How To Give A Guinea Pig Critical Care. For guinea pigs who are not able to move about that well or are very clearly not interested in being fussed with providing critical care on a small plate or spoon is helpful. Your vet can advise you regarding the amount of food to provide.
For guinea pigs who are not able to move about that well or are very clearly not interested in being fussed with providing critical care on a small plate or spoon is helpful. What I do is go in from the side so that the tip is on the molars. Offer a syringe full of water for every 3-5 syringes of feed.
Mix 1 part Critical Care - Herbivore with 2 parts warm water to the desired consistency.
Mix with some tomatoe juice or veg juice some people mix with baby food - I found this improved the taste for them. How to give Critical Care or RecoveryPlus IF YOU HAVE NO CRITICAL CARE OR RECOVERYPLUS you can create something similar by covering and briefly soaking plain guinea pellets with water until you get the desired consistency needed for the syringe feeding. If you have got no Critical Care or any equivalent powder you can start feeding your Guinea Pig by hand with pellets you soaked in simmering water to get mush. For some guinea pigs it is better to give a small amount of CCH 10-15 ml every hour than trying to force a large amount 30-50 ml three or four times a day.