On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:54:43 +0300, Marina
wrote:

Dan M wrote:
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:53:49 -0600, John F. Eldredge wrote:


Cinders has a habit of repeatedly opening and closing her mouth while
inhaling, making a suck-suck-suck-suck sound. Is this simply the
behavior called flehmening, or is this indicative of some sort of
problem, such as a dental problem? I haven't seen any other cat do
this particular action.


That does sort of sound like flehmening. When Sammy does it he opens his
mouth, holds it open just a little ways, and looks like he's panting. When
Harri does it she curls up her nose a little. So I guess different kitties
do it a little differently.


A little differently yes, but I've never heard any sound while they're
flehmening. The cats I've seen doing it just keep heir mouth slightly
open (and look very silly). Maybe you should have her seen by a vet,
just in case she does have dental problems.

My Sammy sometimes does very soft sort of a half chirp. It's very
soft, and only occurs very rarely - or at least I only hear it on rare
occasions.
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with loving memories of Rocky (RB)

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