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jenny
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It may cause gas if it isn't cooked. Yes, cooked is good, especially brown rice. My birds like it. You could also try quinoa(cooked).
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Feeding your parakeet rice won't harm unless you over cook it or serve it raw. It can harm the bird if it is very overcooked and mushy because it can get to gluey in their throat. Uncooked or raw rice is harmful because it could swell and cause a blocked air way this is not very common but possible. The rice that you feed your bird should be cooked al dente (not too hard not too soft) and it has to be cooked in water with no added salt, pepper, spices at all, because birds are very sensitive to the foods that you or I might eat so its best to keep everything natural. I don't suggest feeding rice to your bird every day because it does take longer for them to digest it, the rice is a very healthy snack but two or three times a week should be the most you give your bird.
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