Paddy is a more or less unknown sort of food
for budgies, but it is important to
keep the correct balance of paddy and other sorts of grains/seeds.
If you add about 1% of paddy to your seed mixture you use for
sprouting, no health problems have to be expected. Please do not
feed your budgies on more than the above mentioned quantity of
paddy. Otherwise the food will not be as nourishing as it should
be to give all vitamins and minerals to the bird's organism.
Most budgies like to eat a bit of unsalted boiled rice once in a while. Boiled rice is an ideal light diet for a bird who suffers from troubles with his digestive system. Paddy contains little than 3% fat in total. But do never feed your sick birds on paddy for longer than one or two days! And note that you should not serve too much paddy or boiled rice while your birds are feeding their brood. Rice is too little nourishing for being a proper food for chicks!
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