# Cat Ate Confetti! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619 "2014-01-01T06:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CasseyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CasseyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasseyCat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/1 "2014-01-01T06:57:33Z")
My cat, a 10 year old, medium shorthair, ate the confetti that comes out of the New Years poppers at about 12:30 am EST. The confetti is paper, and pretty long. There was a lot of confetti as well! I’m incredibly nervous. We only popped about three poppers, and we can’t find any of it, so worst case scenario is that he ate all three poppers worth. Each piece is maybe a foot or so, and they’re all incredibly thin and easy to tear. He hasn’t thrown up and he hasn’t choked. It’s about 2 am here, so it’s been about an hour and a half and I think he’s asleep. I just want to know if there’s anything I can do or if I should worry! I’ve seen threads about cats eating paper and cats eating confetti, but I haven’t found one where the cat has eaten paper confetti! Any advice is well appreciated! Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/2 "2014-01-01T07:04:52Z")
Paper breaks down rather easily in the digestive tract. You have nothing to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/3 "2014-01-01T07:18:34Z")
mmmm ---
**Author:** ![CasseyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CasseyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasseyCat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/4 "2014-01-01T07:21:02Z")
Thank you for the response! That’s more than a relief. He’s eaten some weird stuff before, like dead bugs, spider webs, dust and dirt but never the confetti from the poppers. You don’t think the length of the paper will effect him negatively? Or the chemicals in the poppers? (They all say they contain .2 grains or less. Still, I can never be safe enough about him.) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/5 "2014-01-01T07:38:38Z")
**Moderator Action** Welcome to the SDMB, **CasseyCat**. General Questions is for factual questions. Advice questions belong in the In My Humble Opinion forum. It’s no biggie. I will move the thread for you. Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion. ---
**Author:** ![CasseyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CasseyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasseyCat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/6 "2014-01-01T07:47:14Z")
Oh! I’m sorry, I hadn’t known. Thank you for moving it! ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/7 "2014-01-01T12:33:09Z")
Pictures are necessary. I can’t imagine it will hurt him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/8 "2014-01-01T15:19:57Z")
Don’t want to be a worry wart, but do you have any more of the poppers? All the ones that I’ve ever seen are just paper, but they don’t put mylar (think tinsel) in them do they? Should be OK, watch the cats drinking and eating habits over the next few days. Make sure the cat is pooping as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/9 "2014-01-01T18:08:31Z")
Would it be obnoxious to say this too shall pass? ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619/10 "2014-01-01T19:46:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Would it be obnoxious to say this too shall pass? I think your paper confetti is going to end up kind of crappy. Is that ok?