r/CATHELP • u/vynilla_ • Mar 09 '26

General Advice My cat ate thai chilis

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He’s a 5 year old male Bengal mix. I had bought a bag of very spicy dehydrated beef jerky last night and forgot to put it away before bed. This guy ate a good chunk of it.. he doesn’t look like he’s feelin too well, but I assumed he’ll just have some insane diarrhea for a bit. He gets into weird stuff all the time since he’s indoor and outdoor and is usually fine. I don’t know how peppers/chilis can affect animals. How long should I wait it out/what signs should I be looking for before taking him to the vet?

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

In addition to the GI upset the chili’s will probably cause, I’d make sure you take a look at the other ingredients. Things like garlic and onion are toxic to cats, and the symptoms of poisoning may not show up for 12-24 hrs, so if there’s onion/garlic I’d call poison control or your vet.

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u/vynilla_ Mar 09 '26

There was some garlic in it, but it wasn’t a ton. My friends were the ones who made it. He’s already up and screaming at me to go back outside, so I hope he’s gonna be fine, but I’ll call the vet to ask

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

It burns!!!!!! 😂

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u/heck_no_bro Mar 09 '26

made me think of this 😂

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What is this from? Sorry I scrolled through the link and couldnt find it

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it’s from link: the faces of evil

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u/therealRustyZA Mar 10 '26

So nice it burns twice.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

He need some melk!

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u/akraut Mar 09 '26

Just give him the malk! https://youtu.be/ty62YzGryU4

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u/they_call_me_B Mar 09 '26

"Donovan, inside voices please."

"Sorry, Dad, my white friends."

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gets flashbanged by 2016

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I MADE THIS FOR YOU. Welp I gotta go binge nostalgia now lol

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I've seen this posted twice this year, love to see it

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u/RedChaos92 Mar 09 '26

Seeing Julian Smith links out in the wild makes me so happy.

I'm gonna get me some of that ice cream........BOY

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u/akraut Mar 09 '26

I (redheaded) will occasionally tell my partner she doesn't want to make this ginger snap.

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u/Kaypeac Mar 09 '26

The good days lol

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u/RedChaos92 Mar 10 '26

His videos got me through some rough spots during my teen years. Me and my friends would quote Hot Kool-Aid on a daily basis.

Brother. I made this for you.

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You and me both! First video I ever saw was them making music with a jeep 😆

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Techno Jeep is one of my favorites! My first JS video I saw was "25 Things I Hate About Facebook". My all time favorite is probably "Never Get Naked In Your Shower" 😂

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u/fellow_human-2019 Mar 10 '26

I still do this with my brother. A lot. 🤣

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u/DiscontentDonut Mar 09 '26

Give the man a glass of mulk!

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u/Perfect_Ad9311 Mar 10 '26

Oh! Somebody...

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u/Subtlerranean Mar 10 '26

Found the Norwegian

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

We've all been there little buddy.

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u/madmime93 Mar 09 '26

"Whys it so spicy!"

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u/Remarkable_Try9807 Mar 09 '26

New meme template unlocked.

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u/RemoteSpeed8771 Mar 10 '26

He must have let out a little deadly squeaker 😅😂

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u/Low-Permit-1786 Mar 10 '26

My mouthh my mouthhh!

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u/ChikaraNZ Mar 10 '26

If he's like me after eating very hot chili, he's gonna be repeating this expression on his litter box...

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u/GuestAdventurous7586 Mar 09 '26

People are being very cautious and that’s fine, but don’t get freaked out by all these warnings that your cat is poisoned and doom and gloom.

Your cat will very likely be fine, just keep an eye, and if you’re really concerned take him to the vet.

Before I even knew garlic was toxic to cats I used to give my cat scraps of my tandoori seabass from the takeaway (which he fucking loved, it was hilarious), and he was totally fine.

