Yes we do see, groom, and board birds!
In order to do any grooming or boarding, we require an exam to be done at our facility first. This is legally required to establish care with our vets and ensure that they are healthy.
Once examined, we can do beak trims, nail trims and wing trims, as requested, as often as needed for the year, at which point, they will need another annual exam.
WE NEVER DO WING TRIMS WITHOUT EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION FROM THE OWNER We MAY do a beak or nail trim if the length is hindering the birds health.

**If you have a LARGE psittacine species such as a Cockatoo or a Macaw, they will most likely need to be lightly sedated for the duration of their exam and grooming; small and medium birds may also benefit significantly from sedation for handling and minor procedures beyond solely an exam.

This is being adopted as standard of care among the avian veterinary community and is now highly recommended by most board-certified avian veterinarians. Sedation in birds has been determined to actually INCREASE a bird's safety. It significantly decreases the body's natural stress chemicals, eliminates risk of them grabbing a Dremel, injuring a toenail by yanking it from our grasp as we are trimming, makes blood draws so much easier, and actually provides your bird with a sense of amnesia, making subsequent visits less stressful. We have been using this technique for birds who experience stress-related seizures for years. It has been our experience that once they have experienced both sedated and non-sedated grooming they are very pleased with how much calmer their birds are when returned to them, and are now requesting sedation whenever they come in.  We fully understand if this is not something you feel comfortable with, and in that case encourage you to seek a vet who better suits your needs.** 

See Below for more information on Avian sedation

For boarding, things get a little more involved. We need to do that exam still, but for boarders, we have a panel of 6 tests that we run to ensure that they don’t have any infectious diseases that could spread to our other birds, or even staff members.

Most of the tests are sent out to a lab, so our pricing is determined by what the labs charge us. The only one we run in-house is a Gram stain.
The rest of the testing consists of a CBC (complete blood count), Chlamydia, Polyoma, Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD), and 4 types of Psittacid Herpes.

Our boarding is a little different from how Ronies used to operate. Since we don’t have a retail store, we don’t keep a variety of bird food on hand, so we do ask that you bring your birds preferred diet along with them when they board, as we cannot guarantee having a specific brand on hand.
We have a fridge and freezer available, so if you want to prepare chop or bring greens for your bird, please do! We can properly store these and feed them to your bird as directed.

Other than your bird, a carrier, and their food, we have all of the other supplies needed to keep your bird happy and comfortable during their stay. If you would prefer to bring their own toys, bowls, etc, you are more than welcome to do so.

**An aside about avian sedation;

While there is still risk with sedating any animal, we are very well versed in warning signs and concerning behaviors while being sedated. It is more likely for a bird to pass of a stress-induced episode while being handled or groomed by strangers than it is to pass due to sedation unless there are underlying health conditions, which will of course be taken into account. The sedation medications we use are also fully reversible-we administer the reversal agent immediately upon completion of our work, or if we have any concerns whatsoever that the birds is not handling the medication as expected. 

There is always a slim chance that we may not need to sedate your bird while they are being seen, but it is more and more likely the larger your bird is. The doctor treating your bird has the right to refuse to treat a bird without sedation if they determine that the work is not likely to be safe for your bird, our staff, or both. For our "first-timers" the doctor will always discuss this with you and provide you with an opportunity to ask questions.

WE DO NOT TAKE IN, OR REHOME BIRDS. THIS IS THE MOST TRAGIC THING LOST WITH THE CLOSURE OF RONIES. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, THE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, BUT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO WAES (Wasatch Avian Education Society), AND ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN LOCATING AN ORGANIZATION FOR YOU.