Jul 3, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
In this episode of the Vet Nurse Skills Podcast, hosts Amelia Sherwood and Dr. Kirsten Ronngren interview exotics veterinary nursing expert David Storks, who shares his professional journey and…
David StokesGuest
Amelia SherwoodHost
Kirsten RonngrenHost
So when we think, or I guess when the public think of exotics, they would automatically think of the lizards, the parrots and things that we class as exotic, come from exotic countries.
I don't know, maybe that's my perception on it, but does that also include? Yeah, because we would then refer to, so in primary care practice, we would refer to our or guinea pigs and things as exotics, did they fall into that bracket with the work that you've been doing or what's the main kind of species you've looked after over the
years? So GWE obviously was a training centre for diplomats, for specialists, and that was avian, avian specialism from the European College of Serological Medicine.
And some of the stuff that we would do would be off-site as well, but small zoo work and things like that.
I don't think, you know, when I think about exotics, I do think about birds, but I don't think that I think about bigger birds.
So when we think, or I guess when the public think of exotics, they would automatically think of the lizards, the parrots and things that we class as exotic, come from exotic countries.
I don't know, maybe that's my perception on it, but does that also include? Yeah, because we would then refer to, so in primary care practice, we would refer to our or guinea pigs and things as exotics, did they fall into that bracket with the work that you've been doing or what's the main kind of species you've looked after over the
years? So GWE obviously was a training centre for diplomats, for specialists, and that was avian, avian specialism from the European College of Serological Medicine.
And some of the stuff that we would do would be off-site as well, but small zoo work and things like that.
I don't think, you know, when I think about exotics, I do think about birds, but I don't think that I think about bigger birds.
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