My vet wanted my guinea pig on critical care for two weeks and during the initial week he lost a lot of weight. It is now time to wean him off of the stuff and he is super addicted to it. He begs like crazy and I have heard two schools of thought - quitting cold turkey or reducing the amount. I will find out tomorrow what my vet recommends but I am torn. He will eat pellets and fruit but no vegetables right now. I suspect that is because the critical care tastes so yummy to him. He can chew but the reason for the critical care was a tooth filing and also to let an infected pocket in his mouth heal. He will lose weight if he is weaned either way as he is so crazy for it. Has anybody else encountered this? I get that he is a rodent and is conditioned and I am conditioned but going from 20 ml several times a day to none seems drastic. YES, I will find out from my vet what she recommends. I know he will have to go off of the stuff but I want to know a way that works for most people. Not to sound callous, but I am so sick of hand feeding him!!!!!!