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06 Jul 2018

Feeding Sick Rabbits & Guinea Pigs

Posted By : Guest

Bunny Nature Health Herbal Aid is an excellent recovery diet specially formulated for rabbits and guinea pigs, to help them through any poorly stages. We all know the problems you face trying to get rabbits and guinea pigs to eat when ill. Gut stasis can be devastating, and any kind of stress trigger can lead to appetite loss.

Filled with essential long length digestible and indigestible fibers, this complementary feed for sick and recuperating rabbits and guinea pigs can play a vital part of critical care nutrition. It’s one of those essential feeds you need to keep in your cupboards. With regard to animal health and owner satisfaction, the Bunny Nature Health products were developed by veterinarians on the basis of naturally effective plants and herbs.

It is based on the diseases most frequently presented in medical practices in rabbits and guinea pigs. The targeted plant selection of Bunny Nature Health products supports the health of rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and degu in special needs situations.

Bunny Nature Health Herbal Aid is a complete feed for rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and degus in powdered form. It offers the following benefits:

assisted syringe feeding due to lack of appetite
use it at times of stress or recovery from surgery
long-term feeding as porridge/porridge balls for pets with impaired tooth function who cannot consume solid food
tasty, stimulates appetite
higher energy content – to build body weight
with premium water lentil protein – contains all essential amino acids
with spirulina
with prebiotic inulin – to support positive intestinal flora
with lignocellulose – to stimulate intestinal peristalsis

Ingredients:

Growth of permanent meadows (timothy, meadow fescue, meadow foxtail, german ryegrass, red fescue, blue grass, cocksfoot, velvet grass, annual panicle grass, white ragweed, vernal grass, couch grass, tussock grass, reed canary grass, white clover, red clover, dandelion leaves, yarrow herb, ribwort, caraway, cow parsley, meadow sweet, common hornwort, bedstraw, thyme-leaved speedwell, bush vetch, comfrey, bedstraw-meadow thistle, daisies, germander speedwell, lady's mantle, greater burnet-saxifrage, narrow-leaved vetch, meadow saxifrage, crested dogtail grass, spring cinquefoil, green field-speedwell, common whitlow-grass, autumn dandelion, red ragweed, cowslip, small clover), timothy, oat peel bran, wheat bran, oat flakes, duckweed protein, carrot pomace, linseed extracted, sunflower seed extracted, rape seed extracted, milk thistle seeds, brewer's grain, brewer's yeast, spirulina, lignocellulose, dandelion root, dandelion leaves, inulin (0,6%), stinging nettle leaves, rosehip peel, ribwort leaves, camomile blossoms

Nutritional additives:

Vitamin A 11.760 IE ∙ Vitamin D3 823 IE ∙ Vitamin E / all rac-alpha-tocopherylacetate 70,6 mg ∙ Vitamin C as sodium calcium ascorbyl phosphate 588 mg ∙ copper as copper (II)-sulphate, pentahydrate 7,06 mg ∙ iodine as calcium iodate, waterfree 1,06 mg ∙ iron as iron (II)-sulphate, monohydrat 58,8 mg ∙ zinc as zinc oxide 70,6 mg ∙ manganese as manganese (II)-oxide 47 mg ∙ selenite as sodium selenite 0,21 mg

Analytical constituents:

crude protein 14% · crude oils and crude fats 3,8% · crude fibre 18,5% · crude ash 7% · calcium 0,65% · phosphorous 0,4% · sodium 0,21%

Instructions for proper use:

Mixture ratio:

Herbal Aid : Water

Porridge 1 : 4

Porridge balls 1 : 2

Feeding guide:

Mix Bunny Nature Herbal Aid lukewarm tepid water to form a porridge. Fill immediately into a feeding syringe or offer as porridge or porridge balls in a bowl.

Divide the daily ration into 3-5 freshly made portions. Refrigerate any leftovers and feed soon.

When feeding with a feeding syringe, insert into the corner of the mouth. The pet is in a natural seated position.

Instructions for proper use: