City/State (or Province): Mechanicsville, VA (near Richmond)
Vet's Name: John Billeter, DVM
Clinic/Hospital Name: Hanover Animal Hospital
Address:
Phone Number: 804-746-5955
Comments:

Dr. Billeter is WONDERFUL.  He is not only a great vet, but a great person.  When it comes to rats, he's still learning, but has performed several tumor removals on my kids,  and one spay and one neuter.  All have gone without incident and all have recovered wonderfully.  He has also treated several of my rats for respiratory illnesses.  He is willing to listen to your suggestions without demanding that he knows best, and if a question comes up that he does not know the answer to, he will find the answer for you.  He is also extremely affordable (my most expensive surgery, the spay, was under $100), and willing to negotiate payment plans.

Norwich,Ct.
All Friends Animal Hospital
420 New London tpke.
 Norwich,Ct.
06360
860-886-0125
Dr. Christopher Melgey

I have been taking my rats and other pet to him for 5 years now. He is willing to try and will listen to all suggestions.
                                     

City/State: Fairfax, VA
Vet's Name: Dr. Meredith Davis, Dr. Benjamin Haas, Dr. Connie Kirk, and Dr. Jennifer Oldson
Clinic/Hospital Name: Eastern Exotic Veterinary Center
Address: 4001 Legato Road, Fairfax, VA 22033
Phone Number: (703)-654-3100
Web Site: http://www.easternexoticvet.com
Comments: The staff at EEVC are very good and knowledgeable with exotics. The technicians are pretty good. I'd reccomend Dr. Davis and Dr. Haas the most because we don't know Dr. Kirk and Dr. Oldson very well. Unfortunately the prices can be pretty high: $60-$65 for a rat exam. I'm not sure how much neutering and spaying cost. We've been taking rabbits,rats, and birds here for 4 or 5 years.

City/State (or Province): Baltimore/Maryland
Vet's Name:Dr. Mike Herko
Clinic/Hospital Name:Falls Road Animal Hospital
Address:6314 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone Number:(410) 825-9100
Web Site: (if applicable)http://www.fallsroad.com/
E-mail: (if applicable)
Comments:Very knowledgable, and eager to learn.  My main concern is price, however.  They tend to overcharge because they're fairly well known.  However, it's also a 24 hour emergency clinic and knowledge is worth more than money anyway.  They treat rats, mice, exotics, everything!  There is also more than one exotic vet there besides Herko.  He amputated one of my rats' tails, has treated my guys for SDA, done X-rays on them, etc.

City/State:  Dearborn Heights, MI
Vet's Name:  Dr. Jennifer Hynes
Clinic/Hospital Name:  VetSelect
Address:  25049 Warren Rd.  /  Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Phone Number: (313) 278-0860
Web Site: www.vetselect.com
E-mail: ---
Comments:  Dr. Hynes is an extremely good, and reasonably-priced rat vet.  A general check up is $46, and if you bring in multiple rats, she will still only charge you for one check up (last time I brought in all six and it was $46).  The staff just loves rats, and they will come in everytime I bring the boys for a check up, and hold and cuddle them while I'm waiting for the doctor to come in.  Dr. Hynes is very gentle with rats, and knows how to work with them.

City/State: Grand Rapids MN
Vet's Name: John Howe
Clinic's Name: North Country Vet
Address: Hwy 169 E
Phone Number: 218-362-9668
Website: www.northcountryvet@thatpetplace.com
Comments: Specialize in small animals. Dr. Howe personally loves rats and learns all he can. Did surgeries on a couple of mine and did a damn good job! Speaks in easy to understand language too. Everyone at this clinic is friendly and caring. Highly recommended!!

I will have to put my vet here

North County Animal Hospital
Dr. Laurie Cook
201 W. Indiantow Road
Jupiter, Fl 33458
Palm Beach County
561-746-7496
Fax 561-744-2023
www.northcountyah.petplace.com

Coments.  Dr Cook is the most compassionate vet I have ever been to, both as a person and a vet. I have had two rats in for surgery, a tumor removal and a tooth removal. Both times she was very caring, and actually held my babies in her arms until they woke up. She wanted to make sure they were ok before putting them in their cage.

