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Vitamin A List
Vitamin A is essential to the overall health of your bird. A vitamin A deficiency (Hypovitaminosis A) can cause serious problems in the disgestive tract and respitory system. Because all seed diets contain very little or no vitamin A, please provide your bird with a variety of healthy foods. Below is a list of foods that can help provide vitamin A. The first item provides the greatest amount of vitamin A, the last item provides the least.
- Carrots
- Carrot juice
- Pumpkin, canned
- Sweet potatoes, baked
- Sweet potatoes, boiled
- Sweet potatoes, canned
- Dandelion greens
- Jalapeno peppers
- Kale
- Chard
- Squash, butternut
- Squash, baked
- Beet greens
- Peppers, sweet red
- Mustard greens
- Parsley
- Onion sprig (greens)
- Watercress
- Dock (sorrel greens)
- Chrysanthemum garland
- Squash, hubbard boiled
- Mango
- Collard greens
- Cantaloupe
- Amarantha leaves
- Lettuce, romaine
- Passionfruit
- Persimmon
- Escarole
- Papaya
- Broccoli
- Lettuce, looseleaf
- Tomato
- Pumpkin, cooked fresh
- Savoy
- Lettuce, butterhead
- Green peas
- Asparagus
- Peppers, hot green chile
- Nectarines
- Passionfruit, purple
- Green snap beans
- Peaches
- Peppers, sweet green
- Squash, acorn baked
- Watermelon
- Squash, zucchini
- Squash, crookneck
- Lettuce, iceberg
- Plum
- Bok Choy
- Corn, yellow only
- Grapefruit, pink
- Squash, acorn boiled
- Cherries, fresh
- Green peas w/ pods
- Orange juice, fresh
- Blackberry
- Kiwi
- Alfalfa sprouts
- Raspberry
- Cabbage
- Squash, spaghetti
- Bluberry
- Leeks
- Loganberries
- Grapes
- Banana w/ peel
- Apple w/ peel
- Honeydew melon
- Strawberries
- Pear, bartlett
- Grapefruit, white
Contributed by Rusty Keller
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