Today Dr. Halligan and Joey meet up with Dr. Laurie Hess. Dr. Hess is an exotic animal veterinarian and one of approximately 150 board-certified bird specialists worldwide, and she spends nearly all of her free time advocating that exotic pets – birds, rabbits, ferrets, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and other less common exotic species (sugar gliders, hedgehogs, pot-bellied pigs, kinkajous, and wallabies). In this episode, Doc, Joey, and Laurie discuss what it means to be an exotic veterinarian, and much more!