SASH recommends a number of resources for owners of avian and exotic species.
Avian Resources
For bird owners, SASH recommends resources produced by the Association of Avian Veterinarians. For you convenience, you can download them from the links below:
- Basic care in companion birds
- Bumblefoot in chickens and waterfowl
- Caring for backyard chickens
- Caring for ducks
- Caring for senior parrots
- Chlamydiosis and psittacosis
- Digital scales
- Feather loss and treatment
- Feeding Birds
- Foraging
- Hardware disease and heavy metal toxicosis in chickens
- Household dangers
- Husbandry for amputated legs
- Injury prevention
- Making a home hospital enclosure
- Managing chronic egg laying
- Managing Mild bumblefoot
- Marek’s disease
- Pigeon Husbandry
- Red mites
- Signs of illness in companions birds
- Transitioning diets for parrots
- Weaning baby parrots
- Wing trimming
- Zoonotic disease backyard poultry
- UV lighting for birds
Exotic Mammal Resources
For general information about the care and nutrition of exotic mammals, the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV) provides valuable information for rabbits, ferrets, Guinea pigs, rats.
The AEMV also provide valuable resources related to specific diseases which can be downloaded below:
