Welcome!
 Avian medicine is a skillful combination of science and art. We designed this web site as a practical tool for avian practitioners. Many outstanding veterinarians contributed ideas and information to create this web site, launching us to a strong start.
We invite interested veterinarians to suggest ideas and information to help this web site serve the needs of the avian practitioner. We welcome your ideas and comments and invite you to explore LafeberVet.com
Best regards,
Ted Lafeber III, DVM
(Shown above, Dr. Heidi Hoefer with a budgerigar parakeet).
Featured Product
 Nutri-Forage “Pack-n-Snack” is a nutritious treat that provides enrichment by encouraging foraging. Foraging is the act of searching for and finding food, and this practice significantly improves the mental well being of captive birds. Foraging may also help to manage feather destructive behavior and other abnormal, repetitive behaviors in psittacines. Warm Nutri-Forage in an oven or toaster oven, then use a small spoon to fill the enrichment item (like the paper cups shown here).
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Nutritional Equivalency Report
 Wondering how Lafeber Nutri-Berries stack up against pellets? Then read our Nutritional equivalency report. There are no clinically significant differences between cockatiels fed a pelleted diet and those fed Nutri-Berries, plus cockatiels fed Berries exhibit enhanced foraging when compared to cockatiels on a pelleted diet since they spend considerably more time consuming their food.
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Featured Contributor
 Dr. Gerry Dorrestein, is director of the Dutch Research Institute for Avian and Exotic Animals (NOIVBD) and the head of its diagnostic pathology laboratory. Dr. Dorrestein also serves as a professor of avian and reptile pathology at the Clinic for Birds and Reptiles of the Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät (VMF) in Leipzig, Germany. Read the article edited and reviewed by Dr. Dorrestein on Iron storage disease.
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