jmcquown wrote:
On 4/3/2016 8:45 PM, Jack Campin wrote:
For some reason this morning Buffy is very vocal. When giving her
scritches I noticed her ears and her paw pads seem exceptionally
brighter pink. (She's an orange tabby.) She isn't usually this
chatty, either.
The slightly alarming bright pink Buffy's ears and paw pads faded
back to normal. What an odd occurence!

Had she been eating fish?

I'm thinking of a reaction to histamine and other neuroactive amines
in food - a.k.a. scombrotoxin poisoning. Not very dangerous despite
the scary name. The symptoms are like an allergy but it isn't one.
Whether a particular batch of fish contains enough amines to cause
the syndrome is not really predictable.

No, I don't often feed her fish. Her canned diet consists of chicken,
turkey and beef. Occasionally she gets salmon but not in the last week.

The bright pink was an odd and thankfully short lived occurrence. I have
no idea what she might have been exposed to that made her react like
that. It was odd, to say the least.

Of interest:

http://pets.thenest.com/cat-pink-paws-mean-10997.html
....

Pododermatitis

If Ginger's paw pads have suddenly turned pink or purplish, take a good
look at them. Look for signs such as redness or swelling, small solid
masses, discharge or inflammation of the tissue around her nail. Although
unusual, a cat's paws can become inflamed from a condition known as
pododermatitis, otherwise known as pillow foot. Pododermatitis is often
caused by fungal, bacterial or parasitic infections, although other causes
can include cancer, poor grooming, depressed thyroid levels and
environmental irritants.
....


Probably wasn't pododermatitis, but might have been some slight irritation
from walking on something.