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Intensive Care Herbivore

Designed for herbivores, such as rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, iguanas, and tortoises

Product highlights:
  • Highly digestible nutrition for rapid energy and easy digestion
  • Palatability promotes independent feeding
  • High fiber ratio specifically for herbivores
  • High energy density allows for smaller volume per feed
  • Lasts 6 months once opened when refrigerated
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The first
semi-elemental
diet designed for the critically ill herbivore

Developed by an expert panel including exotic animal veterinarians, emergency clinicians, and nutritionists

Intensive Care Herbivore is a high-fiber, semi-elemental diet designed to meet the needs of the critically ill herbivore. IC Herbivore can be mixed with IC Omnivore and IC Carnivore. See feeding chart for specific species’ formula recommendations.

Easy ways to feed

A flexible feeding system, EmerAid can be fed as a complete diet or supplement.

EmerAid powder allows for a variety of feeding strategies to ensure maximum nutrition is reached.

Topper
Gravy
Slurry
Bites
Syringe/Tube
How to administer EmerAid IC Herbivore

Benefits

  • High-fiber content to enhance gastrointestinal motility
  • The primary source of fiber is cellulose, a relatively gentle source of fiber that will not irritate the already hypersensitive gastrointestinal tract of the critically ill herbivore
  • All essential amino acids, making protein more easily absorbable
  • High levels of arginine and glutamine to meet the needs of the debilitated patient
  • A highly digestible, easily absorbable blend of fats and simple carbohydrates for energy
  • Balanced omega 3:6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Dietary nucleotides to provide DNA and RNA precursors
  • Flows smoothly down a 5Fr tube without clogging
EmerAid® IC Herbivore is a therapeutic diet designed to be used only under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian or wildlife rehabilitator.

Indications

Critically ill or debilitated* Anorexia and cachexia Compromised GI Tract Nutritional Deficiencies Palliative care

* i.e., reptiles with parasitic infection, reptiles with GIT stasis post brumation

Ingredients: Cellulose, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Glucose Syrup Solids, Ground Rice, Inulin, Corn Oil, Defatted Wheat Germ, Canola Oil, L-Glutamine, Ground Limestone, Potassium Bicarbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sucrose, Natural Vanilla Flavor, L-Valine, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Magnesium Sulfate, Citric Acid, L-Cysteine, L-Tryptophan, Vitamin C Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Niacin Supplement, Iodized Salt, Tocopherols, Copper Sulfate, Beta-Carotene, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein (min)18.1%
Crude fat (min)9.0%
Crude fiber (max)35.7%
Moisture (max)7.5%
Metabolizable energy
(calculated)		1.32 kcal/ml
2.95 kcal/gram dry weight
Crude ash5.26%
Omega-3 fatty acids (min)0.37%
Omega-6 fatty acids (min)4.14%
Calcium (min)1.00%
Phosphorus (min)0.39%
Sodium0.30%
Lysine0.90%
Methionine0.40%
Caloric Distribution
Protein27.0 %
Fat33.2 %
Digestible carbohydrates39.6 %
Breakdown of Fiber Content
Non-fermentable/structural fiber75.3%
Fermentable Fibre 24.7%
Storage

Upon arrival, store EmerAid® in a cool, dry space, and refrigerate powder after opening.

  • EmerAid® has an 18-month shelf life from the time of production.
  • Once opened, refrigerate and use within 6 months.
  • The shelf life for an unopened package of EmerAid® is 18 months from the date of manufacturing or no later than the “Best Before” label on the package.
NOTE: Storage of an unopened container of EmerAid® in the freezer can extend shelf life by up to a year. Taking EmerAid in and out of the freezer for normal use does not extend shelf life. For more information, please visit Storage, Preparation, And Administration Of EmerAid

Handling
EmerAid® has been scientifically designed for extremely high digestibility. Handle product carefully and avoid contamination, which can lead to bacterial overgrowth.

  • Keep dry
  • Use a clean, dry scoop
  • Do not cross-contaminate with scoops used for non-EmerAid® foods
Standard mixing directions
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

Recommended products

This can be mixed with other products to suit a wide range of species, such as the
bearded dragon, chameleon, skink, box turtle, and red-ear sliders. See feeding chart
for specific species formula recommendations.

Sustain Herbivore
Recovery Nutrition for Herbivores

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