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Vitamin A is essential to the overall health of your
bird. A vitamin A deficiency (Hypovitaminosis A) can
cause serious problems in the digestive tract and
respiratory 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 in column 1, provides the greatest amount of vitamin
A, diminishing down to the last item in column 2,
which provides the least.
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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
- Amaranth leaves
- Lettuce, romaine
- Passion fruit
- Persimmon
- Escarole
- Papaya
- Broccoli
- Lettuce, loose-leaf
- Tomato
- Pumpkin, cooked fresh
- Savoy
- Lettuce, butter head
- Green peas
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Asparagus
- Peppers, hot green
chile
- Nectarines
- Passion fruit, 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
- Blueberry
- Leeks
- Loganberries
- Grapes
- Banana w/ peel
- Apple w/ peel
- Honeydew melon
- Strawberries
- Pear, Bartlett
- Grapefruit, white
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