Welcome to Our Practice

We are a veterinary clinic that ONLY treats pet birds. We do not see birds of prey and only see pet chickens, ducks and geese as surgical referral cases. We have a Mission to Advance Avian Medicine throughout Southern California and the world and hope you decide to take the time to learn from all the information this site contains. On behalf of The BIRD Clinic and our staff we welcome you to our website. First, please check the " Website Updates " for a chronology of the website's development and changes. This website overall is a way to assist our new and existing clients with their Avian Veterinary Needs and continually strive to earn your confidence in us. We also have many Client Handouts to help you with your avian education. 

  The Clinic is Closed Thursdays and Sundays - See Clinic Hours

    
Our BIRD Clinic handouts (ALL updated April 2024) can be very useful to you, especially the toxin handout.

Please check them out.....  

If Dr Nemetz is out of town the dates will be listed below on this homepage

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CLIENTS!

The BIRD Clinic will be CLOSED on the following dates

Friday August 16, 2024
Saturday August 17, 2024

The Clinic will reopen Monday August 19, 2024 at 8:00am

Updated Aug 15, 2024

Dr Nemetz unfortunately had an accident that damaged both of his shoulders November 2023 that could
have required surgical repair and closure of the clinic.  Please see below an update in this regard.

Brazilian consultation
NOW CANCELLED
August 2024

The BIRD Clinic has normal appointment scheduling for all avian cases, but our sick bird caseload
is high due to the fact many clinics in Southern California no longer treat birds.

This has caused the unfortunate side effect that it could take over a week to
get that appointment and for a sick bird that is not a good situation.

Since mid 2021, to help with this high caseload and still accept new clients/patients we needed to stop no-shows
and short notice cancellation of appointments that directly hurt the ability for us to see other patients
that need and deserve care, but could not receive the care they needed because of other's lack of courtesy,
so our new policies have become permanent to help prevent this situation.

 ALL new clients AND existing clients that make an appointment for their bird at The BIRD Clinic
will be expected to show up within 10 minutes of their schedule appointment time or
call us with advance notice (24hrs) if they will be cancelling. 

If you do not show up or give us less than 24hrs prior notice for a cancellation you are directly hurting one of the 10+
patients per day that we have to refuse because our booked schedule, therefore at The BIRD Clinic's sole discretion you 
will no longer be offered any services for you or your pet bird in the future. Do not become part of the list that now exceeds 205. 

We DO NOT take WALK INS or EMERGENCIES unless they are approved first by phone.

Thank you for your patience and understanding and we at the Bird Clinic want to continue to help with
the wellbeing of our avian pets as well as also keeping our clients healthy.

If you need ANY Rx refills, PLEASE contact us ahead of time so they can be taken care of.

We require 24hrs lead time (1 full business day) to refill prescriptions as many are custom compounded for your pet bird.  

  Clients ask us, where do we take our bird if The BIRD Clinic is closed? This is not an easy question to answer

since there are very few veterinarians that are comfortable in treating birds.

Veterinarians that we suggest if the clinic is closed
 

For After Hour Emergencies if an avian vet is available
VEG Emergency Clinic
Anaheim
(714) 616-5570

The BIRD Clinic staff is here to listen to your questions and concerns on an individual basis.
We pride ourselves on quality and excellent communication in giving your bird personal veterinary care.
We have established many long-term relationships with our clients/patients some exceeding 3 decades, and this is still our number one goal.

For Appointments or Medical inquiries please call: (714) 633-2910
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