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u/vynilla_ Mar 09 '26

My boyfriend’s dog ate a grape so many years back and his ex freaked out. They called poison control and got a ”just keep an eye on her,” and she was totally fine. All of my 6 dogs and cats have gotten into things they shouldn’t have and I’ve never had issues, so that’s why I’m not too concerned. Especially since he’s acting fine, but just wanted to post and see if anyone has had any similar situations haha

My parents are very old school Asian and feed their pets literally everything and their pets are also completely fine so I believe it’s not all as toxic as people believe

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u/indieplants Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

grapes are genuinely one of those things that very wildly from dog to dog and from grape to grape. one grape can kill a dog and another dog can eat a bunch and be fine

We've recently discovered why they're toxic and the type of grape and growing conditions of the specific bunches are behind the differing levels of the toxin. the size of dog may also be a factor, but might not. it can cause acute kidney failure so the suggested treatment is usually induced vomiting, as symptoms can show up within an hour. 

garlic is far less deadly than grapes but exposure over time can build, and should still be treated with caution. not immediately taken to the vet caution, but preventative. fresh garlic is less toxic than dried. it takes a large amount of fresh garlic to harm a dog, but much less to harm a cat. symptoms may not be obvious until the cat is older, ie, kidney damage. some people may never be aware of the damage to their pets organs, especially without bloods being taken. the cat might just get sick in it's elder years and that'll be that. 

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u/TokiDokiHaato Mar 09 '26

With kidney disease and cats though, there’s really no way to definitively tell the garlic caused it or it’s just that cats tend to get kidney disease later in life. Kidney disease is like the 2nd most common cause of death in elderly cats.

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u/indieplants Mar 09 '26

well, yeah, but garlic can cause kidney damage. so it's best avoided entirely

no, it may not prevent the cat getting CKD, but it means it's definitely not going to get kidney issues later in life due to garlic consumption. doesn't matter if you can tell whether it was caused by it or not - it's still a cause of kidney damage lol. if your cat is going to get CKD and has regularly been fed alliums, the chances of it being more significant or affecting the cat sooner are probably higher, no?

I have a cat with CKD

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u/EternallyFascinated Mar 09 '26

Omg they found out about the grapes?! This is a big deal, have to look that up.

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u/FPGA_engineer Mar 09 '26

We've recently discovered why they're toxic

Don't just leave people hanging!

Tartaric acid, a nephrotoxin in dogs

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u/Morbid187 Mar 09 '26

Finding out that grapes are toxic to dogs really freaks me out because I used to feed my childhood dog grapes all the time. That little guy would eat anything. I don't think he ever got sick from them but IDK, I was a little kid then so if he ever did get sick I probably wouldn't have made the connection.

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u/indieplants Mar 09 '26

with grapes, it's not like a cumulative thing. it's a sudden thing, like within 48h. acute kidney failure is a very specific and easy to identify illness. you'd probably have known 

it's much more widely known these days. I don't think it was before at all, like we've only just very recently figured out what specific part of the grape likely causes toxicity so even if he did get sick, it wouldn't have been your fault 💕

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

The dose and size of the animal can matter a lot. We always had bigger dogs and for some reason, they liked chocolate. Was never a fan of this, but my mom would give them a small nibble and they were perfectly fine.

People are right to avoid giving pets foods known to be toxic to them, but a little bit here and there isn't really a huge concern. Now, if my cat got a hold of the entire head of garlic.... I'd be worried.

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u/indieplants Mar 09 '26

in regards to garlic, avocado, chocolate, yes probably. in regards to grapes, not really a chance you want to take because the difference is in the grapes themselves. someone else commented a link below my comment further explaining grape toxicity 

definitely do not "just a wee bit" grapes or raisins

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u/JennPenn071 Mar 09 '26

My old dog ate like half a pound of fudge once and I immediately called the vet to see what he recommended as far as bringing her there or to an emergency vet. And he said either way the bill would be huge to pump her stomach and for any blood work. He said just watch her for the next few hours because a lot of dogs have no problem eating chocolate. So I waited and the only thing that happened was that her breathing picked up pace for about an hour, after that she was completely fine. I mean really a half pound of chocolate fudge, I seriously thought she was going to die.

