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Excel DualCare is a recovery and recuperation product for rabbits and guinea pigs. It can either be fed in its dry form alongside good quality hay, or can be mixed into a paste that can be *syringe fed using a wide tipped syringe.
The product contains all of the necessary vitamins and minerals required to meet the nutritional needs of rabbits and guinea pigs, including high levels of protected vitamin C.
*Syringe not included.
Syringe Feeding
Syringe feeding requires time and patience as after each 1-2 ml the rabbit or guinea pig should be given the opportunity to swallow with the syringe tip removed from the mouth. To make the syringe feed paste we recommend adding 2 parts warm water to 1 part Excel DualCare, allowing to soak for 3-4 minutes and then gently mixing into a paste.
The patient should receive a maximum of 10ml of paste per kg of bodyweight per syringe feed session, and so will require regular feeds throughout the day, depending on the nutritional requirements of the individual patient. We recommend that the solution is made up fresh each time to the required consistency. Clean the syringe thoroughly after each feeding session.
Recovery Feeding
As the patient starts to recover, very gradually progress them to consuming Excel DualCare as a nugget with no added water. Once fully recovered the patient can be transitioned onto the appropriate life stage nuggets from the Burgess Excel feeding plan.
Fresh good quality hay should be available at all times to the patient, so that as soon as they want to they can start consuming hay.
Composition
Grass, Oat Feed, Wheat, Soya Bean Hulls*, Wheat Feed, Brewers Yeast, Lignocellulose, Soya Oil*, Short Chain Fructo-oligosaccarides (0.3%), Minerals, Mint & Rosemary. *May contain GM materials.
Analytical Constituents
Beneficial Fibre 42%, Crude Protein 13%, Crude Fat 3.5%, Crude Fibre 21%, Crude Ash 6%, Calcium 0.7%, Phosphorus 0.53%, Sodium 0.37%, Magnesium 0.18%.
Beneficial Fibre is a measure of the total indigestible and digestible fibre that the food contains (NDF analysis) Nutritional Additives Vitamin A 30,000 iu/kg, Vitamin D3 3,500 iu/kg, Vitamin E 160 mg/kg, Vitamin C 10,000 mg/kg, Copper (copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate) 7.5 mg/kg, Zinc (zinc sulphate monohydrate) 90 mg/kg, Manganese (manganous sulphate monohydrate) 10 mg/kg, Iron (iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) 60 mg/kg, Selenium (sodium selenite) 0.3 mg/kg, Iodine (calcium iodate anhydrous) 0.5 mg/kg, Tryptophan 1000mg/kg.
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Awesome product softens really well in warm water. We have always used this for our poorly rescue buns.
Customer recommends this product
Bought this for a poorly guinea pig. Had I known this was close to expiry I wouldn’t have bought it. Pleased to see that after pointing this out to Customer Services, the website now shows the best before date. Disappointed that most of it will be binned though. Such a waste.
Customer does not recommend this product
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Below are some recent questions we've received regarding Burgess Excel Dual Care for Rabbits & Guinea Pigs, including answers from our team.
Kelly
How many times should I be feeding this per day
*Syringe not included.
Syringe Feeding Syringe feeding requires time and patience as after each 1-2 ml the rabbit or guinea pig should be given the opportunity to swallow with the syringe tip removed from the mouth. To make the syringe feed paste we recommend adding 2 parts warm water to 1 part Excel DualCare, allowing to soak for 3-4 minutes and then gently mixing into a paste. The patient should receive a maximum of 10ml of paste per kg of bodyweight per syringe feed session, and so will require regular feeds throughout the day, depending on the nutritional requirements of the individual patient. We recommend that the solution is made up fresh each time to the required consistency. Clean the syringe thoroughly after each feeding session.
Recovery Feeding As the patient starts to recover, very gradually progress them to consuming Excel DualCare as a nugget with no added water. Once fully recovered the patient can be transitioned onto the appropriate life stage nuggets from the Burgess Excel feeding plan. Fresh good quality hay should be available at all times to the patient, so that as soon as they want to they can start consuming hay.
VetMedsDirect has been working alongside VioVet to bring you a wider range of products, including prescription medications. VetMedsDirect has been owned and run by VioVet since 2015, and has been operating since then from the same premises in Luton, Bedfordshire.
VetMedsDirect has now been fully merged with VioVet. If you had an account with VetMedsDirect you can securely login with your same details on the VioVet website and there will be no delay or disruption to the supply of your pet products.
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