Due to species' differences in anatomy and behavior, veterinarians treating exotic pets must remain flexible. Obtaining appropriate veterinary equipment for these animals can be challenging, as much of it is designed for use with humans, dogs, and cats. Veterinarians often find cost-effective solutions by creatively repurposing everyday objects or standard medical equipment. For example, instead of an expensive endoscope for intubating a rabbit, a USB ear scope can be a budget-friendly alternative, saving several thousand dollars. They can use a clothes dryer as a warm air unit and a blue pad instead of an air warmer blanket. Thermoplastics can be used without producing heat instead of using Technovit® or Epoxy putty for external fixation bars. When operating on tiny mammals, transparent plastic surgical drapes can be substituted with an oven bag. Transparent hooks can hang intravenous lines, and electrical cord covers can prevent animals from biting through cables. Saline bottles can be fashioned into Elizabethan collars for prairie dogs and adapted as oxygen or gas supply masks. Small pin drivers for jewelry work well and more precisely than surgical pin chunks in small birds. Even items like LEGO® can be repurposed in unique situations, such as preventing feces and urine after a plastrotomy on a tortoise or fixing a transverse fracture on a plastron. Exotic pet veterinarians can save money without compromising the quality of care by harnessing creativity and using a variety of everyday household items.