Don't wait
Before → AfterThe budgie who stopped perching.
The single most common way a bird admits it is ill — and it almost never means “just tired”. Same bird on the right, after treatment.
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Avian specialist · 18 years · Reply within 24 hours
Birds hide illness until it's almost too late.
If something feels wrong, describe what changed. Dr. Alex Strelkov will review the history, photographs, video, and test results personally.
- No appointment needed
- Questionnaire opens immediately
- Answer within 24 hours
- Any country, any timezone
- Written report you keep
- One payment, no subscription
Start the consultation.
Two short steps now. The full clinical questionnaire opens immediately after secure payment.
A written veterinary consultation report
Your Consultation Result
Start with the priorities and red flags, then swipe through the clinical reasoning, diagnostics, treatment considerations and follow-up plan in this complete report example.
Writtena document you keep
Tailoredbuilt around your situation
Actionableclear steps you can follow
What you can expect
- Immediate priorities and red flags
- Your history, photos and tests read together
- What the findings may mean
- A practical plan for what to do next
Every report is tailored to the current situation and designed to guide your next steps. If hands-on care is needed, it also helps you continue care efficiently with any local veterinarian.
In the consultation room
Care starts with close attention.
Three moments from the consultation room.
Six patient stories from Dr. Strelkov’s clinical work.
Owners arrived with a change they could not explain. These photographs show what was happening and why the next decision mattered.
Don't wait
Before → After
Days, not weeks
Before → AfterThe “dirt” around his eye that kept spreading.
Usually mites or infection, and very often dismissed for weeks as grime or a moult. Identified correctly, it clears up.
Before you do anythingThe wild bird found in a garden.
Warm, dark, quiet — and no food or water. Most harm happens in the first hour. Photographs help determine whether the next call should be to a veterinarian or a wildlife rehabilitator.
Don't waitThe conure with a lump hidden by his feathers.
Tumours in birds are usually found late because plumage hides them until they are already large. Assessed early, some are operable. That window is worth not losing.
Days, not weeksThe budgie whose beak was changing shape.
A classic presentation of scaly-face mites. The honeycomb crust can spread from the cere onto the beak and deform it permanently if left. Very treatable early, disfiguring late.
Worth checking anywayThe bird whose owner simply felt something was off.
Often the most valuable consultation of all. With a prey species, the owner's instinct that something changed is real clinical data.
Jose — shivering, off his food, and no avian vet within reach.
A green-cheek conure in the Gulf. His owner could not find a clinic able to work him up, so the case was run in writing from photographs, video, and the radiographs she managed to obtain locally.
Read the full case timelineClinical reasoning, owner update, doctor’s reply, and publication consent
Ten days unwell, no avian clinic within reach
A six-year-old conure weighing sixty grams had been refusing food, trembling, and barely producing droppings. The radiographs were low-quality JPEGs interpreted differently by different people.
Plastic does not show up on an X-ray
The owner had found the shredded plastic base of a cushion in the aviary. No image could confirm or exclude ingestion, so the written plan had to hold both possibilities open instead of chasing one answer.
A plan that could be used locally
The report ranked the working diagnosis and alternatives, named the swabs to request and what each would rule in or out, and set out supportive care, assisted feeding, and morning-and-evening weight checks.
Seven signs that meant going to any available clinic
Open-mouth breathing, tail bobbing, a crop that would not empty, or no droppings for twelve hours were among the explicit boundaries. Knowing where the line is matters at 2am.
An unprompted update
The owner wrote that the shivering had markedly decreased, the appetite had returned, and Jose was active and bathing again. The doctor also made clear that improvement did not confirm the underlying cause.
“Since then, Jose has continued to improve significantly. His shivering has markedly decreased, his appetite has gradually returned, and he is now active and back to his normal personality.”
“Please keep in mind that the underlying cause was not confirmed, so the current improvement does not necessarily mean that the problem has been fully resolved.”
One case is not a promise of outcome. Some birds are presented too late, and cases that need hands-on care are told so plainly.
Commonly reviewed
What owners bring to this consultation.
Most of these can be worked up remotely with good photographs and a careful history.
