Veterinary Reviewer
Dr Michael O'Brien is a Brisbane-based veterinarian with a special interest in behaviour and helping pets thrive in apartments and urban homes.
He reviews Zookie's behaviour, housing and lifestyle content — and firmly believes the best environmental enrichment is a window with a view.
Dr Michael O'Brien is a Brisbane-based veterinarian who reviews Zookie's behaviour and urban-living content for clinical accuracy. His special interest is helping pets thrive in apartments and city homes — a growing reality for Australian owners — and his review notes regularly shape our guidance on enrichment, noise sensitivity, exercise needs and settling anxious animals in smaller spaces.
Every article Dr O'Brien reviews is checked against current veterinary understanding before publication, and re-reviewed when guidance changes. If a claim can't be supported, it doesn't run. That's the standard he holds us to — and the reason his name appears on the page.