# My cat got a furball from the octopus! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981 "2011-07-22T14:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/1 "2011-07-22T14:02:24Z")
The above statement is factual. So Detective Dopers, tell me how. I will post photographic evidence to verify it when our best detectives and crime writers have established the cause. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/2 "2011-07-22T14:14:06Z")
It’s the cat’s birthday, and the octopus found just the right gift. ---
**Author:** ![RoeCocoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RoeCocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoeCocoa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/3 "2011-07-22T14:15:38Z")
Your cat had a furball (made of its own fur) and coughed it up after interacting with the octopus; or the octopus had something furry in its stomach and the cat found it. Pictures of the octopus would be nice; pictures of the furball are unnecessary as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/4 "2011-07-22T14:27:21Z")
No pictures yet as that would be a give away. I am awaiting the furball to pass after giving the cat a laxette. Believe me, I don’t want to be close enough for any camera to take a picture when that happens. TDN- I don’t think you are trying very hard 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/5 "2011-07-22T14:31:01Z")
Next time, shave the octopus first. Nobody wants to eat a hairy octopus. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/6 "2011-07-22T14:35:03Z")
The octopus is a plush furry cat (or other) toy. Your cat licked it like crazy, it shed its fur, and it made him/her sick. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/7 "2011-07-22T15:14:03Z")
Well jjim got pretty close but not totally right. [Here is the picture](http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2602685910098000304fagpCY). I guess everyone agrees my cat is handsome. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/8 "2011-07-22T15:25:30Z")
This woulda been more of a mystery if you hadn’t already posted about it in one of the kitty threads. (I can’t remember which one, but it was recent - I probably read about it earlier this week.) Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/9 "2011-07-22T15:29:38Z")
You are right Snickers. I did a search but couldn’t find it so I thought I was dreaming. Oh dear I AM getting decrepit. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/10 "2011-07-22T15:41:19Z")
Well hell then, go on and post in the “You know you’re old when…” thread. Fun for everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/11 "2011-07-22T15:42:44Z")
I did. I think. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/12 "2011-07-22T16:25:50Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I guess everyone agrees my cat is handsome. He’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/13 "2011-07-22T16:29:12Z")
Now I know you are fibbing. He is easily the ugliest cat I have owned. However, he has more personality than all of the others. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/14 "2011-07-22T21:30:22Z")
Your cat joined SDMB, and the octopus is the replacement for the non-flying squid? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/15 "2011-07-23T01:59:45Z")
You’re becoming the go-to guy for mysteries involving animal effigies. We shall expect a new one weekly. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/16 "2011-07-23T02:30:31Z")
That octopus is an awesome cat toy. I wish my dog had an octopus like that, but at the same size proportions (it’d have to be like a 6’ octopus). Is it really a cat toy? If so, where’d ya get it? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/17 "2011-07-25T01:05:03Z")
So that’s what they’re calling it these days? Geez I’m out of the loop. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-got-a-furball-from-the-octopus/589981/18 "2011-07-27T17:35:59Z")
I thought it was going to be [this.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/momcat14c/5618363520/) This is not one of my cats but that’s the same toy I just got for them yesterday and Luna is pretty far along with chewing the head off it.