# My cat just swallowed my engagement ring. fast help please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472 "2011-01-30T01:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/21 "2011-01-30T19:57:36Z")
Everytime I heard paws in the litterbox, I went to look. Lucky didn’t seem pleased with my new interest in his litterbox habits. This morning, I jumped out of bed and ran to the litterbox, as eager as a kid on Christmas morning. No joy ☹ I fed them some more fancy feast then went to church. When I got back, I went straight to the litterbox and found a large deposit that looked like it had blood in it. I squished that up with latex gloved fingers and HURRAY!!! I don’t have to marry my cat 🙂 My ring is soaking in jewellry cleaner as I type. I suspect the blood was because he held it for so long, but I left a call in for my vet just in case. As a bonus, my fiance was able to call me this morning. He’s in the sandbox, otherwise I would have called him last night. After we said all the mushy stuff that makes us sound like a couple of high school kids, I fessed up. Me: I have some bad news, hun. Lucky swallowed my ring. Him: What? Me: Lucky swallowed my ring. Him: What did the vet say? Do you need money? God, I love that man. So thanks everyone. As far as I can tell, Lucky is fine, my ring can be cleaned and my sweet baboo cares more about my cat than he does about a piece of jewellry. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/22 "2011-01-30T20:16:02Z")
Ew. and Ahhhh. I’m glad to hear everything came out ok, and hope the blood is no cause for worry. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/23 "2011-01-30T20:16:29Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Me: I have some bad news, hun. Lucky swallowed my ring. > Him: What? > Me: Lucky swallowed my ring. > Him: What did the vet say? Do you need money? > > God, I love that man. > > So thanks everyone. As far as I can tell, Lucky is fine, my ring can be cleaned and my sweet baboo cares more about my cat than he does about a piece of jewellry. He’s a keeper! I hope Lucky has no ill effects and I’m sure the ring will be fine. Every time you look at your ring you will remember [del]true love [/del] that it went through Lucky. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/24 "2011-01-30T20:16:42Z")
Bahahaha what a great OP. Glad to hear it resolved itself too. Ya gotta great fiancee. Hope he comes home safe from the sandbox. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/25 "2011-01-30T21:05:36Z")
Congratulations. You are Lucky. Keep an eye on the litterbox to see that the blood clots clear up. Male cats tend to pass them occasionally with no ill effect. My Rocky has been doing so off and on for years and the vet told me not to worry unless it was ongoing. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/26 "2011-01-30T21:08:20Z")
Be sure to check his poop for several days to see if there is blood in it. If there is, take him to the vet. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/27 "2011-01-30T21:17:37Z")
Yeah, I agree with **Duckster**. Keep watching the poop, just in case. But I’m glad to see that it all worked out. You have a great fiance! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/28 "2011-01-31T00:17:08Z")
I’m now paying for the fancy feast. ICKICKICK!!! My vet said the same thing about the bloody poo as Carnut, Duckster and Maiira…monitor him, but don’t worry overmuch. There has not been more bloody poo, even though both boys have been making very messy deposits due to getting to eat fancy feast. They are going to be sorely disappointed to find Wellness in their bowls tonight. My fiancee is indeed a keeper. He sent me a drinkwell for Christmas and even sprung for the extra water tank. His family is great, too. I can’t wait until he’s safely home. Avarie537, I didn’t know about that procedure. Hopefully, I’ll never need that knowledge, but I’ll tuck it away. Currently, Lucky has his head in my purse, trying to steal my keys. Said keys are clipped to the side of my purse because its way embarrassing to have to call my boss and say that I’m going to be late because my cat hid my carkeys. As to pics…imagine a grey cat dozing on the windowsill…looking as cute as only a cat can. Imagine flatlined sneaking into the bedroom, finding camera, turning it on under the pillow so cat can’t hear the beeping. Imagine flatlined tiptoeing to the bedroom door, focusing on said handsome cat, and taking pic of a fleeing cat. I’ve got GREAT pics of his tail. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/29 "2011-01-31T00:17:54Z")
Glad to hear everything worked out! However, I’d also keep an eye on Lucky in the future – just to make sure he doesn’t eat anything else like this. (I have a cat that chewed into the lining of the sofa, into my parents’ mattress, and had to be taken to the vet’s after she ate some plastic flowers.) ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/30 "2011-01-31T00:33:56Z")
Cats are teh weird. When I started finding change in the litterbox, I stopped dumping pocket change on my desk. I wash my knives and put them away right after use. I warn my friends to watch their beer cans so Lucky won’t knock them over to chew on them. You’ve got it worse. I only have to look out for silver colored metal. A plastic, mattress eating cat would be so much harder to keep safe. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/31 "2011-01-31T01:33:39Z")
