Dieter Everaert graduated at Ghent University in 2004 with mayor small animals and minor exotics. Exotics was about ferrets, rabbits, rodents, birds, reptiles, fish, and amphibians. In December 2004, he started a private practice in Herent. The practice moved to Wilsele in 2013 and to a bigger clinic in Lubbeek in 2022. In 2021 he joined Nesto, a veterinary cooperation in Belgium. At that moment the clinic name was changed to CURIOVET. In 2023 Lennert Pieraets and Britt Nijs joined the practice. Dieter followed numerous cpds all over Europe and the US. He is also a frequent lecturer and already published some papers. He always focused on correct diagnosis before treatment. Because of that Curiovet is the first practice in Belgium with cbct and even inhouse PCR. Dieter is president of the Flemish working group for exotic vets. Since 2021 he is responsible vet for Avalon, the first hedgehog shelter in Belgium.