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1. Dr D's diets are complete with all nutrients, including vitamins and elements (both macro- and micro minerals). The diets contain amounts of the nutrients to allow for stress situations. None of the competitive cage bird diets surpass Dr D's for its nutritional benefits. Our nutritionists formulate diets based on new proven concepts that bring the nutrients together according to energy ratios instead of percentages. This assures that the nutrients are balanced against one another so that one nutrients will not interfere with utilization of another. A typical example is the accumulation of excess fat in the bird's organs when diets are not properly balanced. That can result in kidney and heart problems.

2. Dr D's diets are formulated for different species of birds and to allow for the nutrient requirements at different stages of growth and development. One diet for all birds is a myth. Growing birds have different nutrient requirements than mature birds, or those that are laying eggs.

3. As a result of the complete nutrient capacity in Dr D's diets, one does not feed greens, cuttle bone, egg food, or nesting food. Dr D's diets are complete having all of the nutrients of these supplements already in the diet. Seed-type diets with granules of goodies lack the proper balance in their formulations because the bird can under-eat or over-eat, or waste the benefits of the granules. The granules are an attempt by the seed manufacturers to mimic Dr D's diets. Thus, seed manufacturers recognize the inadequacy of the seed-diets by including small pellets with extra nutrients that seeds lack or do not have enough of. Ask a professional nutritionist to try and balance a diet when an unknown part of the diet disappears before the dietary ingredients are consumed, and he/she will tell you that it is not possible to formulate a balanced diet under those conditions. Yet, that is what happens when the birds de hull their seeds. They remove an unknown portion of their diet. In addition, the birds are discarding the fiber in the hulls and thus miss a very important nutrient that must be in the diet at a proper amount. Dr D's diets have the fiber in the pellets, so that when the bird eats the pellets it also consumes all nutrients, including the necessary fiber, (see item #10).

4. Remember that Dr D's diets are balance throughout, each mouthful of feed is the same all the way through even though the birds grind the pellets into fines (see item #11).

5. The price for Dr D's is very competitive to seed-type diets because no other supplements such as minerals, cuttlebone, or vitamins are needed. Also, one does not need greens, egg or nesting food. There is considerable saving in Labor that large breeders should consider. Dr D's diets can simplify feeding programs and allow for automatic feeding systems.

6. Compare the nutritional content of Dr D's diets with any competitive diet and you will find Dr D's formulas way ahead. Starter-Grower diets range from 23% crude protein for parrots to 26% for canaries and cockatiels. The layer diets have the proper amount of calcium for strong shells, and proper amounts of magnesium and manganese to assure proper bone structure and enzyme activity. These are only a few of the 1 3 elements (minerals) that are formulated into the diets.

7. There is no waste from hulls, and recall that the important fiber needed in the diet is in Dr D's and not discarded as in seed-type diets. Birds eat less of Dr D's than they do of seed-type diets thereby providing another savings. Most seed-type diets have excess fat, and lack the proper amounts and ratios of vitamins and minerals.

8. You can make the conversion from seed-type diets to pelleted diets (Dr D's) by using our "moist method. First moisten Dr D's with any vegetable oil from your kitchen so that the diet is crumbly but not mushy. Use 1 tablespoon per 1 /2 cup of Dr D's. Mix that with your currently used seed-type diet at a ratio of 50/50. In about 2 to 4 days your bird will eat Dr D's along with the seeds. Now decrease the amount of oily diet and the amount of seeds and add the dry Dr D's so that in about 4 days you will be feeding only dry Dr D's. The dry diet has a shelf life of 3 months, guaranteed, at moderate temperatures; that can be prolonged to 6 to 1 2 months with refrigeration, and 14 to 20 months by freezing. Many of our customers just go ahead and offer dry Dr D's right from the bag and find that the birds eat it right away. Cockatiels, large parrots, and canaries are particularly easy to convert. Young budgies convert very quickly, but old budgies are very resistant to change, but will do so when encouraged by their owners.

