# My Cat just ate some waxed paper. Quick answers needed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295 "2007-07-26T22:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295/41 "2013-10-15T15:38:18Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Which one, her’s or mine? Both, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295/42 "2013-10-15T21:57:25Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Both, of course. 🙂 The paper was no problem. When my Dad moved to Florida, he took the cat with him. I don’t know his ultimatefate. My Sister & I don’t speak. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295/43 "2013-10-16T00:50:54Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The paper was no problem. > When my Dad moved to Florida, he took the cat with him. > > I don’t know his ultimatefate. My Sister & I don’t speak. It’s a small state. Want me to go check? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dainty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Dainty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dainty)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295/44 "2013-10-20T22:47:15Z")
You guys are so amazing!! Sorry it has been so long - Kitty is doing well so far!! First few days I was stalking her - making sure she was eating, drinking, peeing, watching for poops. I have another cat so I had to make sure who was using the litter box . . . after 2 days (and no poops from Sugar who ate wrapper) I called vet and explained situation - vet said to stop stalking her! LOL . . . I left her alone for about 1/2 hour and she pooped! hahaha But - there was no wrapper . . . next day, another poop, but no wrapper. It has been a few days, and she has been fine otherwise. Still eats, drinks, plays, etc. So I’m hoping she just chewed it up or it disintegrated in her stomach. I will keep watching for any symptoms/wrapped poops but so far so good (knock on wood). And I will forever be a devotee to Straight Dope! Big shout out to SeaDragonTattoo and WhyNot!! Thanks So Much guys \<3 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295/45 "2013-10-24T03:02:31Z")
Some cats just eat all kinds of crap. As I’ve noted before, Boris will eat all kinds of bizarre things although plastic bags are his favorite. The majority of these he eventually pukes up. My current list of “things Boris managed to eat without me knowing” includes: A feather from a cat toy A rubber snake Purple paper “grass” from a gift basket Dental floss Plastic garbage bags The plastic film from a microwave dinner Plastic shopping bags Plastic dry cleaning bags Plastic cat litter box liner bags Plastic bread bags The plastic wrap around a 24-pack of toilet paper The plastic handles from cat litter boxes More plastic bags and of course, the infamous $3000 penny (for which he still owes me $2999.99, since the vet did very nicely give me the penny back after the surgery). Granted, most of these I only know about because he did throw them back up or eventually passed them and yes the house is plastic-proofed-all garbage cans go in the closets with the door shut, bread goes in the upper cabinets that he can’t reach. and I lock him up when putting away groceries because he will eat the bags while they are sitting on the counter. He even tries to eat the bags I am scooping his used litter into for disposal. Little freak! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-ate-some-waxed-paper-quick-answers-needed/413295.md?page=2)