Does anyone elses cat dribble???

Hi there, I have several cats, I used to have a cat farm and i had over 60 of the little turds. One thing that i never saw with any other cat but one of them was this drooling thing. My "Drooler" (Bandit) is a male neutered grey tabby. He's verry loving, has no problems, and drools big time when you show him love. I don't know what it is, and i came on here to look and see if anyone else deals with this. It's nice to know that it's not abnormal for him to be doing this. I've been checking him out alot more, because he's older (14) and has began to drool more than before, I think it's cute at the same time as quite grose. And as for what someone had said, This being aftermath of it being taken from the mother too soon, Hun, i don't think so, because my cats Mum is still with us aswell. Never got weaned by anyone but the mom, and i thought that this one was on too long (i mean 3 months, enough is enough...) there can be several causes for such a thing, but i really truly don't think this is cause for worry, especially since, i have a 14 year old little bugger with no health problems, and he drules like water put through a sive.

Have a great day, take care.

I have two cats, Khattman and Chloekins. Khattman (male) doesn't dribble, but Chloe (female) is the cat world's number one dribbler! Especially when sat on my knee when I've just put clean jeans on. It goes back to their babyhood - nursing from their mother causes dribbling. It's a sign of contentment and happiness so is actually a compliment, though a wet, smelly one. Sue xx

I am a vet. technician, and yes, we have alot of tom cats at our clinic that drool. Either they have an asthmatic problem or they just like being petted. Our tom cat ends up licking stuff if you scratch his tail. And yes, it seems to be that only the boys do it. Hope this helped you.

my neutered tom cat was the same. When drool got on my hand it itched like mad but i do have a bit of a cat allergy. Maybe some do n some dont!

Well we have two female cats and they both can dribble! It is only when they are being made a fuss of, but one particularly enjoys her bottom jaw being rubbed - quite firmly, which brings on the flow!

Yes mine drools when i speak to him and stroke him, but the other male cat i have got doesnt do this

must just mean we have special cats;)

Oh this is classic instinctive cat behavior. When cats nursed their moms, they purred, kneaded with their front feet, sucked and took milk from her. Saliva production was part of this feeding ritual. When you are stroking him, it takes him back to his kitten days and he does all those things. It is instinctive and he cant help it. Ive owned several cats that do this, and it is well documented in animal behavior literature. Discipline doesnt help, and he doesnt realize he is doing anything "wrong". Dont punish the little guy. He cant help it.

I think its a tom cat thing, mine used to do that too, but the female never did

Aw I miss that ginger baby = (

LOL, yes my cat used to dribble when he was very happy. It got worse the older he got.

You just have a very happy loving cat.

It's not a boy thing. I have a female that drools everytime she's in my lap getting attention.