We are a veterinary clinic that ONLY treats pet birds including, by referral only, pet chickens, ducks and geese. 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. All you need is a current version of Adobe Acrobat reader and a printer.

 The Clinic is Closed Thursdays and Sundays - See Clinic Hours

Our BIRD Clinic handouts can be very useful to you. All new 2021!
Please check them out.....

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

The BIRD Clinic will be closed in Thursday Aug 12 through Sunday Aug 15, 2022
The BIRD Clinic WILL be open Monday Aug 16, 2022

The current conditions at The BIRD Clinic due to the COVID-19 situation

The clinic is open our normal hours (M, Tu, W, F, Sat) for all types of bird appointments

Update Aug 10, 2021

The BIRD Clinic is scheduling preventative check ups, but our sick bird caseload is still high
due to a combination of other clinics in the area case overload and the purchase of new birds by the public.
This has caused an unfortunate side effect that it could take a couple weeks to
get that appointment and for a sick bird that is not a good situation.
To help with this high caseload and still accept new clients/patients we need to stop no-shows and short notice cancellation of appointments
that directly hurt the ability for us to see other patients that need care, but could not receive the
care it needed because of other's lack of courtesy, so our policies have changed to help prevent this.

ALL new clients that  make an appointment for their bird at The BIRD Clinic will be expected to show up
 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 The BIRD Clinic
 will no longer provide any services to you or your pet bird in the future

We DO allow our clients to enter our clinic, and if not vaccinated MUST wear medically approved masks
until our policy changes. This also means we cannot see as many patients in any given day,

Also ONLY the owner of the patient (+/- spouse) can enter the 
clinic for any appointment and no children are allowed in the clinic.

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

For cleaning/disinfecting surfaces we have been using synphenol at the clinic for 30+ years and is
extremely effective at killing many bacterial and viral agents INCLUDING Corona virus.
The concentrate is available at BirdStuff (located just south of the clinic)
(1/2oz of concentrate makes 1 gallon and has a 7 day surface residual effectiveness)

If you need ANY Rx refills PLEASE contact us ahead of time so they can be taken care of.
We require 24hrs lead time 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 recommend if the clinic is closed

                                                                                                       For After Hour Emergencies

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 and this is still our number one goal.

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