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$19.99 | $24.99
Product title
$19.99 | $24.99
Product title
$19.99 | $24.99
Complete Critical Care Nutritional Support for Sick or Injured Birds
Product Description
Harrison’s Recovery Formula is a complete critical care nutritional support formula for injured or sick birds, reptiles, and mammals, with twice the calories of any other critical care formula. This certified organic, easily assimilated diet supports medical and surgical patients, diet transitions, and animals with slowed gastrointestinal emptying, and it also works for hand-feeding small insectivorous birds.
Benefits
- Twice the Calories: Provides twice the calories of any other critical care formula for animals that need dense nutrition.
- Certified Organic: Certified organic critical care formula made with organic soy protein isolate, sunflower oil, sugar, and lecithin.
- Easily Assimilated Nutrients: An easily assimilated source of nutrients for animals recovering from illness, injury, or surgery under veterinary care.
- Supports Anorexia and Diet Changes: Supports animals whose anorexia slowed gastrointestinal emptying, and aids the transition phase of a diet change.
- Medical and Surgical Patients: For medical and surgical patients recovering from pansystemic failure, under a veterinarian’s care.
- Hand-Feeding Insectivorous Birds: A hand-feeding diet for small insectivorous birds from hatching through fledging, such as wrens, vireos, and warblers.
Variants
Available in two sizes:
- Harrison’s Bird Foods Recovery Formula Organic Bird Supplement, 2-oz
- Harrison’s Bird Foods Recovery Formula Organic Bird Supplement, 350g
Ingredients
Biotin, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Sunflower Oil, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Carbonate, Lecithin, Niacin Supplement, Folic Acid, Soy Protein Isolate, Copper Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Vitamin D Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Sugar, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Sulfate, DL-Methionine, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate, and Vitamin B12 Supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Crude Protein | 42% (min.) |
| Crude Fat | 22% (min.) |
| Crude Fiber | 2% (max.) |
| Moisture | 10% (max.) |
| Omega-6 Fatty Acids | 10% (min.) |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids | 0.5% (min.) |
How to Use
Feeding Directions
- Check the Crop: Gently feel the crop to confirm that it is almost empty before you begin feeding.
- Mix the Formula: Mix fresh each time, using 1 part dry formula with 1–3 parts bottled drinking water.
- Adjust Consistency: Adjust the consistency of the formula if necessary by adding more or less bottled water.
- Check Temperature: Use a thermometer to make sure the formula stays within 102°-106°F before feeding the bird.
- Avoid Burns: To prevent burns, avoid microwaving the food and take care when feeding a chick.
- Tube Feeding: Feeding with a tube is probably the most universally successful technique for hand-feeding young birds.
- Feed the Bird: Feed the bird until its crop is full, but be careful not to overstuff it.
- Clean Up: Clean any excess formula completely from the bird’s beak, feathers, and enclosure after each feeding.
- Repeat Feedings: Repeat feedings as often as needed to maintain or increase the young bird’s body weight.
Additional Information
Precautions
- Use the Correct Technique: Use proper feeding methods to help prevent injury to the patient.
- Avoid Inhalation: Incorrect feeding may cause inhalation of the formula, which could lead to pneumonia and death.
- Defer to a Professional: Persons not experienced with tube-feeding should defer to a qualified professional before feeding the bird.
Shipping & Return
We offer ground, express, priority, and international delivery; see our shipping policy for details.
For return instructions or product concerns, please refer to our detailed refund policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What is Harrison’s Recovery Formula?
Ans: It is a complete critical care nutritional support formula for sick or injured birds, reptiles, and mammals that is certified organic and provides twice the calories of any other critical care formula, available in 2-oz and 350 g sizes.
Q2: When is Recovery Formula used?
Ans: Recovery Formula provides easily digestible nutrition for animals and supports medical or surgical patients recovering from pansystemic failure, nutritional support during a diet change, and animals whose anorexia has slowed gastrointestinal emptying time. Work with your avian veterinarian on how to use it.
Q3: How do I mix it?
Ans: Mix fresh, using 1 part dry formula to 1 to 3 parts bottled drinking water heated to approximately 103°F (39°C). Do not microwave it, and allow the mixture to cool to lukewarm before feeding your bird.
Q4: How should I feed it?
Ans: Check the crop before each feeding to see whether it has emptied almost completely. If you’re using a feeding tube, have your avian vet walk you through the process first. Incorrect placement or feeding can hurt your bird, so don’t attempt tube feeding without proper guidance.
Q5: What are the feeding risks?
Ans: Correct feeding technique must be used to prevent injury or inhalation of the formula, which could result in pneumonia and death. If using a non-metal or flexible tube, make sure the bird does not damage the tube during feeding.
Q6: Can it be used for small insectivorous birds?
Ans: Recovery Formula can be used as a hand-feeding diet to support the growth of small insectivorous birds from hatching through fledging, particularly species that may have difficulty digesting cornstarch. Appropriate species include bushtits, wren-tits, vireos, wrens, smaller flycatchers, and warblers.
Q7: Can it be used for other animals?
Ans: Yes, Recovery Formula is a critical care formula for sick or injured birds, reptiles, and mammals, and it is used for animals needing an easily assimilated source of nutrients. Always work with a veterinarian for the correct amount and schedule for your species.