She had always been available whenever I have needed her and actually enjoys seeing my ratties. The rates are reasonable as well. Bobo's tumor removal was around $200.00

City/State (or Province): O'Fallon, Missouri
Vet's Name: Dr. Karen Baggett
Clinic/Hospital Name: VCA All Creatures
Address: 2205 Hwy K (1.5 miles S of I-70)
Phone Number: (636) 240-8387

Comments: She is the best vet I've ever come across. She loves the rats very much (even though she gets peed and pooped on everytime), is gentle with them and is willing to learn and listen to anything you suggest without an "I know what I'm talking about, you don't" attitude. She's familiar with respirtory infections, and has done spays and neuters. She's saved my rat's lives on many occasions and I cannot reccommend her enough to anyone in the area looking for a wonderful rat vet.

City/State (or Province): Frisco, TX
vet's name: George E Martin Jr.
Clinic/Hospital Name: Plantation Pet Health Center
Address: 12560 Lebanon Rd
Phone :Number: 972-731-0001
Web Site:  http://www.plantationpethealthcenter.com/
Comments:
      After trying 5 times to get a good rat vet I finally found this amazing man.  He is very
      friendly and knew a lot about rats.  He even did an exam on all 11 of my girls at the
      same time.  An exam is $32 and he did my girls for a bulk charge of $100 plus discounts
      on their meds.  He will also set up payment plans if there is no way you can afford it.

Mount Vernon Washington:
Dr. Lance Cambell:
College Way Animal Hospital:
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360-848-1189:
Web Site: (if applicable)
E-mail: (if applicable)

He is a really nice guy who is always in good humor.  I love how well he deals with my pets, especially rats.  Some vets I've want to charge me a fortune for everything.  As an example, I have a lot of rats, and when our furnace quit working the stress caused a couple rats to start sneezing occasionally, Dr. Cambell treated ALL four of them for just over 100 dollars.     Out of curiosity I called another clinic, they said 40 dollars each for the applointment, 50+ dollars each for antibiotics etc, at that rate I would have been bankrupt!!!  This guy is so reasonable with his prices and my rats, dogs and guenea pig have all loved him.  If you have an emergency this guy EVEN wears a pager and he gets right back to you, even on his day off.  Dr. Cambell and his wife keep guenea pigs at home so he really does love the small critters a lot.     I told him I was going to put him on here so if you go to him remind him and tell him I haven't accidently taken Dukes medicine yet  (he was teasing me the last time we were in)

Austin/Pflugerville Texas
Dr. Todd Riggans
White Rock Vet Hospital
2700 West Pecan Street (aka 1825)
512-670-5400
whiterockvet.com

Best vet for rats I've found in Austin. Very knowledeable about rats and Rabbits and really does like them.  He was tearing up when he had to put one of my ratties to sleep.  The staff was all great as well and all had great things to say about my rat. One of the x-ray technicians said she'd never really been around rats before and that she was very impressed at how well behaved he was.  I highly reccomend this place.

City/State (or Province): Raleigh, North Carolina
Vet's Name: Dan Johnson
Clinic/Hospital Name: Avian and Exotic animal hospital
Address: 6300-104 Creedmoor Road
Phone Number:(919) 844-9166
Web Site: http://avianandexotic.com

Comments: all the vets are wonderful here. very knowledable. and the techs just adore rats.

City/State (or Province): Raleigh, NC
Vet's Name: Dr. Diane Deresienski (or Dr D. - everyone calls her that)
Clinic/Hospital Name: Bowman Animal Hospital and Cat Clinic
Address: 8308 Creedmoor Road
Phone Number: 919-847-6216
Web Site: http://www.bowmananimalhospital.com/

Comments: the clinic is open seven days a week but is not cheap. Dr D loves ratties and tries to make every office visit a learning opportunity for interns


City/State (or Province): Raleigh, NC
Vet's Name: Joel Fisher
Clinic/Hospital Name: Fisher Veterinary Hospital
Address: 3700 Gresham Lake Road
Phone Number: (919) 790-0412 
Web Site: http://fishervet.com

Comments: altho not as knowledgeable about the more difficult procedures as the previous two, Dr Fisher has been owned by rats, and is quite good at simple tumor removal. his prices are also quite reasonably low. plus he has a way of making you feel like your pet is his most favorite of all his clients. (it is funny watching him let a rat discover his fuzzy chest.)

Dr Fisher was my first rat vet and i was his first regular rat patient. when i started getting girls with more complicated problems, i started seeing Dr. D, but when  one of my girls needed time in an oxygen chamber with nebulized meds, they sent me to Dr Dan who i have been with ever since.