Oxbow Critical Care Herbivore, Emergency Guinea Pig Food, Rabbit Food for Recovery, Natural Anise Flavor, Veterinary Formula, Critical Care for Guinea Pig Emergency Kit, 141 gram bag

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!

This product is a LIFE SAVING PRODUCT and is a MUST HAVE on-hand product if you own guinea pigs or rabbits. Guinea pigs can go from seeming fine to very rapidly declining in health to being too far gone to save very quickly if they don't have food constantly going through their system. Critical Care is a life saver and has taken my guinea pig from being sick with pneumonia to being on the road to recovery and gaining weight back. I have to feed her by hand to supplement her self-feeding only because she needs all of the nutrients she can get while her body is recovering, but this product has basically brought her back from the brink of death. She was not pooping, was not drinking, barely ate at all on her own (even her favorite fresh veggies, dandelion greens, and grass), and now she is popcorning a little, enjoying the extra attention, enjoying her yummy Critical Care (she eats it up greedily!) and back from the brink. Thank you so much! P.S. WHY doesn't Petco have this product in their stores???? Unbelievable.

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!

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

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.