Supreme recovery anyone?

Do any of you know anything about Supreme Recovery? The vet nurse mentioned it on the phone today.

Do you think it would help with trying to bulk Thumper up a bit?

Also, do bunnies generally take it easily? Thumper is a fussy twit, she gets really stressed out with fibreplex and I've heard a lot of bunnies like that

When I had a chinchilla on deaths door i used this to try and fatten him a bit but made no difference (think he was to far gone). Although everyone recomended it and worked great for there animals. What does she normaly eat?? xx

She gets pellets, carrot, mange tout and grass. She has hay but doesn't eat it!

I'm supposed to give her as little veg as possible now because of her old age but thumper on a no veg diet is not a happy thumper!

It's good to hear that you know it's worked for some and that it is used for this purpose. Sorry it didn't help ur chinchilla

I have used it for bunnies and guineas - and also chinchillas. It apparently tastes nice. I have only used it in absolute emergencies, and lost a number of animals, but they were very poorly. The times when it worked, it worked well!
jan

Thanks for the info

The nurse did say we can't use it long term but it might be worth a shot for a little while to try and fatten her up. She just gets in such a flap taking any medication that I need to be sure that the benefit out weighs the stress.

She really is becoming a skinny wee thing. Just age taking it's toll I guess

I favour critical care fine grind simply because it goes through most syringes easily - it is available from many sources including the Hay Experts. I would try one of the mature options we talked about before first as you want to get the weight increased and maintained. Syringe or soft feeding for a short period may bulk him up but when you stop I would think he runs the risk of loosing the weight straight away again and then becoming dependant on the soft food. Although I give Bruce critical care when he is refusing to eat when his teeth are playing up and once I have got the first bit in he does not need any restraint and he happily takes the food and looks for more when his mouth is empty. But I only usually need to do this once and then he goes to the vet.

what about cracker bread?? i feed the rivita with all the seeds one to mine to entice them into my lair so i can catch them to put them to bed, all mine love em x

We use Recovery and Critical Care fine grind and prefer the Critical Care fine grind. When we had Danny and Poppet our bunnies that had tumor's, Poppet didn't eat much at all and so Mike would syringe feed her to put some weight on her, and Danny who ate everything right up to the day we lost him just didn't put any weight on at all and although Mike was syringe feeding him he was really only feeding the cancer as the weight was just falling off him. Danny Bless him loved Critical Care and would lick it out of the dish when syringe feeding him.

Is there something physically wrong with bun or does s/he just need bulking up? If its the latter I wouldnt use Critical care, I'd just give a bowl of oats (In water, so they dont swell in her belly) each day & let her eat it herself, rather than stress her out with syringing xx

Hi, thanks for your replies.

I'm going to pick up a bag of the mature food at the weekend and we'll see how we got on with that. I've never thought about Rivita but she'd prob take it no bother. Loves bread and toast (which she doesn't get often)

Thumper is an old lady, she is over 10 years old, she has a hernia and a tumor. She's just generally failing But she is still a happy little thing and there is no indication that she is in any pain.

She's just too thin and even though she is a house bun, I want to try and chub her up a bit so she isn't too cold in the winter.

Maysie, I hope the same doesn't happen with her as your Danny that must have been so hard for you guys

Oh! Will also pick up some oats!