My Cats Are Obsessed with Onions?

riahf

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Ok, before I start I want to preface this question with my understanding that onions are toxic to cats. I would never, and have never given either of my furry babies onions to eat.

Despite the fact that they've never even tried onions, every time I break out the knife and cutting board and start chopping at the vegetable for my dinners or lunches, my two kitties come sprinting into my tiny kitchen, circle my legs and initiate meow-mode. They act like adorable vultures! They're so desperate for a bite that they try jumping up on the counter, despite the fact they know they're not allowed up there, and paw at my legs, my older cat tries to kill me with kindness and headbumps me over and over.

This is the only vegetable they do this for, they do occasionally get excited when I break out other foods, but they are never quite this  excited for anything else.

Is this normal behavior for cats? Or are my babies just really weird? 
 

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This is quite normal. Lots of cats act crazy about some vegetable or other. The Rogue had a fetish about kale - he would attack grocery bags that had kale and pull it out, jump on the table where I was cutting up kale, but his personal favorite was the kale-smelling wire that binds the leaves. I never gave it to him unsupervised, though, out of fear he would eat it.

While the Rogue never was or acted normal, I keep hearing stories about cats with food fetishes.

So, enjoy 
 
 
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Good to know I'm not alone! I love my little weirdos, but sometimes they can really confuse me.


Your kitty sounds like he was adorable, I'm so sorry for your loss.
 
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