Emeraid Intensive Care Carnivore 100g

This has been an absolute lifesaver for my ferret during recovery. It mixes into a smooth consistency, is easy to syringe feed, and has helped him maintain his weight when he wasn't able to eat normally. The resealable pouch keeps it fresh, and a little goes a long way. Highly recommend if your vet suggests it.

This is my second order of this stuff due to having a poorly gecko, helped him put weight back on and eventually get an appetite back, i think I'll always have some of this on hand just in case it happens again. Can be used with all reptiles and even cats.

This is great stuff for poorly ferrets. It's quite lumpy when you open the pack but it does mix well. Quite expensive for the size of the pack, but it's the same price everywhere and a little bit does go a long way with small animals. My poorly ferret who had lost weight soon perked up and put weight back on after a few days on this. I mixed with a little egg and then a little of his meat and he was soon back on his normal food again

The product arrived contaminated with moisture and lumpy, with quite a sour acrid smell. This is not safe to give to an animal, and given the nature of the product this type of product contamination could pose serious health risks to an animal.

I buy this for ferrets, it’s brilliant they love it, it must taste nice because they have never turned there nose up, totally value for money, really happy

Quick delivery and quality product

I have used this successfully several times for both crested and leopard geckos when they have been unwell and not eating. I was originally given this by a vet for an unwell crested gecko, and then it was recommended by a different herp vet for a very underweight rescue leopard gecko, to the point I always have a pouch on standby if needed. The Emeraid site has a very useful information on supporting your unwell animal as well. Highly recommended.

TLDR; fine as supplemental to normal feed, but if syringe feeding spend a little bit more on Oxbow Critical Care. Does the job effectively for weight gain in sick ferrets - however as others have noted it clumps in the bag and produces a thicker and grainier mix for the equivalent dose than the only slightly more expensive Oxbow Critical Care. Not an issue if this is supplemental and the animal is eating independently but it means about double the volume for an easy to swallow mix and it breaks plastic syringes.