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Drooling cat - why?
A 2 year-old semi-feral spayed female cat who lives in my office is suddenly
drooling quite a lot. I'll take her to the vet Friday - can't before that - but what *could* it be?? I managed to catch her and look in her mouth, and there's nothing noticeable or unusual there. There is nothing she could have "gotten into" - no chemicals at all, every wire is taped down. No new cats, no trauma. Aside from the drooling, she looks healthy - no third eyelid, moving around normally, eating, pooping & peeing just fine. What could it be? Mary T. |
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Perhaps she has a bad/abscessed tooth. Cats can drool when they need dental
work. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon "MsKitty834" wrote in message ... A 2 year-old semi-feral spayed female cat who lives in my office is suddenly drooling quite a lot. I'll take her to the vet Friday - can't before that - but what *could* it be?? I managed to catch her and look in her mouth, and there's nothing noticeable or unusual there. There is nothing she could have "gotten into" - no chemicals at all, every wire is taped down. No new cats, no trauma. Aside from the drooling, she looks healthy - no third eyelid, moving around normally, eating, pooping & peeing just fine. What could it be? Mary T. |
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Perhaps she has a bad/abscessed tooth. Cats can drool when they need dental
work. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon "MsKitty834" wrote in message ... A 2 year-old semi-feral spayed female cat who lives in my office is suddenly drooling quite a lot. I'll take her to the vet Friday - can't before that - but what *could* it be?? I managed to catch her and look in her mouth, and there's nothing noticeable or unusual there. There is nothing she could have "gotten into" - no chemicals at all, every wire is taped down. No new cats, no trauma. Aside from the drooling, she looks healthy - no third eyelid, moving around normally, eating, pooping & peeing just fine. What could it be? Mary T. |
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I agree. My cat drooled when she had teeth problems. Took her to the vet,
tooth removed and no more drooling thank goodness. "MsKitty834" wrote in message ... A 2 year-old semi-feral spayed female cat who lives in my office is suddenly drooling quite a lot. I'll take her to the vet Friday - can't before that - but what *could* it be?? I managed to catch her and look in her mouth, and there's nothing noticeable or unusual there. There is nothing she could have "gotten into" - no chemicals at all, every wire is taped down. No new cats, no trauma. Aside from the drooling, she looks healthy - no third eyelid, moving around normally, eating, pooping & peeing just fine. What could it be? Mary T. |
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I agree. My cat drooled when she had teeth problems. Took her to the vet,
tooth removed and no more drooling thank goodness. "MsKitty834" wrote in message ... A 2 year-old semi-feral spayed female cat who lives in my office is suddenly drooling quite a lot. I'll take her to the vet Friday - can't before that - but what *could* it be?? I managed to catch her and look in her mouth, and there's nothing noticeable or unusual there. There is nothing she could have "gotten into" - no chemicals at all, every wire is taped down. No new cats, no trauma. Aside from the drooling, she looks healthy - no third eyelid, moving around normally, eating, pooping & peeing just fine. What could it be? Mary T. |
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Drooling can be an indicator of an abscessed tooth, a viral infection
causing oral ulcers, or even kidney disease. Take it to the vet when you have a chance. |
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Drooling can be an indicator of an abscessed tooth, a viral infection
causing oral ulcers, or even kidney disease. Take it to the vet when you have a chance. |
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Well, we're going to the vet tomorrow *anyway* ... but she's stopped drooling
now. Yesterday she was creating *pools* of drool - that's how I noticed - it was dripping off her perch and onto a draft document. And I checked her mouth again ... no visible tooth damage, no reddened gums. Would an abscessed tooth cause gum symptoms? Mary T. |
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Well, we're going to the vet tomorrow *anyway* ... but she's stopped drooling
now. Yesterday she was creating *pools* of drool - that's how I noticed - it was dripping off her perch and onto a draft document. And I checked her mouth again ... no visible tooth damage, no reddened gums. Would an abscessed tooth cause gum symptoms? Mary T. |
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"MsKitty834" wrote in message ... Well, we're going to the vet tomorrow *anyway* ... but she's stopped drooling now. Yesterday she was creating *pools* of drool - that's how I noticed - it was dripping off her perch and onto a draft document. And I checked her mouth again ... no visible tooth damage, no reddened gums. Would an abscessed tooth cause gum symptoms? Mary T. Not necessarily. One can have a raging infection in (or adjacent to) the root of a tooth, w/out reddened or swollen gums. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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