Symptoms
- Beak peeling, flaking or overgrowth
- Feather loss or plucking
- Vomiting or regurgitation
- Fluffed up, quiet, not eating
- Diarrhea or changed droppings
- Sneezing, wheezing, tail-bobbing
- Lumps, swellings or growths
- Limping or leg weakness
Known diagnoses
- Psittacosis (parrot fever)
- Aspergillosis
- Mites and parasites
- Fatty liver disease
- Malnutrition and wasting
- Egg binding
- Gout
- Second opinion on a diagnosis
Care & prevention
- Is my bird actually sick?
- Diet correction for the species
- Cage setup, lighting, humidity
- Moulting vs. illness
- Interpreting lab results
- Pre-purchase health check
- When to go in person
Who reads your case
Dr. Alex Strelkov
A fourth-generation physician, Dr. Strelkov graduated with honours from the K.I. Skryabin Veterinary Academy. Over 18 years he has treated hundreds of avian and exotic cases, co-authored peer-reviewed publications, taken part in international veterinary programmes, and built a 500,000-subscriber audience sharing evidence-based bird health advice.
- Ornithologist, Highest Category
- 18+ years working with birds
- Honours graduate
- Peer-reviewed publications
- Radiology and endoscopy training
- Exotic-animal oncology training
Read the doctor’s approach
My goal is that you understand exactly what is happening with your animal and know precisely what to do next. I cannot promise miracles — but I will do everything modern veterinary science allows.
Dr. Aleksandr Strelkov
Diplomas & qualifications
Conference certificates
What happens after you begin.
The consultation starts immediately after payment; there is no scheduling round trip or app account.
Describe the concern
Share the first change you noticed and where you are located. This short note creates the case.
Complete the clinical history
Immediately after payment, add photos, video, test results, treatment, diet, housing, and chronology.
Receive the written report
Dr. Strelkov reviews the material personally and returns a structured opinion within 24 hours.
Why written, not a video call
Photographs and a complete chronology show more than a rushed conversation.
The doctor sees the bird at rest, reviews every answer together, and returns a report that remains useful after the consultation.
Calm photographs
Posture, droppings, feathers, beak, and breathing are easier to compare in clear material taken at home.
One complete chronology
Symptoms, diet, housing, previous treatment, video, and test results stay in one clinical sequence.
A usable written report
The conclusions, uncertainty, and next questions remain available to you and your local clinic.
Why personal record review works
Avian diagnosis is largely visual: droppings, posture, feather condition, the beak, and how the bird breathes at rest. On a video call you often get shaky footage of a bird that stops showing symptoms the moment it is watched by a stranger.
Clear photographs taken calmly at home show what is actually there. A written case also means every answer can be checked against the full history instead of being improvised inside a short appointment.
The report is written for your bird and your circumstances. It covers:
- the working diagnosis and the alternatives that matter;
- how serious the submitted signs appear and when hands-on care should not wait;
- which tests are worth discussing with a local clinic;
- a practical plan your treating veterinarian can use;
- diet and housing corrections when they are clinically relevant.
Compare the kind of help, not only the price.
A specialist personal case review costs more than a generic remote appointment because it is a different service, with different depth and continuity.
$79one-time payment
- Reviewed by an avian specialist with 18 years in practice
- Questionnaire opens immediately after payment
- Photos, video, laboratory results, history, diet, and housing reviewed together
- Structured written report you can keep and share with your clinic
- No prescriptions or physical examination
$55–65often a call or subscription
- Usually a general practitioner rather than an avian specialist
- A scheduled video or chat window
- Useful for broad triage and simple questions
- Less time for a complete case chronology
$115+tests and treatment additional
- Physical examination, diagnostics, treatment, and prescriptions
- The right choice for emergencies and unstable patients
- May require long-distance travel and an available specialist
Questions before you start.
Clear expectations matter in a remote clinical service.
No. The service is intentionally asynchronous. A structured history, still images, video files, and test results can be reviewed without spending the appointment reproducing the same information live.
The detailed questionnaire opens immediately after payment. There is no separate booking step or waiting for an administrator to schedule a call.
Yes. The detailed questionnaire accepts the clinical history and supporting material needed for the review.
No. Prescribing rules require a valid local veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The report helps you understand the case and discuss next steps with the treating clinic.
Do not wait for an online response. Breathing difficulty, collapse, heavy bleeding, seizures, inability to perch, or rapid deterioration require hands-on emergency care.
A specialist is ready to review the case