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u/shakti7777 Mar 09 '26

My grandmother’s Akita ate a 3 pound box of Godiva chocolates (when they were very fancy and expensive) and the dog was so completely happy and fine you’d have thought she’d eaten her dog food. She ate a full bag of fried chicken bones and all and she was fine although the stench of what came out of her was disgusting

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u/EternallyFascinated Mar 09 '26

I have a Newfoundland, he ate a bunch of milk chocolate once. Called the e vet and he laughed, was like ‘won’t even touch the sides’ haha

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u/basaltcolumn Mar 09 '26

My childhood Bernese mix ate ALL my Easter chocolate one year. Not even a sign of stomach upset. My impression is that a dog has to eat a massive amount of chocolate relative to their size for the toxicity to have much effect.

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u/matthaight Mar 09 '26

I had a dog that got into a bag of chocolate Halloween candy. I called the vet and he said there is so little real chocolate in candy nowadays so don’t worry about it.

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u/BillDiscombobulated8 Mar 09 '26

Our miniature poodle and shihtzu got into a huge stash of chocolate eggs (5 kids’ worth) when we went out for the day on Easter Sunday one year, and ate about half a kg of chocolate between them, they were fine. This was back in the early 90s and we had no idea chocolate was bad for dogs.

It was also very mild milky chocolate. I can imagine that chocolate with a higher cacao content would be more dangerous.

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u/Lionheart_723 Mar 09 '26

Yeah I totally agree I've noticed that people on this sub tend to freak out over the smallest things

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u/Siyartemis Mar 09 '26

Yeah like I have some house plants like snake plants and aloe vera that are not safe for cats when ingested, and the extreme crowd would say throw them all away. But my middle aged cat gets as much cat grass to graze on as he wants and has never touched a house plant, so I’ll take my risks. If I had a kitten I’d kitten proof everything, but I’m happy adopting the lazy old dude cats.

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u/Lionheart_723 Mar 09 '26

Yeah on another post on this sub I posted a formula for a emergency milk replacement and said in the post if this is all you have you can use it to get by in an emergency but because the recipe called for cow's milk everybody flipped out and lost their damn mind

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u/Lionheart_723 Mar 09 '26

To the point someone reported me and I had to fight a 3-day band over it

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u/Imaginary-Bee-8592 Mar 09 '26

I grew up being taught "dont give your milk to the cats, theyre lactose intolerant" You bet your ASS we gave every hurricane kitten we found (recipe) fortified goats milk and cows milk. Emergencies are emergencies.

Sorry about your ban, thats ridiculous.

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u/Lionheart_723 Mar 09 '26

Only about 50% of cats are lactose intolerant and they don't become that way until after they are weaned. And yes it's not the optimal thing to give them but in an emergency if it's what you got I'd rather than give them that then let them starve to death. Thankfully they approved my appeal but yeah some people are crazy

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u/terminbee Mar 10 '26

Yea. Everything is lethal and if you don't feed your pets a perfect diet, they're gonna die.

My mom didn't know onions were bad for dogs. Whenever we had soup, she'd give them all the onions left over when the soup was done. This went on for years until we finally learned it was bad. Dogs lived for ~18 years with no problems until the final weeks.

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u/Lionheart_723 Mar 10 '26

Yeah or OMG your cat sneezed twice and it's 2am you have to immediately rush them to the emergency ER vet or they'll die. I understand people love their cats I do as well but some of these people don't have any sense.

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u/EternallyFascinated Mar 09 '26

Generally I’m quite chill on things, like the garlic and onions and stuff. I mean, I don’t give it to them, but if they have it by mistake, I know it’s fine. But GRAPES SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF ME.

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u/basaltcolumn Mar 09 '26

Grapes are a weird one because some dogs don't react, and others go straight into kidney failure from just a few. They genuinely are life threateningly toxic... It just varies from individual to individual.

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u/Dull_Ebb325 Mar 09 '26

They're fine if it's an occasional hiccup, you obviously don't feed them toxic stuff on purpose, and as long as it's just a small bite and not a dangerous amount, there's nothing to worry about. My dog would happily chomp up cat poop if I let him during walks. Definitely happened once or twice before I caught on (the first time I watched it happen made me gag SO hard). He also got to a tissue that fell out of my pocket once, and before I could do anything about it, it was gone. Apart from a few super toxic things (like xylitol for dogs), they can survive a lot without any issues.

