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Is Onion & Garlic (Allium) Toxic to Cats & Dogs?

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Onion & Garlic is toxic to cats and dogs.
Severity : Moderately toxic
Who Safety
🐱 CatsToxic · Moderately toxic
🐶 DogsToxic · Moderately toxic
🧑 Humans✅ Safe

Symptoms in pets

If a cat or dog chews or ingests Onion & Garlic, reported signs include:

Most affected parts: all parts.

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Which Onion & Garlic plants does this cover?

This applies across the Allium genus (10 species in our database), including: Allium acutiflorum, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, Allium angulosum, Allium atropurpureum, Allium atrorubens, Allium atrosanguineum, Allium cepa, Allium giganteum, Allium sativum, Allium schoenoprasum.

⚕️ Important: General reference information, not veterinary advice. If your pet has eaten Onion & Garlic, contact your vet or ASPCA Animal Poison Control (888-426-4435) right away.

Based on Leafy's botanical safety database (genus-level classification).

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