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Whats the difference between a Probiotic & Critical care?

tdsouza

tdsouza

Warren Scout
I used Avipro (probiotic) during Hopper & Marshmallow's bond as it was recommended to use during stressful times in their lives and I didn't want to take any chance with Stasis when they came home.

While reading the different posts, I have noticed people are using Critical Care when their bunny is ill so I wondered what the diffence between them was?

Thanks
 
I would imagine that as critical care is more of a assisted feeding forumula it has additional nutritional value that a pribiotic alone doesn't have. Ie it will have fibre etc in it aswell.
 
My vet gave me critical care for Peter after his op. It was to be syringe fed and the vet said it would get his digestive tract moving again. Peter hated it, so I ended up feeding him lots of dandelions and grass instead! ;)
 
Just to make sure I have this right:

Probiotic is to help have the right bacteria, during times of stress/injury,
Critical care is like a liquid feed which helps get things moving again during stasis or illness.


So is both a good thing to always have?
 
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