I've just realised that the bag of Excel I bought from my vet 3 weeks ago has a Best Before Date of 03.10.07.
Bella and Tarquin were both on SS until they stopped eating completely a few weeks ago. The only thing they'd eat were Excel pellets, which I had a few left of after moving them onto SS. They both had to be treated for stasis and although not the right way to do it, rather than them eat nothing at all, I got them back onto Excel as they wouldn't eat SS at all for a week.
I've been giving them a mix of both since then, with the aim of getting them back on just SS eventually. I didn't want to waste the Excel but now I've seen the BBE date should I bin it or reduce Excel over the next few days til they're just on SS?
As they only get a handful in the morning and about 6 pellets as a bedtime treat (slightly less for T), the bag would have lasted months.
I'm a bit annoyed with myself for not checking BBE date before buying it, but I was so worried about Bell and T that I didn't think.
Any ideas on what is the best thing to do?
Thanks.
Rebec
Bella and Tarquin were both on SS until they stopped eating completely a few weeks ago. The only thing they'd eat were Excel pellets, which I had a few left of after moving them onto SS. They both had to be treated for stasis and although not the right way to do it, rather than them eat nothing at all, I got them back onto Excel as they wouldn't eat SS at all for a week.
I've been giving them a mix of both since then, with the aim of getting them back on just SS eventually. I didn't want to waste the Excel but now I've seen the BBE date should I bin it or reduce Excel over the next few days til they're just on SS?
As they only get a handful in the morning and about 6 pellets as a bedtime treat (slightly less for T), the bag would have lasted months.
I'm a bit annoyed with myself for not checking BBE date before buying it, but I was so worried about Bell and T that I didn't think.
Any ideas on what is the best thing to do?
Thanks.
Rebec
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