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Is homemade recovery food from pellets safe for my sick pet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | spayed | 1.5 lbs

Are these steps true about making your own recovery food (DIY Critical Care) Pour Warm Water or chamomile tea over a 1/4 cup of pellets in a bowl Allow to sit for about 5 mins, letting the pellets fluff Add additional water or tea and mix well to make a pudding like slurry.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on February 12th, 2019

This is by no mean a substitute for a recovery food, recovery food have very specific ingredient that are not present in dry food. there is a very good critical care product by Oxbow i strongly recommend using it instead.

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