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Recovery Plus - long term?

Aly&Poppy<3

Wise Old Thumper
I've just ordered some Recovery Plus from viovet as our vet (not usual vet as she is off for 2 weeks) gave my bf (he didn't know there was a difference) normal Recovery which Poppy will not touch. I don't blame her, it smells like baby food and looks very odd when made up :lol:

She loves Recovery Plus however and since having it (she has had half a sachet every evening since statis started) her poos are a much better colour than before the statis! .. A bit bigger too!

So when the new stuff arrives we will do a few more days with it, but would it be okay to use long term? The Plus smells like timothy hay and she loves it. She can't eat hay so I try and get as much fibre in her as possible and this seems perfect but is it a silly idea?
 
What pellets does she eat ? Do you have to soften them for her ?

The Recovery Plus would be OK to feed her regularly, but I am wondering if it would be less of a strain on your bank balance to make a mash feed out of Fibafirst Sticks ?
 
What pellets does she eat ? Do you have to soften them for her ?

The Recovery Plus would be OK to feed her regularly, but I am wondering if it would be less of a strain on your bank balance to make a mash feed out of Fibafirst Sticks ?

Yeah she has soaked mature SS :)

We tried blending the vetcare digestive sticks and she has been picking at it throughout the evening, kind of like "oh it's there so I guess I'll have to eat it', she didn't have a lot though. The recovery stuff is downed pretty quickly, the vetcare sticks are blended with some soggy pellets too. Surprised she ate as much as she did to be honest but after the first night she ignored it completely so we stopped making it.
I used my bf's card to buy the stuff and he said he doesn't mind :lol: But still, £22 for 10 sachets.. Works out cheaper than the vets by about 40p per sachet :lol:

She just isn't interested in this recovery food at all, maybe she'll change her mind once she's woken up a bit more!
 
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