Yep – my mother had to watch her when she’d poop it out…and trim the strings coming out of her butt, IIRC. :eek: But if you think that’s bad, when my cousin’s daschund was a puppy, he ate an entire hand towel and had to have surgery when it got twisted up in his intestines. Animals are teh STUPID. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/32 "2011-01-31T02:09:49Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Animals are teh STUPID. nods head in violent agreement. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/33 "2011-01-31T02:19:06Z")
[http://www.hotflick.net/pictures/big/000SNC\_Dennis\_Farina\_007.html](http://www.hotflick.net/pictures/big/000SNC_Dennis_Farina_007.html) Look in the [del]dog[/del] cat. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/34 "2011-01-31T17:46:58Z")
Flatline, be careful about the change although it sounds like you are. My idiot cat ate a penny, and it went past the stomach and got lodged. Once surgically removed the vet was concerned over the year and mint of penny. It didn’t make sense then, but apparently zinc poisoning is a big issue. Idiot ate a wheat penny so all was OK. And if it passes the stomach, the surgical expense and infection risk gets exponentially higher. Idiot cat’s surgery was about 2,000 with aftercare. But, your fiance is absolutely a keeper! Glad it all “worked out.” ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/35 "2011-01-31T23:33:50Z")
Glad things turned out OK in the end. The last vet I went to kept a big X-ray over the receiptionist desk: a dog’s torso, with a diamond ring clearly visible halfway through. You could even see the prongs. It served as an extremely effective, if silent, warning. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/36 "2011-02-01T03:33:22Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > Flatline, be careful about the change although it sounds like you are. My idiot cat ate a penny, and it went past the stomach and got lodged. Once surgically removed the vet was concerned over the year and mint of penny. It didn’t make sense then, but apparently zinc poisoning is a big issue. Idiot ate a wheat penny so all was OK. :eek: I had no idea about zinc in pennies. I am being careful about the change, that’s actually why I was mad at myself for leaving the ring out where idiot cat could get it. I KNOW better! > [@](#): > > And if it passes the stomach, the surgical expense and infection risk gets exponentially higher. Idiot cat’s surgery was about 2,000 with aftercare. But, your fiance is absolutely a keeper! Glad it all “worked out.” :eek::eek::eek: I knew that if idiot cat did need surgery, it would be expensive. I was estimating 700-800, though. My sweet baboo is a wonderful man. We have a joint bank account. He gives me 1,000/month. I make his bike and insurance payment, then save the rest. I checked the balance yesterday and he had added money, just in case I needed it. Now that the crisis is over, he’s going to give me a hard time about wearing a ring that came out of a cat’s butt. There will be many MANY poop jokes. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Glad things turned out OK in the end. The last vet I went to kept a big X-ray over the receiptionist desk: a dog’s torso, with a diamond ring clearly visible halfway through. You could even see the prongs. It served as an extremely effective, if silent, warning. Animals are so fast when they are getting into trouble. I dont’ have children, and this is actually one of the reasons why. If I can’t keep my idiot cat from eating my ring when I’m in the same room with him, how could I ever manage to keep a toddler safe? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/37 "2011-02-01T08:03:04Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I checked the balance yesterday and he had added money, just in case I needed it. Now that the crisis is over, he’s going to give me a hard time about wearing a ring that came out of a cat’s butt. There will be many MANY poop jokes. You can respond that you only decided to actually go through with the marriage after your cat thoroughly checked him out, including evaluating his engagement ring through a lengthy internal process. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/38 "2011-02-01T09:11:32Z")
It would only be logical to use the cat as your ring bearer in the wedding. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/39 "2011-02-01T10:34:18Z")
Your fiance sounds sweet, your idiot cat sounds adorable, and you sound like a very cool person yourself! I noticed you just joined. Welcome to the Straight Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472/40 "2011-02-01T17:43:51Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > It would only be logical to use the cat as your ring bearer in the wedding. I can’t imagine how this would work. I mean, sure, put a collar and/or harness on the cat, and attach the ring to it. However, this means that there would also need to be a cat wrangler in the wedding, to make sure that the ring is delivered. With a dog, you just have to call them, and they usually come running. With a cat…my cats usually come when I call them. Usually. But I wouldn’t want to count on it. I could only rely on them responding if there was tuna juice involved. So you’re gonna need someone to keep the cat quiet and happy until the ring is called for, and then the cat wrangler will have to bring the cat up to the altar. And the cat WILL hork just at that moment. Because that’s what cats do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-just-swallowed-my-engagement-ring-fast-help-please/569472.md?page=3)