Cat Drooling in sleep!

deecraword

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Hi all I am new to the forum!

I have two male kittens ages 4 years(Shylo) and 5 months(Smokey). Smokey is new to the family, I just brought him home yesterday but Shylo is the resident cat.

Now at night when Shylo dreams he tends to drool, is this normal? I hate the little slob bubbles hanging out the side of his mouth when he greets me in the morning and the little wet spots he leaves. Is this normal?
 

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lol, it's perfectly normal. A lot of cats (including my Buffy) are droolers, and they tend to drool the most when they're happy and relaxed. It's got something to do with their lower jaw relaxing when they're happy, therefore nothing's stopping the spit from falling out. Buffy drools a lot when she sleeps, and it's just so funny to see her raise her head and she's got a bed-head thing going on, and there's a puddle of drool where her mouth had just been. She's finally past the part where she'd drool when she was standing over your face and kneading. If I had a penny for the amount of spit-drops that fell into my eyes or mouth...
 

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My Spaz drools so much it just drips from both sides of her mouth.
This is why she isn't allowed to sleep on my pillow, she drools in my ear canals.


Perfectly normal though, and in Spaz's case (dunno about other droolers) the older they are, the more they drool.
 

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lol, it's perfectly normal. A lot of cats (including my Buffy) are droolers, and they tend to drool the most when they're happy and relaxed. It's got something to do with their lower jaw relaxing when they're happy, therefore nothing's stopping the spit from falling out. Buffy drools a lot when she sleeps, and it's just so funny to see her raise her head and she's got a bed-head thing going on, and there's a puddle of drool where her mouth had just been. She's finally past the part where she'd drool when she was standing over your face and kneading. If I had a penny for the amount of spit-drops that fell into my eyes or mouth...
 

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My guy drools in his sleep. I cannot tell you how many times I have gotten kitty drool on my arm, when he is curled up.

He also does a 'sucking' motion in his sleep. I think he is dreaming about nursing.. because he is so comfortable...and in a deep sleep..

Cats are funny sleepers; if you really watch them. They pretend to be running away from something, drool, suckle, fight things.. then they wake up!!

Artie was so sound asleep last night, that I could not wake him up! I was very softly trying to get him up from lying on my arm. He was curled up like a human baby on my lap, with my arm cradling him.
He was out like a light! I gave up, and just let him stay for a while longer.. he was so sweet looking.
 

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My three year old Casey drools when he is happy. He climbs in my lap and kneads on me while purring loudly to greet me when I get home from work. He drools all over me while he is kneading and purring. He also does this with my hubby. Casey has never drooled in his sleep but he definitely drools when he is happy and comfortable. Casey has been drooling on us since he was adopted at 7 weeks old.
 

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I've never had mine drool, but strangely, Chance will sometimes pee in his sleep. I only began noticing this last year. Awake, no issues, will use the litter box normally a couple of times a day, vet found no signs of UTI. I noticed it would happen when he was apparently dreaming/twitching. Again, not always, but on occasion. Because he sleeps on my bed, I'll lay down a pad normally used for people (Dollar Tree sells large ones that come 2 in a package and cut in half, I get four for $1) on his usual spot and on top of that, a square piece of an old sheet to make it more comfy. I've never heard of anyone else whose cat has this issue, though. (He's not an old cat either, maybe around 5 1/2 yrs.)
 
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