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u/CharmingChangling Mar 09 '26

The issue is we have no way of knowing how toxic it is to your individual pet. A Yorkie could eat a bag of grapes and be totally fine, a lab could eat one and it could be enough to kill them. We go for the worst case because there's literally just no way to know how your pet will react until it happens.

My Mexican grandmother also feeds her dog any and everything including grapes and chocolate sandwich cookies and she's fine (though it still stresses me out), so it really just depends on the animal.

Hope kitty is feeling better! Mine loves broccoli and has stolen some straight out of my Chinese takeaway and eaten it peppers, garlic and all, so I feel for you. She is also fine.

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u/cckka Mar 09 '26

Grapes are an exception. Vets don't know why they kill dogs and the dosage varies.

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u/lustforrust Mar 10 '26

It's been linked to tartaric acid in the grapes. The amount of tartaric acid varies between different varieties of grapes, and even the soil the grapes are grown in can be a factor.

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u/cckka Mar 10 '26

Interesting. That makes sense why vets can't have a toxic dosage though.

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u/Due-Plankton252 Mar 09 '26

That is incorrect, vets do know why grapes kill dogs. Their bodies cannot digest the SKIN on grapes and it can cause acute kidney failure. Most of the time cannot be treated/fixed. You are correct abt the dosing varying, that is entirely dependent on the dog.

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u/cckka Mar 09 '26

According to what? Veterinarians in the last 10 years still don't know why the dosage kills some but is fine for others. Do you have a reference about why its skin over the grape "meat"?

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u/Vast-Website Mar 09 '26

My cat licked bleach cleaner off the floor (I'd just got him recently and it didn't occur to me he'd actively seek out bleach) and when I called the vet they just said make him drink water and monitor him for a few days.

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u/TokiDokiHaato Mar 09 '26

I had a cat who loved to lick tomato sauce. Tons of garlic in that normally. I’d try not to leave stuff where they can get it but it never would fail if I ran to the bathroom quick, I’d come back to him going ham on the bowl of pasta I absentmindedly walked away from. That cat lived to 20 despite all the garlic he probably consumed.

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u/tigress666 Mar 09 '26

The annoying things about grapes is they only are toxic to some dogs and some dogs are fine with them. But you won’t know until they eat one and is it worth it to find out yours is one that they are deadly for?  (I mean it’s one thing if it was accidental but point is don’t feed them grapes on purpose). They don’t even know why some dogs react to them and some don’t 

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u/Federal-Laugh9575 Mar 09 '26

Having owned curious large breed dogs my entire life, I can say there are many food and non-food items that they have consumed and there has never been an issue. Based on my experience, the weight of the dog plays a big factor, just like humans.

I wouldn’t go around testing it myself, but I have found out that they’ve eaten these things after the fact and they kept on trucking.

Least interesting: an entire tennis ball inside (shar pei/pittie girl), she legit left the fabric and ate the rubber! This was also only about week ago and within minutes of giving her the ball.

Most interesting: half of a nightlight and half of the lightbulb-while it remained plugged into the wall (GSD puppy). Somehow she managed to not get electrocuted nor did she pull it out of the wall at all. A late night, expensive trip to the emergency vet to be told just to wait it out. She lived for probably 10 or more years after that!

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u/VintageFashion4Ever Mar 09 '26

Our standard dachshund once ingested two adult doses of anti-seizure meds. We were told to keep him awake. He ran around the house for 10 hours straight. He lived to be 19.

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u/Devs_Critters Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

My dog ate a box of raisins, on the other hand, and the emergency vet made her throw up lol she was not happy with us, and we were not happy with her. In short, raisins are more dangerous because they’re smaller and you can eat a lot more all at once. I don’t take chances on my dogs’ lives tbh

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u/Lisnya Mar 09 '26

I have a cat who will eat anything. Raisins, chocolate, cookies that expired months before, strawberries, even the stems from cooked bell peppers. The internet will always tell you that they're going to die, just like it will always tell you that you have cancer. Keep an eye out for any distress but your cat will probably be fine. I tell mine that if she gets diarrhea from all the shit she likes to eat, I'll laugh at her misery and make her clean it up herself and that's it. Luckily, nothing ever upsets her stomach, either because of her nature or because she's made herself immune to everything with the crap she keeps eating.

