Welllesley Exotic Pet Vet is Virginia's avian and exotic veterinarian, focusing on birds like cockatiels, parrots, parakeets; reptiles like iguanas, chameleons, lizards, snakes; mammals like, rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs.
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Offering medical and surgical services like wellness veterinary exams, dental care, spays, and neuters; Wellesley exotic pet veterinarians provide complete life care for your avian, reptile or small mammal. Hospitalization is also provided.
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Mon-Fri 7:30am - 6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Closed Sundays & Holidays
Wellesley Animal Hospital
3430 Lauderdale Drive
Richmond, VA 23233
Parakeets, parrots, canaries, cockatiels, doves, finches, chickens, etc.
Siamese ferrets, black sable mitt ferrets, black sable ferrets, cinnamon ferrets, etc.
Snakes (non-venomous), lizards, chameleons, turtles, geckos, bearded dragons, etc.
Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rats, mice, chinchillas, etc. (also known as pocket pets)
Lop rabbits, American sable rabbits, Angora rabbits, dwarf rabbits, etc.
Dr Lucy Haile is from Bicester, England and she graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London. She moved to Virginia in August 2016 to be with her husband, Alex.
Her first few months here were spent at the Wildlife Center of Virginia. She then joined Pender Exotics Veterinary Centre where she worked as an exotic animal veterinarian for the past year.
Lucy’s passions are exotic animal medicine and preventive care and she is keen to encourage wellness and routine visits for all your pets whether they are furred, feathered or scaled!
In her spare time Lucy continues to volunteer at the Wildlife Center of Virginia and helps run Operation Catnip; a charity for feral cats.
