ParrotCrush to Host Free Live Avian Vet Webinar on Bird Care

A cockatoo can look bright-eyed and noisy right up until a problem is serious. That is exactly why ParrotCrush’s free live webinar, “Ask the Vet with Tom Tully,” is drawing attention from bird owners who want straight answers before a small concern turns into a clinic emergency.

The session is scheduled for Friday, April 17, 2026, and it is set up as a live, interactive Q&A for pet bird enthusiasts and owners worldwide. That format matters. It gives people a chance to ask about the questions that often get pushed aside in a rushed exam room, from diet changes that actually help to subtle warning signs that are easy to miss at home.

Tom Tully brings the kind of credentials parrot people look for when the subject is avian medicine. ParrotCrush identifies him as a DVM and a diplomate of both the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in avian practice and the European College of Zoological Medicine in avian medicine. Louisiana State University lists Thomas Tully, Jr. as a professor with a DVM and MS from LSU, and professional profiles place him in leadership roles across the Association of Avian Veterinarians, the European College of Zoological Medicine and the Southwest Veterinary Symposium. LafeberVet also identifies him as chief of the Zoological Medicine Service at LSU and says he received the T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year Award in 2011.

The biggest value in a session like this is not just emergency triage. It is the practical stuff that shapes daily care: whether that seed-heavy bowl is doing damage, how to tell the difference between normal behavior and early illness, when foraging matters, and how to handle diet conversion without turning mealtime into a fight. The Association of Avian Veterinarians puts those concerns front and center in its Bird Owner Resource Series, which covers signs of illness, basic care, foraging, diet conversion and senior bird care.

The webinar is also hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk and Birds USA, which helps explain why the series feels less like a one-off promo and more like part of an ongoing conversation between specialists and owners. That recurring Ask the Vet format reflects a real need in the parrot world: specialist advice is not easy to get, and birds are experts at hiding trouble until the stakes are high. A free, live session with Tom Tully gives owners a rare chance to hear directly from someone who has spent years at the center of avian medicine, and that is the kind of appointment that can change how people handle the next quiet, suspicious day in the cage.