diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 97f20955e..c261e6c66 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1007,6 +1007,8 @@ attempting to move up or down when poly'd into a holder and holding a monster
 	rejected the move; release the monster instead
 thowing a non-weapon while engulfed by an ochre jelly reported that the item
 	vanished into the jelly's "currents"
+if a pet gelatinous cube eats a container, treat it the same as when a hostile
+	one does:  the container is destroyed but its conters are engulfed
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/include/extern.h b/include/extern.h
index 20e7ecc65..54f4270b1 100644
--- a/include/extern.h
+++ b/include/extern.h
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ extern int pm_to_cham(int);
 extern int minliquid(struct monst *);
 extern boolean movemon_singlemon(struct monst *);
 extern int movemon(void);
+extern void meatbox(struct monst *, struct obj *);
 extern int meatmetal(struct monst *);
 extern int meatobj(struct monst *);
 extern int meatcorpse(struct monst *);
diff --git a/src/dogmove.c b/src/dogmove.c
index 2d8bc924e..6f487bed4 100644
--- a/src/dogmove.c
+++ b/src/dogmove.c
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ dog_eat(struct monst *mtmp,
         Strcpy(objnambuf, xname(obj));
         iflags.suppress_price--;
     }
+    /* some monsters that eat items could eat a container with contents */
+    if (Has_contents(obj))
+        meatbox(mtmp, obj);
     /* It's a reward if it's DOGFOOD and the player dropped/threw it.
        We know the player had it if invlet is set. -dlc */
     if (dogfood(mtmp, obj) == DOGFOOD && obj->invlet)
diff --git a/src/mon.c b/src/mon.c
index ae3aa2801..cf51f083a 100644
--- a/src/mon.c
+++ b/src/mon.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,38 @@ movemon(void)
     return g.somebody_can_move;
 }
 
+/* dispose of contents of an eaten container; used for pets and other mons */
+void
+meatbox(struct monst *mon, struct obj *otmp)
+{
+    boolean engulf_contents = (mon->data == &mons[PM_GELATINOUS_CUBE]);
+    int x = mon->mx, y = mon->my;
+    struct obj *cobj;
+
+    if (!Has_contents(otmp) || !isok(x, y))
+        return;
+
+    /* contents of eaten containers become engulfed or dropped onto
+      the floor; this is arbitrary, but otherwise g-cubes are too
+      powerful */
+    if (!engulf_contents && cansee(x, y)) {
+        pline("%s contents spill out onto the %s.",
+              s_suffix(The(distant_name(otmp, xname))),
+              surface(x, y));
+    }
+    while ((cobj = otmp->cobj) != 0) {
+        obj_extract_self(cobj);
+        if (otmp->otyp == ICE_BOX)
+            removed_from_icebox(cobj);
+        if (engulf_contents) {
+            (void) mpickobj(mon, cobj);
+        } else {
+            if (!flooreffects(cobj, x, y, ""))
+                place_object(cobj, x, y);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #define mstoning(obj)                                       \
     (ofood(obj) && (touch_petrifies(&mons[(obj)->corpsenm]) \
                     || (obj)->corpsenm == PM_MEDUSA))
@@ -1151,6 +1183,10 @@ meatmetal(struct monst *mtmp)
                     if (mtmp->mhp > mtmp->mhpmax)
                         mtmp->mhp = mtmp->mhpmax;
                 }
+                /* Currently there shouldn't be any metal object with
+                  contents, but just in case... */
+                if (Has_contents(otmp))
+                    meatbox(mtmp, otmp);
                 if (otmp == uball) {
                     unpunish();
                     delobj(otmp);
@@ -1305,20 +1341,8 @@ meatobj(struct monst* mtmp) /* for gelatinous cubes */
                 if (mtmp->mhp > mtmp->mhpmax)
                     mtmp->mhp = mtmp->mhpmax;
             }
-            if (Has_contents(otmp)) {
-                register struct obj *otmp3;
-
-                /* contents of eaten containers become engulfed; this
-                   is arbitrary, but otherwise g-cubes are too powerful */
-                while ((otmp3 = otmp->cobj) != 0) {
-                    obj_extract_self(otmp3);
-                    if (otmp->otyp == ICE_BOX && otmp3->otyp == CORPSE) {
-                        otmp3->age = g.moves - otmp3->age;
-                        start_corpse_timeout(otmp3);
-                    }
-                    (void) mpickobj(mtmp, otmp3);
-                }
-            }
+            if (Has_contents(otmp))
+                meatbox(mtmp, otmp);
             /* possibility of being turned to stone or into slime can't
                reach here (don't touch for cockatrice corpse, engulf rather
                than eat for tin, cockatrice egg, or glob of green slime) */