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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Onions? No, Keep Them Away
Do not feed
No. Onions are unsafe for cats in raw, cooked, powdered, fried, and concentrated forms.
OnionsCall for exposure
Call your veterinarian or a pet poison hotline now if your cat ate onion or food seasoned with onion.
Cooked onion is still unsafe
Cooking does not make onion safe for cats.
Check mixed foods
Broth, gravy, stuffing, tacos, and sauces often hide onion.
If your cat ate onion
- Remove the food, identify the onion form, and estimate how much your cat ate.
- Call your veterinarian or a pet poison hotline for any meaningful onion exposure.
Watch hidden onion
- Raw onion, cooked onion, onion powder, onion salt, fried onions, gravy, broth, stuffing, sauces, salsa, seasoned meat, and leftovers with hidden onion.
- Waiting for weakness or pale gums after a known onion exposure.
Watch
- Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, weakness, pale gums, fast breathing, lethargy, dark urine, collapse, or appetite loss.
Portion
Do not offer any amount.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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