onion scare

[Cathie and Shaak Ti (GA)]

I was making lunch for my daughter, chicken nachos with grilled chicken, peppers, cheese, salsa, and lots of purple onions. I had been fighting to keep Shaak off the counter, she is a food thief anytime I am cooking. I was messing with getting Shaak off the counter when I hit the bowl of chopped purple onions and knocked the bowl to the floor. Shaak immediately dove for the onions, I yelled at her to stop, bent down and tried to pick her up, she scrambled out of my hands and went right back to onions. I grabbed a broom and quickly swept up and buried the onions in bottom of trash, which I took outside. I did watch her go to a piece of onion under the counter that I missed with broom, she sniffed it and walked away, where normally she eats any food she finds. So I am hoping she did not ingest any of the onion. I am watching her closely.

 

[AlphaCat]

I have a (weird) cat that loves onions. (We don't give them to her of course.) She will sit by you when you eat anything with onions, she loves to smell your onion breath... and when she was younger she managed to injest a slice. She was fine, except for the weird onion obsession (this does not complete her weirdness list, btw).
So good call on being a little extra watchful. I just thought I'd come in to share my story of 'it happened to me' too...

 

[Squalliesmom]

My IBD baby stole a bite of a cheesesteak loaded with onions, I was frantic! Of course the vet's office was closed, so I called first thing the next day and he said ahe would be fine, that that small an amount probably wouldn't hurt her and to just keep an eye on her. He was right, she was fine (didn't do her IBD any good, though!).

 

[Cathie and Shaak Ti (GA)]

I am so glad to hear other people have had similar situations. the things our fur babies get into.

 

[Meya14]

Onions aren't -acutely- toxic for the most part. If given a very large amount, which would be unusual for a cat to eat that much, or if eating daily for a while, dogs and cats can develop hemolytic anemia due to a reaction with chemicals in the onions.

 

[Cathie and Shaak Ti (GA)]

Onions aren't -acutely- toxic for the most part. If given a very large amount, which would be unusual for a cat to eat that much, or if eating daily for a while, dogs and cats can develop hemolytic anemia due to a reaction with chemicals in the onions.

thank you for that information.