. Matt Grootenboer attended veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 2015. Susan Kelleher owns and operates one of the busiest exotic animal care practices located in South Florida, Broward Avian and Exotics Animal Hospital. Grootenboer Treating so many different animals makes Dr. Name Air Dates 1 Monkey See, Monkey Boo Boo Feb 24, 2019 2 Stinkin' Cute Mar 3, 2019 3 What the Duck? Susan Kelleher: We're doing two per year now.
I don't know what happens to these people earlier in the day, so I make a judgment on that. You've got to be the biggest, silliest, saddest hypocrite to post on my pages. While Kelleher may not have much free time, she does enjoy baseball, gardening, reading, knitting, biking, geocaching, and sewing. To say that the lynx is not like a house cat suggests house cats require no enrichment or stimulation, which is false. I am a much better pet owner for it. This is partially from a human safety point of view, but mostly from an animal welfare point of view. It seems to make you very, very, very defensive, which is not a good look at all.
She states all of the time that certain exotics makd great pets as long as owner is educated, willing to learn, and patient. After watching one episode I looked to see if there were any negative reviews, strictly based on the comments she made while away from the owners. I had a pet chicken, pet dog, pet rabbit, and I just like the variety, and how everything was unique. K is just trying to keep random people from buying exotics on impulse. Grootenboer went on to tell us more about himself.
I am that nerdy kid— all I wanted to do was when I grew up. Where your anger should be directed is to the morons in the pet trade that are only in it for the sale and do not educate the potential pet owner of the tasking that they are about to under take. The lynx was bored so it had behavior problems. It is about the animal. Oh and i have spell check. At present, there are no known major range-wide threats believed to be resulting in a population decline that would warrant listing in a threatened category. Timblin, thank you for your service to our country.
After watching her show, I've learned about the massive needs of these pets, and know that I myself would not be a good owner for them. Are you blowing this out of proportion? We get a lot of lost pets in here that don't have microchips, so we can't get them back to the owner. Domestic pets have plenty of problems too, but no one starts saying they shouldn't be owned. Their animal's really sick, they have stuff going on in their life. Susan Kelleher spoke with Michelle Tompkins for Stars and Celebs, the new home of The Celebrity Cafe about her early career, what she loves about her work, what makes Dr. But let's look at the marmoset owners on the show. This same failed logic is mirrored in Dr.
And no that is not the same as owning a cat or dog you idiot, those are domesticated animals that could not live on their own. As it has been pointed out several times now, it seems the hypocrisy is all yours! Why do u care what she personally thinks. That does not mean she is a bad vet. It also becomes a problem where they become invasive. So only the pets you own are okay? Michelle Tompkins: Now when did you get interested in attending more exotic animals? Reptiles have some serious issues in captivity.
I expect there will be those who disagree with my views. Susan Kelleher: With the show, what people see on a daily basis is saving lives here with Dr. In reality, ball pythons are some of the easiest snakes you can own, and they can easily thrive and breed in captivity despite completely 'unnatural' conditions just like any pet rabbit. I laughed when you called her self-righteous as you are perhaps the pinacle of self righteousness and arrogance. Santiago Diaz, tackle the issues of having exotic pets as patients. Even if I hadn't grown up in Buffalo, I had always wanted to live where it's warm. Michelle Tompkins: Poor little guy.
I've watched the show, I have a degree in vet med, and all I can do is applaud Dr. She wants the owners of these animals to understand the huge responsibility and challenge it is to create good conditions for these animals. You don't have the knowledge. Google Maps Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. Michelle Tompkins: That's a very fair way of looking at things. The difference between an exotic animal and a domestic one is the difference between a dog and a wolf.
Maybe I'll have my kids teach me. And through the door they come. She herself has owned dogs as well and they would be her constant companion when you would go in for visits. But I'm incredibly grateful that I have the access to all sorts of species that I see because I get to see everything every day. And why shouldn't she be? HubPages Google Analytics This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. I imagine during the years it took to get her Doctorate in veterinary an medicine and having one for over 20 years she has seen a hell of a lot people that had no business owning the pets they had.
Rabbits, reptiles and birds of all shapes and sizes, foxes, ferrets, fish, marsupials, and even primates all on Dr. But people get to see us taking care of anything from fish and tarantulas to primates, rabbits, ferrets, rodents ferrets, just everything under the sun on a daily basis. I've heard her clearly say that the majority of people are not equipped to meet certain exotic pets needs on every level. What is critical about that? We need good vets to make exotic owners unafraid to seek help if they need it without being accused of being bad owners; we don't live in a perfect world. As for the woman with the lynx.