OxbowCritical Care Herbivore, Fine Grind, Emergency Rabbit & Guinea Pig Food, Natural Papaya Flavor, Veterinary Formula, Critical Care Herbivore, Assist Feeding Formula for Pets, 100 gram bag

We use this at a tortoise rescue and sanctuary, it's super effective. Easy to make, lasts a long time and helps give the tortoises the boost they need

This is a miracle product, it saved my rabbit's life, I can not sing the praises of this product enough, I always recommend it to people who have small animals. I will always buy this and keep it in my emergency basket, one of my rabbits has a tendency to forget to drink water and as a result she becomes really lethargic. Every time it scares me, and every time I quickly whip this product out and use it on her. It's very simple to use, comes with straight forward instructions that are very easy to follow when your mind is all frantic and flustered. You just combine one of the packets with some water, and use a baby syringe to feed it to your rabbit. If your rabbit is very sick and is at the point that they will refuse food, you will have to force-feed this to them, and that is a little bit difficult, but It's something you have to do. It will save your rabbits' life. During the time I was feeding my sick rabbit, her cage mate came over and greedily licked the food off her chin. Rabbits clearly like the taste of this lol!

Saved rabbit's life. He made it to 13 years old. RIP, Honey.

Great for help sick rabbits, it’s like a treat for them!

The media could not be loaded. My Rabbit lost the use of his back legs, he is 11 years old. So quick story my rabbit had gotten dental disease. This is were he lost a lot of weight became weak. We got that under control. He was getting back to normal. And then all of sudden one of his legs started showing weakness. So I was going on vacation, so I boarded him at the vet. I had informed the vet tech that he needs help getting to his food and water but he will drink and eat on his own if you help him. I even asked if they could use the joint drops while he was there and she said no because he was already on lots of medication. Now I understand they can’t monitor all the time. But when I came back he was a lot worse they were letting him lay on his side and not helping him up. I had watched many videos were they tell you to help correct their posture and help put them in a seated position. (How they normally do) which I had been doing and slowly it was helping with his balance. But once I got him back he had no use of his legs his back legs they would go right and his front legs would go left. While he laid. He couldn’t stand at all. And couldn’t walk. My vet told me he’s old and it would be best just to put him down. I was stunned and said I needed to think about it. And for the time being I would do nursing care. I was using critical care and tube feeding him. And when I brought him home he ate 40 mm worth in one sitting (4 syringes full). So when I saw him over the course of a week eating so much he was getting 40-50 mm per feeding 3 times a day. And he would go crazy for the food. I couldn’t justify putting him down, with him eating and drinking the way he was. So I wanted to try other options. I don’t entirely know if this is what’s just helping my rabbit but I’m trying multiple things AND LET ME TELL YOU. As of right now my rabbit is slowly starting to walk again and even was hopping and running in my living room. I started crying. So I’m hoping my story can help others. I used joint stress drops in his critical care. I would put 5 drops per feeding. He also was getting the joint treats oxbow. I also bought NHV they are little pricey but it goes a long way. I got the old timer and turmeric (for arthritis). He is also still on some medication from the vet. I added a picture of my schedule of exactly what I did.Now this didn’t happen overnight and in fact it took over a month. The video is literally a month from when he went to the vet and was boarded. I don’t want to get my hopes up cause I do know my rabbit is old. But as of right now he has completely turned around and has even been eating and drinking his water on his own. He wasn’t able to stand beforehand and would fall over and knock his food and water bowl over. I had to tube feed him water at one point cause he was dehydrated. I will continue to use the critical care for extra nutrients. And hopefully my routine can help someone else’s little bunny. Don’t always listen to the vet (I’m not knocking them down completely) because they did get his dental disease under control and cleared out his cyst he had. But sometimes trying other options never hurt.

I got this and the Strawberry Banana Flavor Oxbow Critical Care in anticipation of any illness in my guinea pigs since their health usually declines rapidly once they show signs of illness. One of my females has been having trouble with an infection (likely a re-occuring UTI due partly to having an abnormal bladder) and we had to wait for a bacteria culture to be tested so she could be placed on an appropriate antibiotic for treating it. During this time, she began eating less and seemed miserable. She began pooping from eating less and I began to fear GI stasis. Her vet recommended starting her on Critical Care and hand-feeding her veggies to ensure she was eating something. I started feeding her some Strawberry Banana Critical Care and she did not care for it. I called the vet and asked if there was anything else I could do. She recommended mixing in baby food (consisting of veggies or fruit) with it to entice her. I tried this and she nibbled on some but didn't appear to be as interested as I would have liked. I knew she did have an appetite because I got her to eat a whole serving of bell peppers.I then opened this bag of Fine Grind Critical Care and she just nibbled at it until I mixed in vegetable based baby food. She began to eat it vigorously. I have since been mixing some in this manner and placing it in her cage in a guinea pig food bowl. She will eat most of it on her own.I believe it has helped to keep her eating and consuming a decent amount of essential nutrients, along with helping her to avoid developing GI stasis. I am still offering pellets, a daily serving of fresh vegetables, and unlimited hay along with this, but I do see a difference in how active she is since I added this product to her diet.If you have guinea pigs, I would definitely recommend getting some of this to have on hand in case of illness as guinea pigs are notorious for having their health decline rapidly when they are ill. As soon as you notice any sign of lethargy or less eating, it can be beneficial to begin feeding this until you can be seen by a vet as guinea pigs need to constantly keep their gut moving and this is loaded with nutrients that can help them improve more quickly. This is also good to have on hand if your guinea pig has recently had a surgery as it can give them an extra boost and possibly aid in a faster, more uneventful recovery.