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Do Cats Smile?
My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:25:00 -0800 (PST), Tom Choad
wrote: My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her mouth are upturned. Does that means she is smiling? No. Cats, unlike dogs, cannot change the way their mouth/lips appear, aside from opening and closing them. I have had cats that have an 'upturn' on the sides of their mouths, as you describe, but it never changed. |
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Are you sure you aren't viewing her upside down? ...:^)
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:25:00 -0800 (PST), Tom Choad
wrote: My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her mouth are upturned. Does that means she is smiling? No. Cats, unlike dogs, cannot change the way their mouth/lips appear, aside from opening and closing them. I have had cats that have an 'upturn' on the sides of their mouths, as you describe, but it never changed. I have one who drools a lot, and I thought his lower jaw might have some misalignment in it. but then someone told me that it is a common cat problem and his jaw is probably fine. |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:59:10 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:25:00 -0800 (PST), Tom Choad wrote: My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her mouth are upturned. Does that means she is smiling? No. Cats, unlike dogs, cannot change the way their mouth/lips appear, aside from opening and closing them. I have had cats that have an 'upturn' on the sides of their mouths, as you describe, but it never changed. I have one who drools a lot, and I thought his lower jaw might have some misalignment in it. but then someone told me that it is a common cat problem and his jaw is probably fine. Espy almost always looks like he is smiling but sometimes it seems to go away, mostly when he's clearly ****ed off. So perhaps they can't change it but Espy sure looks like he can. Scooter clearly has some mouth deformity. It's hard to tell what it is, but his teeth aren't really aligned and I can see some gums or something that looks like it should be part of the inside of the mouth. It doesn't bother him apparently though he does drool quite a bit when he's eating. The vet said that it is not uncommon. One of Scooter's babies had the same thing. |
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dgk wrote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:59:10 -0800, "Bill Graham" wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:25:00 -0800 (PST), Tom Choad wrote: My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her mouth are upturned. Does that means she is smiling? No. Cats, unlike dogs, cannot change the way their mouth/lips appear, aside from opening and closing them. I have had cats that have an 'upturn' on the sides of their mouths, as you describe, but it never changed. I have one who drools a lot, and I thought his lower jaw might have some misalignment in it. but then someone told me that it is a common cat problem and his jaw is probably fine. Espy almost always looks like he is smiling but sometimes it seems to go away, mostly when he's clearly ****ed off. So perhaps they can't change it but Espy sure looks like he can. Scooter clearly has some mouth deformity. It's hard to tell what it is, but his teeth aren't really aligned and I can see some gums or something that looks like it should be part of the inside of the mouth. It doesn't bother him apparently though he does drool quite a bit when he's eating. The vet said that it is not uncommon. One of Scooter's babies had the same thing. My B-K only drools when he comes up on my chest while I am sleeping, and puts his head over my face....:^) |
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"Tom Choad" wrote in message
... My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her mouth are upturned. Does that means she is smiling? I'm not a Vet Behaviorist so I don't know if cats smile. But when my cat used to lay on her side, very tired and relaxed and purring, her mouth would curve into a smile. |
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In article , weg9
@comcast.net says... On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:25:00 -0800 (PST), Tom Choad wrote: My roommate's cat is laying down purring and I notice the sides of her mouth are upturned. Does that means she is smiling? No. Cats, unlike dogs, cannot change the way their mouth/lips appear, aside from opening and closing them. I have had cats that have an 'upturn' on the sides of their mouths, as you describe, but it never changed. I have one who drools a lot, and I thought his lower jaw might have some misalignment in it. but then someone told me that it is a common cat problem and his jaw is probably fine. Years ago I was doing some work at a buddy's software company. The company was based on a Llama farm of all things and there were several resident cats for rodent control, etc. There was one cat named Quackers who was a serious drooler. Every day at feeding time this cat would be drooling like a fiend. |
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