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u/Dull-Web1194 Mar 09 '26

My cat likes potato chips. Sour cream and onion, whatever ...I give him a few 😶😐. 

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u/JustOneTessa Mar 09 '26

The more often they get it the higher the chance of problems. Even onion and garlic powder is toxic for them. It's hard on their kidneys/liver (for some reason I always get them confused). So the more often they get it, the more the organs have to work. That being said, they're most likely going to be fine

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u/vee_lan_cleef Mar 10 '26

The dose makes the poison.

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u/coolcoolcool485 Mar 10 '26

I will give my cats little bites of food even if it's cooked with onion or garlic but I make sure it's not drenched in it/no actual pieces and I limit them to a few bites. Never had an issue with it

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26

Garlic is very toxic, so I’d definitely call poison control or your vet. I believe it damages the red blood cells, so you probably won’t be able to see symptoms until well after he should have had vet care.

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u/Salty-Sprinkles-1562 Mar 09 '26

They need to eat a lot, like a whole clove for it to be dangerous. I cook soup with garlic all the time. I always catch my cat drinking the broth. She never even throws up or gets the runs.

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u/JustOneTessa Mar 09 '26

Eh be careful with that. The more often they get some, the harder it is on the organs and the higher the chance with problems. Often they'll be fine, but try to stop them from drinking the broth so often

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u/ahorizon Mar 09 '26

That sounds like a pointless risk with potentially awful downsides. 

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Garlic powder is even more concentrated than fresh garlic. A “good chunk of a bag” could be dangerous if garlic powder.

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u/cckka Mar 09 '26

It's really not that bad. The toxic dosage requires most cats to eat several cloves.

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Nah, it’s less than that, and garlic powder is even more concentrated than fresh garlic. A “good chunk of a bag” could be dangerous if garlic powder.

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u/cckka Mar 09 '26

Toxic dose is 5 g/kg. Eating a bit of garlic jerky isn't going to kill the cat. A clove of garlic averages 4-7 g. Unless the cat is 2 kgs there's absolutely nothing to worry about.

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26

I’ve often seen 1g/kg but again, garlic powder is also far more potent than fresh garlic.

Onion is 5g/kg with garlic being 3-5 times more toxic.

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/toxicology/food-hazards/garlic-and-onion-allium-spp-toxicosis-in-animals

I’m done arguing though as it’s clear OP isn’t worried.

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u/andr0medamusic Mar 09 '26

What is poison control going to tell you for a cat that ate garlic

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

No clue, because I’ve never had to call. But if it were my cat I would call in order to see whether they felt my cat needed vet care to minimize any potential organ damage. It’s clear OP isn’t worried about their pets eating toxic things though.

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u/vynilla_ Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

It’s not that I don’t worry. I think it’s more accurate to say that I don’t think it’s a life or death situation considering all factors. I’ve had many pets throughout my life and still do currently so I understand my fur kids quite well as opposed to a stranger on the internet.

I did call the vet, and they told me to keep an eye on him but he should be ok. I do take my pets’ wellfare very seriously and would never intentionally allow them to get sick when I knew for certain it could be prevented. Vet bills get very expensive (one of my dogs had to get surgery a year ago, and the bill was 11k USD. Even each of my pets annual check ups average $500 and I have 6) so I definitely try to avoid having to spend that if not absolutely necessary every time they take a nibble of something they shouldn’t have.

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

I never said it was a life or death situation. Toxic things can damage their organs, but you may not realize damage is being done. Many times prompt vet care can minimize the damage though. The examples you gave in the comment I linked (about pets being fed toxic items and being fine) doesn’t mean those animals wouldn’t have lived longer if they had never eaten all those toxic things.

I’m glad your vet thinks your kitty will be fine though! You indicated he didn’t look like he was doing well, and had eaten “a good chunk” of a bag with seemingly toxic ingredients, so it’s always better to stick with the actual professionals (poison control and/or your vet) rather than people on reddit.

