The following post is being dictated by Merson the Cat:

Dear All,

Right, got a bone to pick with you lot!!!!

What's the story on me not being allowed onions anymore???? When my slave would make Bolognese Sauce or Mince & Tatties, I would ALWAYS get a wee bowl to scoff up. It was always very tasty and I looked forward to these wee treats.

Now, since she started hanging out with you lot, I get told that onions are bad for me and I can no longer have any of the above!!!!!

WHAT is THAT all about??? I have been eating these since I was 6 weeks old. I'm now 10.5 years and I am still here so they can't be that bad for me.....

Please can you be specific - is it raw onions that are bad for me (which is not a problem coz they give me skanky breath and that puts off the ladies) or are very well cooked onions (and I MEAN 'well-cooked' coz they give the slave heartburn if they're not!) bad for me too?

Looking forward to hearing from you with some decent answers to my question.

Yours very huffily

Merson.

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From a vet:

This is a topic that most pet owners are likely unaware of, and an event today reminded me of that.

My receptionist came back from lunch, and almost in passing asked me if onions are dangerous to cats. She had taken an onion off her hamburger and laid it on the counter since she doesn't like onions. Her cat jumped up and quickly ate it. She didn't think anything about it at the time, and almost didn't ask me. I had her immediately go back home, get her cat, and bring him in.

As soon as she arrived back at the hospital, I placed a feeding tube down his esophagus and gave him about 48cc of hydrogen peroxide. This is what we commonly give to induce vomiting, which he did within a few minutes. When a toxin is ingested, if you can get to the pet within about 60 minutes, you can often get them to throw it up and prevent absorption. You should never do this with caustic substances, but for many poisons and objects it works well.

Goober (yes, that's his name) threw up the food he had eaten, as well as several large pieces of onions. He was acting perfectly normal, though he was VERY unappreciative about having a rubber tube forced down his throat. We were able to get what appeared to be all of the onion out of his stomach before it passed, and I think he will be fine. If she hadn't brought him in quickly, we could have been dealing with a serious or fatal situation in a few days.

Why the big worry? Onions are very toxic to cats. Potentially fatally toxic, in fact. They cause abnormalities in the red blood cells leading to their destruction and severe anemia (called Heinz body anemia due to the structure created within the blood cells), and can also cause kidney failure. This can happen relatively quickly, and with only a small amount of onion. It has been known to happen after cats ate baby food with onion powder as an ingredient. Garlic is in the same plant family, and can cause the same toxicity. Cats have died from people giving them garlic tablets as a way to prevent fleas (which garlic does NOT do, and has been studied scientifically). These plants are also potentially toxic to some dogs, but the risk is nowhere nearly as serious as with cats.

So keep all of this in mind. NEVER give your cats anything with any onions or garlic in them. This is a very serious toxicity, and requires intense hospitalization and even blood transfusions once symptoms begin.

Posted by Chris Bern, DVM at 10:00 PM


From website A Vet's Guide To Life: Toxic Onions

You could be slooooowly killing your cats kidneys and your cat could also be anemic without you realising. Just not worth the risk babe.

You mean the b*tch slave has been trying to poison me all this time.....

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I am sure it was unintentional, she loves you and wanted to give you things you like to eat as treats.

Some cats fall ill with just a small amount of onion, other cats have more of a tolerance and takes a bit more to make them ill. But I am guessing your bitch slave will just have to find another treat food that you will like, without the toxic danger! x

And yes, cooked oinions are just as much of a danger as raw onion/garlic.

Pmsl - blofeld !

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One day i'll learn where the spellcheck is on my phone, so sorry for any mistakes

That's MB on the naughty step for the next hour

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*its ok DB is currently stalking Scutter around the house with a sample bottle after getting one earlier off the wrong cat*

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