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Emergency Care for Exotic Pets
Daytime Emergency Care
For assistance during regular working hours, please contact our office at 516-482-1101.
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Please be advised that due to a high volume of emergencies during the day, our emergency services may be limited after hours.
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For after-hours emergencies, you may reach our emergency phone line between 9 PM and midnight at 516-441-2726. Our on-call doctor will return your call based on availability. If you do not receive a call back within 15 minutes, please note that we are handling other emergencies and may not be able to accommodate your call. In this case, we recommend contacting your nearest 24 hour emergency veterinary clinic.
Disclaimer: Please note that we are not a 24-hour emergency clinic. While we do offer emergency services during our regular hours and limited after-hours availability, we may not always be able to accommodate emergencies outside of regular business hours due to the nature of our practice.
During business hours call:
(516) 482-1101
After hours emergencies until midnight call:
(516) 441-2726
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9:00 am - 9 pm
9:00 am - 9 pm
9:00 am - 9 pm
9:00 am - 9 pm
9:00 am - 5 pm
9:00 am - 5 pm
10:30 am - 3 pm
*From 12:00 am to 9 am please contact your nearest 24-hr emergency clinic.
Common Types of Pet Emergencies
Call us if your bird or exotic pet is unresponsive, has suffered a trauma and/or is bleeding, is experiencing excessive vomiting or diarrhea, struggling to breathe or has eaten something poisonous.
Can your pet emergency wait until tomorrow?
If your pet is sick but the emergency is not immediate, please give us a call during regular business hours or leave a message on our animal emergency line.
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Non-urgent messages can be left on the clinic's voice mail at (516) 482-1101. A representative from the clinic will be in touch the following morning after 9AM.
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Find wildlife in need of veterinary care?
Unfortunately, we are not able to treat wildlife directly from the general public, but we work together with several organizations to provide emergency care to injured or sick wild animals. Visit our wildlife page to learn more about how we help, and what to do if you find injured or sick wildlife.
Emergency Vet Care Near You
Long Island Bird & Exotics Vet Clinic is available after hours and until midnight to provide emergency phone consultation to our active clients. Please call our after-hours emergency line at 516-441-2726 and leave a detailed message. Our on-call doctor will return your call based on their availability. If you do not receive a call back within 15 minutes we are busy assisting another emergency call and you can contact your nearest emergency veterinary clinic.
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**During working hours please contact our reception at 516-482-1101.
** Please note that due to the high volume of emergencies during the day our emergency services can be limited after hours.
During business hours call:
(516) 482-1101
After hours and Sundays until midnight call:
(516) 441-2726
*From 12:00 am to 9 am please contact your nearest 24-hr emergency clinic.