs. But guinea pigs aren’t pigs either, soooooooo…. 😂😂😂

08/28/2025

Our vets and techs are still serving your pets 24/7 this week, just like every other week. However, we are also rotating attendance at this conference, soaking up as much knowledge as possible so we can continue offering cutting edge care to our patients! The CBEAM Team is also sharing our expertise at Exotic365 by offering *11 separate lectures and masterclasses* for our colleagues. It’s been a great week!

08/16/2025

Our own Dr. Porter-Blackwell contributed to this article!

https://www.chewy.com/education/small-pet/guinea-pig/safety-tips-for-taking-guinea-pig-outside?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMNotJleHRuA2FlbQExAAEeoO9_-Q50JpSXSgwUOdMD944JGtRSgIzNQdbiN3MDnQQYx5rqGAj5qqMyStw_aem_lErAPrGg0_g4ja1qOQqbBg

Outdoor time is a good way to enrich your guinea pig’s life. Our vet experts offer how to safely take your little friend outside.