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Anyone still up please - need help with syringe feeding!

daisymaisy

daisymaisy

Young Bun
Sorry it's late..... buns were spayed today, and I've been sent home with Ox Bow Critical Care - the same one as on this thread: http://www.foreverfeistychinchilla.org/first-aid-kit.html

The only issue is that none of the instructions are in English, and the dosage instruction says refer to packaging.

I did discuss how to administer with the nurse, but I have a brain like a sieve. I'm pretty sure she said to use 3 tablespoons of product and use warm water to make it the required consistency (I think 5 of water for gloopy, and more if I wanted it runnier).

Does anyone still awake use this stuff please!
 
I use oxbow for one of my chinchillas, who has severe dental disease. He helps himself and I make it into a thick cream like consistency.
I have never syringe fed a newly operated on rabbit, I'm not keen on doing it, especially while they are still recovering from an anaesthetic, however that is a personal opinion and I'm not saying to 'do as I do'. 😊
I would make the consistency quite thin and watery for it to come out of the syringe as the bore of a syringe is quite narrow and the bits are likely to clog it up.
 
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