Teresa Bradley Bays, DVM, CVA, DABVP (ECM), CVMMP is an ABVP Diplomate in Exotic Companion Mammals, a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist and a Certified Veterinary Medical Manipulation Practitioner (Animal Chiropractic). Owner of Belton Animal Clinic and Exotic Care Center near Kansas City, Missouri, USA, she has authored numerous articles on exotic animal medicine, several chapters for Veterinary Clinics of North America/Exotic Animal Practice, and is an international speaker. She is senior editor/coauthor of Exotic Pet Behavior – Birds, Reptiles and Small Mammals, and author of the behavior chapters in Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents, and Mader’s Reptile Medicine and Surgery. She is also Past President of the ARAV, veterinarian for HELP Humane and an advocate for foster children.