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My cat ate a sour cream and onion chip. Is it toxic for him?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered

My cat ate a portion of a sour cream and onion chip.

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Answered By Debi Matlack

Veterinary Technician

Published on April 26th, 2016

This should be just fine. I expect that he may have a little intestinal upset from the grease in the chip, but he won't have gotten enough salt or onion to do him any harm.Keep an eye on him and if he does start feeling sick, get him in to see the vet right away. I've seen lots of cats steal chips and do just fine. Just try to keep them out of his reach.

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    Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

    Veterinarian

    Published on

    Onions are toxic to cats, but these chips mainly have onion flavor, very rarely they will contain real onion in high quantity. for this reason your cat should be fine. he may experience some diarrhea or vomiting but he isn't likely to have any toxic effect from this incident.

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