The boys have needed their nails trimmed for a while. Their avian vet and the place where we got Sunny trims them for free but they're also about an hour away. I called a local vet to see if we could bring them in just to get their nails trimmed. Today was their appointment and let's just say I was a little less than impressed. We were brought into the room in their carriers and about 20 minutes latter the vet finally came. She first asked if Skittles is a lorikeet
and minutes later asked if we know for sure Sunny is a "he"
.She held Sunny for about a minute, and did not even touch Skittles. She had me take him out and hold him just so she could see him. She then asked basic questions (names, what they eat, where their cages are, that's about it). Then she took them back to trim their nails. A few minutes later a technician came out and said the vet said to let us know that the tips of their nails may be yellow because they are going to bleed. Then a minute later she brought them out all finished and we went up to pay.... get this....
$180!!! To cut their nails! She said that it was so much because the doctor did an "exam" on the birds. What?!! I told them her having me hold them while she just glanced at them is NOT an exam. She didn't weigh them or anything! No touching whatsoever except when Sunny was perched on her arm for a second. The technician who was ringing us up was very nice about it and said we should have been told ahead of time. Long story short (little late for that, huh?) she took the $65 off for each bird's "exams" and we ended up paying a total of $50 ($25 each) for them to get their nails trimmed. Much better than $180! We won't be going back there again.
