Onions & Leeks and your Cats

I believe it's the potato skin and raw potatoes - esp. those with green. Grapes and raisins are toxic, too, to cats - don't even give a nibble of a cookie with raisins in it - or a pastry. turkey skin,anything with mold, and tomatoes and tomato plants are extremely toxic to cats. nutmeg and powdered onion and garlic - which is often included in baby foods - must be avoided, too. I think the mashed are okay as long as they were from plain dehydrated flakes or potatoes with no skin and no green spots.

I've not heard about potatoes being bad for them, what does it cause? I had one cat who loved mashed potatoes, of course I didn't give him much though. He lived to be 20+ but had some severe intestinal problems at the end of his long life.

Thanks for BR lady. Tonight my cat and dog are all full up of natural foods and looking at me wanting some sweets. I'll put the sweets out of sight and they'll quit begging.

Anything made with onions in it any which way, even soup or gravies is also bad for cats. It might not seem like she is immediately ill but it could wreck havoc on her slowly. Please do not give them anything even made with onions.

Only one of my cats likes table food, and on occasion I give him a few tiny bits of chicken or turkey or ham or roast beef or lunch meat - all without any added seasonings whatsoever. No skin. I cook without salt because of hubby's bp, so there's never any of that, either, on the cooked meat. The only seafood I eat are shrimp, crab, and lobster (my favorite but not often because of the price!) and he doesn't seem to care for bits of those.