Oxbow Critical Care Herbivore, Emergency Guinea Pig Food, Rabbit Food for Recovery, Made with Timothy Hay, Anise Flavor, Critical Care for Guinea Pig Emergency Kit, 141 gram bag

Our rabbit Seb unfortunately developed a tendency to go into a shed every six weeks, much more often than the every three months that my books said. And when he went into a shed, he'd lick himself and swallow a lot of the loose hair, and developed hair balls. He'd quit eating and just sit miserably in a corner of his cage. I read everything I could find on the condition and took him to the vet three times over several months, putting him on Reglan and Cisapride (specially ordered from a compounding pharmacy in Arizona) several times a day. I brushed him several times a day to get out as much hair as I could. And, since he wasn't eating anything, which quickly leads to death in rabbits and guinea pigs, I fed him this product, Critical Care, six times a day when his condition was the worst, gradually reducing the number as he started to improve and nibble on food. I also gave him Benebac in the Critical Care every other day, for the probiotics. And water by little syringes directly into his mouth three times a day. It has happened five times since last November, but once he recovers and I very gradually wean him off the meds (a lesson I learned the hard way), he's fine, cheerful, lively, and a voracious eater. He'd be dead now five times over if it weren't for the Critical Care. You mix a tablespoon of the powdered hay and vitamins in this supplement with warm water, put it into a feeding syringe, then shoot it into his mouth, where he eagerly swallows it. Not more than this at one feeding, but you have to keep food in his digestive tract at all times, as the GI stasis will otherwise quickly kill these animals. This is a great product for herbivorous animals that are sick or recovering from surgery, and they also make a similar product for carniverous animals, which I haven't tried yet.

One of our little bunnies went into GI stasis and we found out about this when doing research online over a week-end when our exotic animal vet was closed. We took our little bun to an animal urgent care and they were going to admit him to do "exploratory surgery" (don't ever do this, most bunnies never survive the surgery and you don't need to do this if your bunny has GI stasis). I wish I had known about this so I would have had it on hand before our bunny got sick but it arrived super fast through Prime (phew). (You never know with Prime, depending on the item, the day you order it etc. etc. it could take up to 4 days to receive an item nowadays with Amazon Prime.) Its super easy to use, the instructions are on the bag, it comes as a powder and you mix it was warm water and feed it to your bunny using a feeding syringe that you can buy from a pharmacy in the baby aisle. If you only have 1-2 bunnies, this small size is more than enough, you don't need the bigger bag. It sort of has a pungent lemony scent which is pretty disgusting when your bunny poops it out, but you'll never be more thankful to see bunny poop in your life! Our bunny didn't seem to mind the taste (we tried various organic veggie baby foods and he hated those, but he went for this pretty ok considering....) If your bunny goes into GI stasis, please do not give your bunny an enema (there are well meaning people online who recommended this to us but our vet was against it.) What you want to do is help your bunny get hydrated at the vet with subcutaneous fluid therapy, we found that and the Rx laxative and pain reliever (for his fairly large gas bubble that we saw on his x-ray) to be the most helpful things for our little bun. He was hydrated twice and only on the pain reliever, laxative and this food for 3 days in total before he returned back to normal. We set our alarm clock to wake up every two hours to check on our bun during the night when he was too sick to move and when his temperature dropped we surrounded him with lightly warmed rice bags that seemed to help bring his temperature back up and also the warmth was comforting to him. Its a super scary thing to go through so I highly recommend you have this on hand "before" you need it for just in case.

This is great to have on hand! My vet also says you can use regular hay, add hot water to it, let sit and once it’s cool suck up with a syringe and feed your bunnies when they need critical care. As a mama to 4 bunnies this is a must have!

I have two lion head rabbits that were on the verge of death from GI stasis. Both were not eating or drinking and just sat on the corner in pain. They did not eat when I hand fed them either. So my mother and I decided to force feed this Oxbow Critical Care. We had to pick them up against their will and bottle/syringe feed this stuff. 3 tablespoons mixed with water should be enough. Just shove it in their mouth if they resist. They will eat it or swallow it. They need the nutrients to fight GI stasis and the fiber from Critical care will help move things around. I also added Ben-Bac which is a probiotic and some gas drops for human baby with the Oxbow Critical Care just in case. I did not want to just bring them to the vet since its too far and expensive for me. After 1-2 days of feeding this about 2 -3 times a day both are now healthy. Eating and playing normally. Shortly after feeding this both pooped GIANT round poops with tons of mucus covering it. My mom opened up the poop and there was this giant fur ball in it. No wonder they are having a hard time passing stools. The cause?? I think I'm to blame because I have been feeding them banana, carrots, blueberries and cilantro daily along with their hay and pellets. It turns out they were full from the fruits so they ate less hay/pellet so less fiber. I have now stopped feeding them fruits. Cilantro minimally soaked in water for hydration. Both love cilantro. I bought Meadow hay, Oat hay, Timothy Hay and Alfalfa hay. They only eat Meadow and Alfalfa Hay along with Timothy hay pressed pellets. Best cure is prevention. So feed them only hay and hay pressed pellets. Soak vegetables in water as a snack for hydration. If you love your pet rabbit and want to avoid expensive vet bill this is the best way. Buy Critical care in case of an emergency as you never know. I highly recommend. Hope this helps someone.

Great product expires in a year and 4months a bit small but overall great helps I case of emergency’s

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A must for rabbits when they need to recover from illness or surgery. Every vets approves this product. Amazon always has fresh stocks so the expiry date is never a concern.

Hallo Zusammen, der Päppelbrei ist wirklich super. Mein Kleiner hat ihn wirklich gerne gegessen, egal welche Sorte. Es hat das füttern viel einfacher gemacht. Kann ich nur weiterempfehlen. Ich wünschte ich hätte das früher gewusst

Having bought this product before, I would recommend it, as it has greatly improved the health of one of our guinea pigs who has a dental problem and can't presently eat food as it normally would, having to be fed this product by syringe or in a bowl. My most recent order for it, placed in plenty of time before running out, was apparently 'lost' - the first Amazon order to be so. Unfortunate, when it just happened to be a Critical Care product and ordered on Prime. Refunded though (thanks) and had to be bought elsewhere. Tricky few days as a consequence.