# My cat ate some Fig Newtons! Should I worry?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 10, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628 "2007-09-10T00:16:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628/21 "2007-09-10T22:05:45Z")

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Almost 24 hours on, and the little moocher is apparently healthy.

Also, he is hungry again. But this time, the Fig Newtons are hidden away.

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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628/22 "2007-09-11T04:33:55Z")

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Is Shiva now just a _regular_ cat?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628/23 "2007-09-11T04:51:37Z")

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I can eats figs  
I can has mighty windz

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628/24 "2007-09-12T02:09:53Z")

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Come back when Shiva has eaten the underside lining of the sofa.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628/25 "2007-09-12T02:30:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Guinastasia]  
Come back when Shiva has eaten the underside lining of the sofa.  
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_pained look_

Please don’t encourage him. He really doesn’t need new ideas.

And because I forgot earlier, here are my [babies](http://pics.livejournal.com/alyxyn/pic/0002hdww), uncharacteristically peaceful despite being close together. Shiva is the brown tabby on the left, Neko is the solid grey on the right.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-ate-some-fig-newtons-should-i-worry/418628/26 "2007-09-12T23:57:10Z")

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Neko looks a HELL of a lot like Piper-Grace, the one who ate the lining. We had to staple old sheets over the bottoms of the living room furniture.

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