Oxbow Critical Care for herbivores

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Critical Care Formula (CCF) has been developed for the nutritional support of birds, mammals, and reptiles whose metabolism may be disturbed, helping them to develop and maintain a healthy body for a happy life. Forcing too much food into your pet’s mouth or not allowing them time to swallow is the most common cause of aspiration. Rabbits that are doing well and beginning to eat on their own may only need 1 or 2 supplemental feeding sessions with the Critical Care formula. The act consists in introducing a syringe containing Critical Care behind the incisors of the rabbit and thus helping him to restart his digestive system.

As mentioned before, our Critical Care products are most commonly used to provide complete nutrition for your sick, geriatric, and/or convalescing friends. The rabbit's digestive system is important for ensuring the rabbit obtains the nutrients required, and correct and consistent feeding is essential, however, what action should be taken when things go wrong? If you are having difficulty syringe feeding or your animal doesn’t like the anise or apple banana flavor, you may want to request Critical Care Fine Grind (papaya flavor) from your veterinarian.At this point, you can reduce the amount of formula you give your rabbit over the next couple of days. It is important with any syringe feeding that the correct syringes are used, especially for the Oxbow Critical Care, as adding warm water can make the fibre swell, so it is useful to remember to use the syringes provided with the product. Syringe feeding should only be initiated on veterinary advice and once a blockage in the rabbit's gut has been ruled out. Some medications must be avoided or used with great care as they can affect the microflora within the gut and may result in overgrowth of bacteria such as clostridium, enteric dysbiosis and/or enterotoxaemia ( DeCubellis and Graham, 2013).

These both have high quality rabbit products and are companies that care about the health of our small animals. Blood also clots easily, especially at room temperature and will do so quickly if not mixed with the correct anticoagulant ( Melillo, 2007). I’m starting to wonder if it might be that grass really made him get discomfort to his gums… he acts fine, eats normal pellets and the mushed up pellets paste I made, ate fruit, eats hay but only avoids leafy greens. Special Species Health, Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. I feed him 4-5times daily and he oftens comes jumping to the feeding-blanket to tell me he'is hungry if I forget to feed him on time.Should your rabbit fall ill and require special care, our range of critical care and recovery food is designed to help get them on the mend as soon as possible. Rabbits are delicate creatures, and serious damage can be caused by incorrectly administered syringe feeding. Improve International, Alexandra House, Whittingham Drive, Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 0QJ, England. Timothy grass hay, the main component in Critical Care, provides the proper balance of forage based fibre and soluble carbohydrates needed to support the natural microbial population in the digestive system of small herbivores.