9. If you are a breeder, you should take advantage of our discount prices and purchase our 2 or 5 pound bags of diet to sell to your customers who buy your birds. This will increase your profit picture. Call for details. (2 pound bags are sold only by units of 1 2 and the 5 pound bag discounts are received when you by 10 or more).

10. Cage birds converted from seed-type diets to pelleted diets will drink more water. Why? First, there is a deficiency of sodium in seed-type diets; whereas, Dr D's has the proper amount of sodium from sodium chloride, (salt), for proper acid base balance in the body and for the regulation of food intake by sensors in the brain. Also, Dr D's diets have the correct amount of fiber and this causes a slight increase in water intake. The proper amount of fiber will change the characteristics of the droppings to a normal type which allows proper consistency of digest and peristaltic action of the intestine. The droppings from seed type diets are dry and hard. indicating constipation. Furthermore, seed type diets are higher in fat and when fat is metabolized by the body more water is produced then when protein or carbohydrates are metabolized. This means that water will be drunk because Dr D's diets have less fat and more protein.

11. Most hook bills love to stand at the feeding hopper and break up the pellets into fines; do not throw the fines away. The fines have all of then nutritional value as the intact pellets. The birds cannot pick and choose what they want to eat when the pellets are fed; they must eat all of the nutrients in the proportion at which the diet was formulated.

12. The baby bird hand feeding diet will produce excellent growth and feathering; the events you always wished you could attain without the fuss and bother of mixing all sorts of dietary ingredients. This is done for you in the scientifically formulated diet with a high protein due to the perfect balance of amino acids, and formulated without animal protein in Dr D's, thus avoiding E. Coli. and Salmonella, sometimes present in animal by-product, that can endanger your bird's health. Avi-Sci, Inc. was the first on the market with Plant Pro diets. All you need to do is mix the finely ground diet with warm tap water to the consistency you want. It will pass through a syringe or eye dropper, with the latter having the end cut off and smoothed to allow a larger opening. Later you can spoon or bottle feed the diet, a procedure we definitely recommend as soon as possible. Dr D's has taken the chore out of baby feeding with spectacular results.

Grain products, processed grain by-products, plant protein products, forage products, vegetable fat, lysine, methionine supplement, vitamin A supplement, D-activated sterol (source of vitamin D3), vitamin E supplement, menadione sodium, bisulfate complex (source of vitamin K activity), biotin, folic acid, niacin supplement, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, thiamin mononitrite1 vitamin B12 supplement, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), choline chloride, propionic acid (mold inhibitor), ground limestone, calcium phosphate, salt, and traces of manganeous oxide, calcium iodate, ferrous carbonate, ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc oxide, sodium selenite.

Dr D's LAYING DIET-- Start to feed when the first egg is laid. Continue to feed the laying diet until about the 4th day after the last egg is laid. Feed Starter Grower diet when you remove Dr D's Layer Diet.

Dr D's Starter-Grower Diet-- Start to feed to the breeders on about the 4th day after the last egg is laid and until the youngest chick is weaned. Also feed to the chicks until they are approximately 8 months old. If the mother hen is through laying, feed her the maintenance diet.

Dr D's Maintenance Diet-- Feed this diet under several conditions:

1. To the birds after 8 months old.

2. To the breeder birds when not set up for breeding.

3. To your pet bird as the only food.

NOTE: Dr D's diets are balanced complete feed to produce optimum growth, feathering, vigor, and reproduction when used as directed. Additional food items. such as greens. cuttle bone. vitamin drops. mineral supplements. egg food. and resting food are not needed or recommended. Dr D's diets have all of the nourishment those extra foodstuffs would supply. They are needed for seed type diets or inadequately formulated. Keep treats to a minimum. Think of treats as giving candy to a child; keep them to less than 10% of intake. We also don't recommend blending different types of pellet diets together.   1997

 

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