Roudybush Rice Diet

A CARELINE PRODUCT FROM ROUDYBUSH. 

Roudybush Careline Products are designed specifically to aid specific illnesses common in birds.

 

Rice Diet: This is the only Careline product that does not require a prescription from a veterinarian, although we do recommend you seek a veterinarian's advice to make sure your bird is not feather picking for more serious reasons or causes. This diet is formulated exclusively from rice products, vitamins and minerals. It may provide relief for birds that are feather picking/ self-mutilating from allergies to food items other than rice.

 

Q:

How do I use the Rice Diet?

A:

Once your bird has been safely switched to this diet, do not give it any other food items for up to 10 weeks. Do not give any treats unless it is unseasoned rice or a rice product with nothing but rice on the ingredient list. Keep a diary of your bird’s preening and feather picking or mutilation behavior. If you see a decrease in itchy behavior or an improvement in feathering, continue to feed the rice diet. If your bird has allergies, it might be allergic to several different things, but if food items are one of these things you may still see improvement by eliminating exposure to that one allergen. Once you have fully evaluated the results of feeding this diet, if you want to give your bird treats, you can add one food item back at a time (avoid complex processed products which may contain more than one ingredient). If itchy behavior re-occurs you know your bird reacts to that food item. Remove that item from the diet and wait until the itchiness subsides before adding another food item. If your pruritic bird is housed with a normal bird they can both eat the Rice Diet because it is a normal maintenance diet for any bird that is not laying more than 8 eggs each year, or that is not feeding chicks. For birds used in breeding, use the Rice Diet in the off-season to help determine if plucking behavior is due to food allergies. Then (recommended with a veterinarian) use the knowledge gained to develop an appropriate diet for the breeding season.