Northern Illinois Animal & Bird Hospital

Cured my duck’s bumblefoot! We thought she was a goner; she couldn’t walk well at all. Now she’s back to her old self, walking around the farm with her friends and playing in the duck pools. Thank you so much!!

posted: 05/30/2023

Dr. Kennedy is an amazing Vet. He has cared for 3 of our Dogs over the years and truly has an amazing gift for taking care of animals. Small vet office but worth it.

posted: 03/10/2023

My bird Bonnie comes to see Dr. Kennedy once every six weeks and he always takes great care of her which I am grateful for. Highly recommend him and his clinic.

posted: 09/14/2022

Dr Kennedy has been wonderful for our 2 dogs. He is patient with us and lets us stay with them while they are being treated if we ask. We've been using Dr. Kennedy for almost 10 years. His prices are extremely reasonable, but most important, he cares deeply about our pets. I can't recommend Dr Kennedy more highly.

posted: 08/23/2019

Dr. Kennedy was recommended to me by an employee at Birds and Beasts. I took our one year-old cockatiel to him because she was experiencing an intermittent runny nose out of one of her nostrils. I expressed to the doctor that I suspected that something foreign was lodged inside. I did specifically ask that he flush her nostrils. Instead, he diagnosed her with a sinus infection and sent us on our way with antibiotics. One month later, the intermittent running began again. When I called to make an appointment, Dr. Kennedy expressed to me that sinus infections in cockatiels can’t be cured. He told me that she would continue having sinus infections for the rest of her life until she became antibiotic resistant and then would die. This was news to me and was NEVER expressed to me in our original appointment. According to a breeder as well as our new avian vet (and Google 🤣), that’s not accurate. Dr. Kennedy accused my birds of being fed a “seed heavy diet”. He expressed to me that their beaks and feet were not shiny enough (we did bring both of our birds to the appointment) and that he could tell they were not being fed properly. I was very distressed to hear this, as we feed them fresh daily chop and Lafaber’s pellets and Nutriberries. When I took the bird to another vet, they scoffed at the doctor’s assessment. He also remarked at how well-taken-care-of the bird was. He told me the only owners with shiny-beaked birds were those that topically applied olive oil and he didn’t recommend it. He did detect bacteria in her nare, but also listened to my concerns about foreign particles. He used a flush that he said would loosen up anything stuck inside. After a course of antibiotics, we would reassess in a month if no particles came loose. Last night, she sneezed - hard - and three bits of hardened material projectiled from her nare. She seemed to experience incredible relief and what was a swollen nare is no longer. We’ll continue the antibiotic and check back to ensure she was able to eject everything inside. Dr. Kennedy definitely didn’t listen to me. He also seemed to be judging our care for the bird and disregarded us thusly. We love our pets and do EVERYTHING to keep them well, including switching to more expensive vets when the bargain ones give us terrible information and advice. I do not recommend this vet.

posted: 05/09/2022