Greetings all, I've been interested in falconry since I was in high school, and now that I'm graduated from college I'm looking into it more seriously. From my searchings, I've figured out that I will have enough money for mews, food, furniture etc... However, I was wondering how much you all spend on veterninary care or if you use vets at all. I really have no base of reference in this area as to what is the norm or even if there is a norm.
P.S. I'm extremely pleased to have found this board. Thank you Falcon Boy! ;D
[glow=purple,2,300]I can give you a link to a site that tells all but that. I think it is cause it varies too much to say one way or another. Just put your life insurance on the bird, Her though is the link. www.falconry.com/educa_frm.htm Go to the modern Apprentice Go to Apprentiship and then click Fundmentals scroll down a bit and reazd the table. It outlines the start out cost of it all. [/glow]
Never settle.
"There's nothing like the feeling of knowing that you've made a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is a lifetime of nightmares and a fortune in therapy bills." - Marilyn Manson
Post by Master Yarak on Sept 18, 2004 11:08:12 GMT -5
Yes a good raptor vet is needed. Yarak
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away
Post by Falcon Boy on Sept 18, 2004 20:28:55 GMT -5
So far, my vet bills have been minor. I am lucky to have a vet who is also a falconer who lives 5minutes up the road who treats my birds. All i have paid for is de-worming meds. and the checkup fee.
Falcon Boy Apprentice Falconry Administrator
Ethics make the individual, not the other way around.
According to my sponsor, it's your responsibility to have the hawk checked about one week after trapping it (b/c it's most assuredly going to have parasites) and then once a year after that. We have an avian vet in our club who is very willing to help. I use my local vet who consults with him. Figure at least $70 per visit plus meds if needed.
I will be getting my freshly trapped bird checked not only for it's own health but for the safety of my sponsor's birds. I'll be traveling up to Dr. Vicki Joseph when I get mine. She is in Roseville, CA. I called last season for an est. on a health check. I forget the exact price. But you can always find your vet and ask for a quote (estimated cost of course).
And yes I'm told a yearly check up is the way to go.
" Insanity takes its toll..........please have exact change"
Post by birdguy888 on Oct 18, 2005 17:47:11 GMT -5
I deal with avian vets on a weekly to monthly basis. Here is what I can offer. For falconry purposes my biggest expense was on Fairview, a passage redtail I trapped. He ended up getting frounce. It cost me nearly $1200 to cure him and nearly 3 months of treatment. The avian vets here charge about $35 for the office visit and the price just goes up from there depending on what they have to do and meds! Just make sure your vet is an avian vet. Ask him/her is they are AAV certified and if they are not, DO NOT USE THEM. They just want your money or to get their hand on a raptor. Also, you need to check and see if they have a permit to handle/care/treat raptors or if they are on a rehabbers permit. If not, they can be severly fined and have their business shut down because under State/Federal laws "they are in the possession of a raptor without a permit"!!!