Where to get Vitamin A?

[zandische]

Hi guys!

 

I am a little concerned about how much Vitamin A Athena is getting. She doesn't really like brocolli or carrots, and won't eat them unless I feed her from my mouth (which I'd rather not do except every once in a while.) I've tried mashing them up, cooking them until they're soft, making a pulse out of them, and even shredding them - but she won't have any of it.

So do you think with the diet below that she gets enough Vitamin A in everything to make up for it?

 

Breakfast:

A piece of fruit (peaches, raspberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, pomegranite or whatever else is available)

Warmed, soaked pellets

 

In the bowl during the day: 1/2 cup of seed mix, almonds and pine nuts, 2-3 nutriberries

 

Dinner:

Frozen veggie mix mixed with Oatmeal and shaved cuttlebone (veggies are usually a mix of peas, corn, peppers, carrots and brocolli with garbanzo beans, kidney beans, black beans and small white beans - she throws out the carrots and brocolli and eats everything else)

Another piece of fruit

 

Basically it's a breakdown of 1/3 seed, 1/3 pellets and 1/3 fruits and veggies.

[MARIR]

Hi. How old is Athena?

[lovemyGreys]

Alpha-carotene, beta-carotene and retinol are all versions of Vitamin A.Most fruits contain vitamin A, but the following fruits have a significant amount:

 

Tomatoes

Cantaloupes

Watermelon

Peaches

Kiwi

Oranges

Blackberries

 

Vegtables,

Sweet potato

Kale

Carrots

Spinach

Broccoli

Peas

 

Nuts,

Sunflower Seeds

Almonds

Pumpkin Seeds

Pecans

Pine

[zandische]

Marir - Athena is 7 months.

 

Lovemygreys - thanks for the list! She does get a lot of those items on a regular basis. So maybe I worry for nothing!