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How To Use EmerAid® Intensive Care Carnivore

Intensive Care Carnivore is a semi-elemental therapeutic diet developed by veterinarians and nutritionists for the critically ill carnivore. It has been used successfully in a variety of species including ferrets, birds of prey, frogs and toads, lizards (e.g., leopard geckos, monitors, anoles, Caiman lizards, plated lizards), and snakes.
Available in 100 g, 400 g and 2 kg pouches

AdultsJuveniles*
SpeciesOmnivoreCarnivoreHerbivorePiscivorewaterOmnivoreCarnivoreHerbivorePiscivore
Birds
Parrots323
Seed-eating passerines – finches323
Dove and Pigeons323
Generalist passerines – sparrows, cardinals, grosbeaks, juncos4.50.5423
Generalist passerines and woodpeckers – corvids, icterids, thrushes21212
Insect-eating passerines – swallows, flycatchers, warblers31221
Domestic ducks and chickens3231
Swans and geese3242.52
Gamebirds – quails, pheasants, turkeys322.50.5
Dabbling ducks – mallards, gadwalls, shovelers, teals320.5
Diving ducks – scaups, canvasbacks, ruddy ducks, scoters242
Piscivorous birds121
Raptors, vultures121
Reptilia & Amphibians
Snakes, monitors, tegus, leopard geckos3121
Crested geckos, day geckos323
Bearded dragons, ground iguanas1.5212
Water dragons, blue-tongued skinks1.5212
Anoles, collared lizards, chameleons121
Tortoises111
Turtles – box turtles, wood turtles, painted turtles, pond turtles1.51.542
Turtles – snapping turtles, mud turtles, musk turtles, longneck turtles, sliders1211
Green iguanas, uromastyxs111
Amphibians121
Mammals
Rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, degus111
Sugar gliders, chipmunks, squirrels, mice, rats322.50.5
Gerbils4.5145
Hamsters32432
Hedgehogs, raccoons, skunks, opossums1.51.5212
Ferrets121
Insectivorous bats121

*Nutri-Start available for juvenile feeding of healthy psittacines
Disclaimer: Species-specific milk replacers are recommended for nursing mammals

Step 1: Correct hypovolemia

Assess hydration deficit and provide fluid therapy

Step 2: Provide support care

Keep patient warm and quiet

Step 3: Determine appropriate EmerAid® or EmerAid® combination

Refer to mixing ratios according to package instructions and tables

Step 4: Determine feeding volume

Step 5: Mix with water for feeding

When mixed as directed, this product will pass through as small as an
18-gauge stainless steel feeding needle and 5Fr feeding tube.

Step 6: Determine feeding frequency

  • Small mammals and birds: feed 3–4x daily
  • Reptiles: feed 1–2x daily

Step 7: Administer EmerAid®

Choose a feeding route according to patient’s level of acceptance (offer free-choice, orally via syringe, administer through nasogastric or esophagostomy tube, or use as a supplement/topper on maintenance diet). Administer all other treatments BEFORE gavaging to prevent regurgitation.

Step 8: Next steps

  • Weigh patient the next day before feeding, fluids, and medications
  • Reassess patient to determine feeding volume
  • Consider other causes of weight loss

EmerAid® Designed for: Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores, Piscivores

IC Herbivore

  • Herbivorous mammals 
- Rabbits, Guinea pigs
  • Herbivorous reptiles

Indications

  • Critically ill or debilitated
  • Dysphagia from severe dental disease — smooth gentle texture minimizes pain when eating
    Anorexia
  • Gastrointestinal stasis
  • Use IC when smaller feeding volumes are required. When nasogastric tube feeding is required

Sustain Herbivore

 

  • Herbivorous mammals 
- Rabbits, Guinea pigs
  • Herbivorous reptiles

Indications

  • Chronic dental disease
  • Inappetence — Mint promotes appetite, and self-feeding
  • Gastrointestinal stasis and diarrhea
  • Improved with papaya, beetroot pulp, and prebiotics
    Geriatric with poor muscle mass
  • Nutritional deficiencies

For animals progressing from critically ill to recovery,
IC and Sustain Herbivore
can be mixed together

Lasts 6 months in the fridge once opened

IC Carnivore

  • Raptors
  • Ferrets
  • Snakes
  • Lizards
  • Long neck turtle

Indications

  • Critically ill or debilitated
  • Anorexia and cachexia
  • Gastroenteritis and diarrhea
  • High palatability promotes independent feeding
  • ex: ferrets with kidney disease or lymphoma
  • ex: reptiles with parasitic infection

* Can be loaded within prey to increase calories

IC Omnivore

  • Parrots, finches, canaries
  • Chickens, ducks, doves
  • Some lizards (bearded dragons)
  • Rodents (rats and mice)

Indications

  • Critically ill or debilitated
  • Anorexia and cachexia
  • Compromised GI Tract
  • Nutritional deficiencies
  • High palatability promotes independent feeding
  • ex: rodents with poor immune systems

* Can be used as a topper over maintenance diet

IC Piscivore

  • Pelicans, cormorants
  • Fulmars, shearwaters
  • Egrets, herons
  • Gulls, terns, alcids, piscivorous chelonians
  • Sea turtles, seals

Indications

  • Critically ill or debilitated
  • Anorexia and cachexia
  • Compromised GI Tract
  • When tube-feeding is required

*Can be loaded within fish to increase calories