Oh, boy, do I need some FACTS!
Now hear this, dear readers: mama does very well on the internet when looking for healthy info about raising a sweet kitty (ie:me) but there are just too many conflicting ideas about what to put in our furry little tummies.
Normally, I eat the same brand of wet and dry food, and I love it, and I am…er…regular, whatever that means. But every now and then mama makes a lovely soup (as mentioned in another blog) and there are about two quarts of liquid in the soup and ONE onion, chopped fine, and then she strains out all the veggies used to make the broth, and the chicken parts, and what we need to know is this: Will ONE onion in two quarts of soup taint the chicken so badly for kitties that they really should not have it touch their sweet little lips? All that good, good soft, cooked chicken…sigh.
We KNOW that onion, garlic, chocolate, milk and things are not great for kitties (although the milk thing is a puzzlement and even FISH has been said to be bad for kitties, imagine that?), but seriously, folks, ONE small onion in two quarts of broth? Does the onion flavouring and whatever is bad in it go into the six chicken parts and should I not have little tidbits of said chicken?
And can one tiny LICK off of a Magnum stick that is essentially empty of Magnum but has a residue of say, 1/32-inch of stuck chocolate on the empty stick really endanger my health?
Just askin’….
Hope the answer is no, haha.
Honestly, a tiny bit may not hurt you, but lots of tiny bits over time may. So as much as you might like that soup, it might be best for you not to have any.
No, I am staying away. That soup has other things in it, too, and I’m not goin’ there!!! I am what I eat and my body is my temple, haha. I don’t want to turn into an onion.
Mama always googles like this – cat onion – (or dog raisins), etc and lots of info pops up. And it’s scary what the dangers can be. Probably not worth the risk – here’s a blurb from one of the sites and other sites had technical-chemical reasons why not –
“Although onions may seem like an everyday, harmless food to you, that in no ways means they are safe for your cutie. To cats, onions possess an extremely high level of toxicity and can in some cases even be deadly. Keep onions away from cats, no matter what.”
How’s that for bad news!!??? Bisous –
As I said, I HATE onions. If I am not eating my kibble or my wet food that I KNOW intimately, I am not TOUCHING anything else. Thank you for the heads up!!! Mama found that site, too, I think. NO ONIONS, GARLIC, BOOZE, or CHOCOLATE.
WHAT???!!!!! No BOOZE!!?? Oh, forgot, that’s for me, not for mama…….
Oh, Mya, take one sniff of an aperol and you’ll hightail it out of there.
Jan loves onions. And garlic. Two of her excuses for not sharing her food with us. We think humans are only confused about what we can eat because they don’t want to share their food with us. We share our food with Jan! Oh, wait, no we don’t. But we could. No, guess not.
You Funnies are so FUNNY. Mama won’t share with me either… but I really do hate onions. And mama, like Jan, LOVES onions and garlic, especially in summer when they are really fresh. SO no onion soup for me, thank you. And JAN, you stay out of their kibble, you hear?
you are such a cutie! xoxo
Well, Cody’s pretty cute too!
Oh LouLou, one little lick or ten licks once or twice is not gonna hurt ya’. But, over time, da toxins can build up in your tummy. Dat’s why kitties and doggies who eat foods dat altho’ commercially purrpared and sold as cat and dog food get sick and some die. Those companies use things they shouldn’t and once or twice won’t do a lot of damage, but over time, since our bodies can’t process those things, the toxins build up. Your mommy should add onion last fur da peeps, or fix you a small amount separate. You shouldn’t have to go without such luxuries. You know how much we luv us a pizza, but it does contain ingredients dat aren’t good fur us. Even ifin mommy had money to buy us pizza all da time, she wouldn’t fur those reasons. As fur cats and milk, most kitties become lactose intolerant after weanin’ and milk gives us gas and diarrhea. Dat’s not to say all cat’s, but better safe than sorry. Fish is a whole ‘nother issue and befur long, we’d be writin’ a 5000 word comment. MOL Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Thanks, again, Dezi, and all is very GOOD advice. SO, no onions for sure, and mama sometimes (not often enough!) cooks a plain chicken piece with nothing but a little olive oil, which I love. SO good. I don’t drink milk but love plain yogurt but not much of it. And I eat only cooked fish that THEY eat, no frills. Just olive oil. Love your advice and appreciate it.
We thought of an easy way to ‘member LouLou. Altho’ not always true, so better to be safe than sorry. But, ifin it’s a bulbous plant, meanin’ da “fruit” grown underground, it’s dangerous fur anipals. Dat’s also true of flowers and plants in general. glad your mommy takes such good care of you. And, just an fyi, plain yogurt is great fur kitties. It’s not actually made of milk but keffir, and dat’s a great ingredient. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
OOOOHHH, more good advice. I love your advice blogs and thank you again!
Gosh LouLou, I would be interested to know too. I don’t know the answer to any of these, really, I imagine it also depends on the size/weight of the cat – what might not hurt an adult cat could be very bad for a little kitten. I hope you get some good answers.
Mama made me chicken tonight, cooked in a little olive oil and that’s it. She is prudent and I hate onions anyway, haha.
That food thing is very confusing but our peeps confuse easily anyways!