1 Overview of recovery formula foods
- Recommended brands
- Emergency alternatives
2 Probiotics
- Standard brands
- Enhanced probiotics
- Live gut microbiome transfer (poo soup)
3 Vitamin C
- Recommended brand
- Alternatives
- Booster vs. long term supplementation
These chapters have been copied from the complete hand feeding guide with the kind permission of @helen105281 to help members to source the products more quickly either in a medical emergency or for their first aid kit. All products mentioned are available internationally; they are shown in their current packaging, so members from abroad will hopefully find them more easily when googling suppliers for their own country.
1 Overview of recovery formula foods (for syringe feeding and top support)
Recommended brands
The following products can be used for hand feeding and can be obtained from your vets or online, mix according to the instructions on the packet:
- Oxbow Critical Care for Herbivores (internationally available online or in shops)
Internationally widest available recovery brand. Some piggies do however not like the aniseed flavour.
- Oxbow Critical Care Fine Grind (easier to feed; internationally available)
Easier to syringe.
- Emeraid herbivore (UK online from vet suppliers; international brand)
Generally very well tolerated by ill piggies off any food. Enhanced range of formulas and flavours. Please read advice on label first.
Practical tip: Syringes will need flushing with water after each mouthful as it can clog them up rather quickly. Any metacam syringes are sturdier and last longer with emeraid.
- Supreme Science Recovery for Herbivores (UK brand, online)
Generally well liked.
Emergency alternatives
· Any pelleted brand of dry food, soak in warm water, leave to cool and then mash into a paste.
You will need to cut off the tip of a 1 ml syringe with scissors just before the syringe widens in order to allow the rougher fibre to pass but to hold the syringe plunger still in. Adjust the consistency of the paste so it passes through but it not too watery. Mushed up pellets mixes may need to be a little bit more watery in order to pass through the syringe because the fibre in them is rougher than in the proper recovery care products listed above.
For more practical tips, please see these syringe feeding guides:
- Recommended brands
- Emergency alternatives
2 Probiotics
- Standard brands
- Enhanced probiotics
- Live gut microbiome transfer (poo soup)
3 Vitamin C
- Recommended brand
- Alternatives
- Booster vs. long term supplementation
These chapters have been copied from the complete hand feeding guide with the kind permission of @helen105281 to help members to source the products more quickly either in a medical emergency or for their first aid kit. All products mentioned are available internationally; they are shown in their current packaging, so members from abroad will hopefully find them more easily when googling suppliers for their own country.
1 Overview of recovery formula foods (for syringe feeding and top support)
Recommended brands
The following products can be used for hand feeding and can be obtained from your vets or online, mix according to the instructions on the packet:
- Oxbow Critical Care for Herbivores (internationally available online or in shops)
Internationally widest available recovery brand. Some piggies do however not like the aniseed flavour.
- Oxbow Critical Care Fine Grind (easier to feed; internationally available)
Easier to syringe.
- Emeraid herbivore (UK online from vet suppliers; international brand)
Generally very well tolerated by ill piggies off any food. Enhanced range of formulas and flavours. Please read advice on label first.
Practical tip: Syringes will need flushing with water after each mouthful as it can clog them up rather quickly. Any metacam syringes are sturdier and last longer with emeraid.
- Supreme Science Recovery for Herbivores (UK brand, online)
Generally well liked.
Emergency alternatives
· Any pelleted brand of dry food, soak in warm water, leave to cool and then mash into a paste.
You will need to cut off the tip of a 1 ml syringe with scissors just before the syringe widens in order to allow the rougher fibre to pass but to hold the syringe plunger still in. Adjust the consistency of the paste so it passes through but it not too watery. Mushed up pellets mixes may need to be a little bit more watery in order to pass through the syringe because the fibre in them is rougher than in the proper recovery care products listed above.
For more practical tips, please see these syringe feeding guides:
1 Feed
- Important crisis management resources
- When is improvising necessary?
- Which food group am I replacing with my feeding support?
- How much and how often should I feed and water?
- What can I use that I have already got at home?
- Other possible easily available foods with their pros and cons
- How do I prep a syringe for rougher pellet fibre?
- What can I do without a syringe?
- The role of lukewarm water
2 Probiotics
- Probiotic products...
- Important crisis management resources
- When is improvising necessary?
- Which food group am I replacing with my feeding support?
- How much and how often should I feed and water?
- What can I use that I have already got at home?
- Other possible easily available foods with their pros and cons
- How do I prep a syringe for rougher pellet fibre?
- What can I do without a syringe?
- The role of lukewarm water
2 Probiotics
- Probiotic products...
- Wiebke
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Emergency Information and Care
Introduction
1 Choosing the right place to medicate/feed your piggy
2 Guinea pig whispering and asserting your authority
3 Recovery products and emergency improvisation
4 Syringe recommendations
5 Weight monitoring: your biggest ally
6 Weight loss guidelines and when to step in with feeding
7 Syringe feeding amounts/frequency advice
8 Practical medication and syringing tips (incl. missed a dose)
9 Medicating and feeding cooperative guinea pigs (videos)
10 Medicating and feeding uncooperative guinea pigs (hold pictures and tips)
11 The line between...
1 Choosing the right place to medicate/feed your piggy
2 Guinea pig whispering and asserting your authority
3 Recovery products and emergency improvisation
4 Syringe recommendations
5 Weight monitoring: your biggest ally
6 Weight loss guidelines and when to step in with feeding
7 Syringe feeding amounts/frequency advice
8 Practical medication and syringing tips (incl. missed a dose)
9 Medicating and feeding cooperative guinea pigs (videos)
10 Medicating and feeding uncooperative guinea pigs (hold pictures and tips)
11 The line between...
- Wiebke
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Health & Illness Support Corner
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