Science Selective Recovery Plus Liquid Syringe Small Pet Food, 0.71-oz pouch, 10 count

My chinchilla still passed away he didn’t take to this like I read on other reviews.

My bun has on and off GI problems so I like to have this type of recovery food at hand. I use Sherwood recovery but I had read so many good things about Science Selective that I wanted to give it a try. It does not have soy as Sherwood (Critical Care has soy, which is not good for bunnies). Also, Science Selective Recovery Plus is made in the UK and I have been well impressed with bunny products from the UK. However, the issue was the expiration date. It seems the shelf life is 18 months from production in the UK. Therefore, when I bought it in the US, it was less than 4 months away from expiration. Chewy refund me the money and I donated it to a shelter, which may need it right away.

Absolute life saver. Seems our 13-year-old chinchilla would rather starve herself to death than eat Oxbow's Critical Care, regardless of flavor. She had some issues about five years ago that necessitated liquid feeding and, although not a huge fan of the Oxbow, she was okay with it. Can't be sure, but we do think Oxbow changed the formula in between then and now (increased Vitamin C/Ascorbic Acid, I suspect, which our chin has never liked). Whatever the reason, she was firmly putting her foot down on the Oxbow and she was rapidly losing weight. As a result of the underlying issue, exacerbated by this stubborn rejection, our sweet little lady lost almost half of her body weight over just a few weeks. We were afraid she had given up, to be honest, and weren't sure if she was going to round the corner. Chose Science Selective over the other option I found based on the higher caloric impact. Oh the relief! Once she got a taste, she gobbled it down right away. We still had days we needed to coax her, and shift-feeding a nocturnal being is exhausting, but she was back in the fight. Took a little bit to find the ideal ratio--she seemed to prefer a 1:4 mixture, by weight--and we found the mix tended to go bad sooner than the use-within window (that said, we clearly have a very particular chinchilla...). Also seemed important to shake the sachet before dispensing. The longer fibers--if there are too many--will not go through the syringe and will cause a dense backup. We ended up using a 30cc catheter tip syringe most often, rather than the one that comes in the box, although the one in the box was amazing, initially--she really took to the angle and texture, which also helped. They should put two in the box of ten sachets because it started to go bad around sachet four and was pretty rough by sachet seven. Ultimately, though, the larger catheter tips were better because of the clogging issue I mentioned. It took us over a month, and we kept up the liquid feeding in the mornings before work for another month, but she regained all of her weight back and has been going strong since, almost six months later. Complete endorsement of this life saver.