hi all...this is a tad long but I hope that you will find the information useful...
I am in Gainesville and lucky to have several avian vets to choose from. If you are in Orlando or Tampa, Gainesville is only 2 hrs away. Of course that is much too far if you have an emergency so it is good to be well versed in handling things like broken blood feathers yourself if you do not have a vet nearby. I would have lost a bird several years ago (in Texas) if my avian vet had not been within minutes of my home. I did not know what to do other than apply pressure and that was inadequate, she lost such a little bit of blood, 1/4 of a teaspoon, but she is a cockatiel and that 1/4 teaspoon was enough to be fatal. She had to have an emergency transfusion and it was unclear if she would survive. Thanksfully, she recovered and went on to lead a happy life!
Back to the vet....another option is Lake worth, just south of West Palm Beach, I used to live there and there is a great avian hospital with several vets there. You probably know the vet who started the practice from the bird food that he developed, his name is Dr. Harrison. He was the vet for my grey for several years. I do not know if he is personally practicing but he has several vets in practice with him who are also excellent. I have forgotten the name of the practice but is something like "Lake Worth Avian Hospital", or the bird hospital...I am sure you can find it if you google avian vet and lake worth florida or harrison
I know people do not all share this opinion, so, let me stress, this is MY opinion...all birds should have an annual vet exam, they also need to be vaccinated against disease. There is a 2 shot series, for which you will get a health certificate, after the initial series, your bird gets boosters. The vet will check the bacterial fauna in your birds gut with a fecal sample...it is critical to your birds health that the balances of gram positive and gram negative bacteria are at optimum level, he will check for parasites in the stool as well. They will also check a blood sample for all of the normal health parameters. This may cost between $100 and $200 dollars but that is no more that what I pay for an annual visit to the vet for my dogs.
I would also STRONGLY URGE that you get your precious Baby microchipped, my vet here in Gainesville just charged me $53.00 to chip my grey. The IRN I have now is with me instead of with her family because she was NOT microchipped. If I have not located her family in the next several weeks, I will take her to my vet to be microchipped too.
I hope this info is helpful, if you disagree about the vaccines and such, no problem, as I said this is my opinion only. I am not a vet, I am however a Ph.D. in Zoology and my research has been entirely on wildlife, specifically nutritional and physiological ecology. This does NOT make me an expert!! Just a fairly well informed bird owner
Feel free to pm me if you have any questions or want more info on vets in the gainesville area, at least gainesville is 2 hours closer to Tampa than Miami...
Kim