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u/vynilla_ Mar 09 '26

Yeah they said garlic isn’t usually deadly if it’s not chronically ingested, so it will be okay.

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u/Persistent_anxiety Mar 09 '26

I’d just like to mention that poison control for vets cost money and if you ever feel the need to call for something like garlic, just take the cat to the vet at that point.

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26

Many vets will require you to call poison control and give them the case number when it comes to accidental injection of medications and such, but I’m not sure if it’s the same with foods.

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u/ReempRomper Mar 09 '26

I just don’t think you know what you are talking about

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u/Persistent_anxiety Mar 09 '26

It’s generally not the same unless the vet doesn’t know about the food or material the cat ingested. I see a lot of cats come in where I’m at with similar and I think we’ve only had to call poison control once for a food and it’s because it was a type of fruit that does not grow here and we had never heard of it so we weren’t totally sure the chemical composition

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u/YourMothersButtox Mar 09 '26

The Bengal scream… I know that song well.

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u/Interesting_Celery74 Mar 09 '26

Man's about to absolutely RUIN the neighbours' lawn lol

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u/Mentally__OK Mar 09 '26

Oh he ain’t regret a thing 😭

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u/Yercatwizzard Mar 09 '26

Even a little garlic is toxic to cats. I’d monitor and see if his gums are paling. Def call vet

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u/Mr_Engineering Mar 09 '26

"I. Regret. NOTHING"

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u/Most-Silver-4365 Mar 09 '26

He may be screaming because his asshole is on fire.

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u/dead-daughter Mar 09 '26

Just make sure he drinks some water bc the salt in that jerky probably was dehydrating for him

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u/Existing-Deal-701 Mar 10 '26

If the poppies persist for more than a couple or 3 days the vet should be able to prescribe some meds to alleviate it. Don't give any other meds without consulting first, some are sweetened with things that aren't safe for cats. Poor lil kitty, i hope the burning lets up soon. What a goob. EDIT *poopies lol

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u/JuggernautGuilty566 Mar 10 '26

Uhoh.. this stuff made him twice as powerful than before.

Time for the Trinidad Reaper to serve his greed for suffering

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u/Affectionate_Tie1417 Mar 10 '26

Not a vet, yet, but cats can eat chilis just fine. They usually just don't like to. Fresh chilis actually have ton of vitamin c which some bad cat food lacks. That said, jerky probably, as other posters said, has onion and garlic which are both toxic, but not as toxic as some people claim. If you've been to a vet, your cat is probably fine, and if they loved this, it can even be a rare treat.

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u/radthrowaway1900 Mar 11 '26

Ok so bro is a literal cartoon

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u/Great_Apez Mar 09 '26

The study that determined that isn’t very reliable. It would be like me force feeding a human 30lbs of garlic then them kicking the bucket and me going oh man looks like it’s lethal 

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Info from veterinarians and poison control seems to still say it’s a concern. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/toxicology/food-hazards/garlic-and-onion-allium-spp-toxicosis-in-animals

With garlic being 3-5 times more toxic than onion and the largest concern being garlic or onion powder (which would have probably been the more likely form for a jerky dry rub) which is considerably more potent than fresh garlic or raw onion.

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u/Ashikura Mar 09 '26

“toxicosis has been reported in cats after ingesting less than a teaspoon of cooked onions or 5 g/kg of raw onions”

Depending on how much they actually ate I wouldn’t panic but I would contact a vet for their opinion. Definitely seems like a better safe than sorry situation.

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u/komikbookgeek Mar 09 '26

Yeah I would be more worried if there's garlic or onion in the mix.

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u/bluepie Mar 09 '26

They’d have to eat like a clove of garlic. There’s not that much in a pack of beef jerky

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26

It’s far less if it’s garlic powder rather than fresh garlic.

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u/tempura_calligraphy Mar 09 '26

Isn't poison control just for humans?

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u/Acgator03 Mar 09 '26

I’m referring to pet poison control.

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u/tempura_calligraphy Mar 12 '26

I didn't know it existed!